Happy birthday to EddieNMiami! I was waiting for Mel to do it for him, but she's banned atm. :o
To celebrate December 4, lets look back at past events that happened on this date:
306 - Martyrdom of Saint Barbara
771 - Austrasian King Carloman dies, leaving his brother Charlemagne King of the now complete Frankish Kingdom.
1110 - First Crusade: The Crusaders conquer Sidon.
1259 - Kings Louis IX of France and Henry III of England agree to the Treaty of Paris, in which Henry renounces his claims to French-controlled territory on continental Europe (including Normandy) in exchange for Louis withdrawing his support for English rebels.
1563 - The final session of the Council of Trent is held (it opened on December 13, 1545).
1619 - 38 colonists from Berkeley Parish in England disembark in Virginia and give thanks to God (this is considered by many to be the first Thanksgiving in the Americas).
1674 - Father Jacques Marquette founds a mission on the shores of Lake Michigan to minister to the Illiniwek (the mission would later grow into the city of Chicago, Illinois).
1676 - Battle of Lund: A Danish army under the command of King Christian V of Denmark engages the Swedish army commanded by Field Marshal Simon Grundel-Helmfelt.
1783 - At Fraunces Tavern in New York City, US General George Washington formally bids his officers farewell.
1791 - The first edition of The Observer, the world's first Sunday newspaper, is published.
1829 - In the face of fierce opposition, British governor Lord William Bentinck issues a regulation declaring that all who abetted suttee in India were guilty of culpable homicide.
1864 - American Civil War: Sherman's March to the Sea - At Waynesboro, Georgia, forces under Union General Judson Kilpatrick prevent troops led by Confederate General Joseph Wheeler from interfering with Union General William T. Sherman's campaign destroying a wide swath of the South on his march to the Atlantic Ocean from Atlanta, Georgia. Union forces did suffer more than three times the Confederate casualties, however.
1867 - Former Minnesota farmer Oliver Hudson Kelley founds the Order of the Patrons of Husbandry (better known today as the Grange).
1872 - The crewless American ship Mary Celeste is found by the British brig Dei Gratia (the ship had been abandoned for 9 days but was only slightly damaged).
1875 - Notorious New York City politician Boss Tweed escapes from prison and flees to Cuba, then Spain.
1881 - The first edition of the Los Angeles Times is published.
1906 - Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity Inc., the first intercollegiate Greek-letter fraternity in the United States established for men of African descent, is founded at Cornell University.
1909 - 1st Grey Cup game was played. The University of Toronto Varsity Blues defeat the Toronto Parkdale Canoe Club 26–6.
1918 - U.S. President Woodrow Wilson sails for the World War I peace talks in Versailles, becoming the first US president to travel to Europe while in office.
1921 - The Virginia Rappe manslaughter trial against Roscoe 'Fatty' Arbuckle ends in a hung jury.
1942 - Holocaust: In Warsaw, Zofia Kossak-Szczucka and Wanda Krahelska-Filipowicz set up the Żegota organization.
1942 - World War II: Carlson's patrol during the Guadalcanal Campaign ends.
1943 - World War II: In Yugoslavia, resistance leader Marshal Tito proclaims a provisional democratic Yugoslav government in-exile.
1943 - World War II: U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt closes down the Works Progress Administration, because of the high levels of wartime employment in the United States.
1945 - By a vote of 65 to 7, the United States Senate approves United States participation in the United Nations (the UN was established on October 24, 1945).
1952 - Great Smog of 1952: A cold fog descends upon London, combining with air pollution and killing at least 12,000 in the weeks and months that follow.
1954 - The first Burger King is opened in Miami, Florida, United States
1958 - Dahomey (present-day Benin) becomes a self-governing country within the French Community.
1967 - Vietnam War: US and South Vietnamese forces engage Viet Cong troops in the Mekong Delta.
1969 - Black Panther Party members Fred Hampton and Mark Clark are shot and killed in their sleep during a raid by 14 Chicago police officers.
1971 - The UN Security Council calls an emergency session to consider the deteriorating situation between India and Pakistan.
1971 - The Indian Navy attacks the Pakistan Navy and Karachi.
1971 - The Montreux Casino in Switzerland is set ablaze by someone wielding a flare gun during a Frank Zappa concert; the incident would be noted in the Deep Purple song "Smoke on the Water".
1977 - Jean-Bédel Bokassa, president of the Central African Republic, crowns himself Emperor Bokassa I of the Central African Empire.
1977 - Malaysia Airlines Flight 653 is hijacked and crashes in Tanjong Kupang, Johor, killing 100.
1978 - Following the murder of Mayor George Moscone, Dianne Feinstein becomes San Francisco, California's first female mayor (she served until January 8, 1988).
1979 - The Hastie fire in Hull, kills three schoolboys and eventually leads police to arrest Bruce George Peter Lee.
1981 - South Africa grants independence to the Ciskei "homeland" (not recognized by any government outside South Africa).
1982 - The People's Republic of China adopts its current constitution.
1984 - Hezbollah militants hijack a Kuwait Airlines plane, killing four passengers.
1991 - Journalist Terry A. Anderson is released after 7 years in captivity as a hostage in Beirut. He was the last and longest-held American hostage in Lebanon.
1991 - Captain Mark Pyle pilots Clipper Goodwill, a Pan American World Airways Boeing 727-221ADV, to Miami International Airport ending 64 years of Pan Am operations.
1992 - Somali Civil War: President George H. W. Bush orders 28,000 US troops to Somalia in Northeast Africa.
1993 - A truce is concluded between the government of Angola and UNITA rebels.
1998 - The Unity Module, the second module of the International Space Station, is launched.
2005 - Tens of thousands of people in Hong Kong protest for democracy and call on the Government to allow universal and equal suffrage.
2006 - An adult giant squid is caught on video by Kubodera near the Ogasawara Islands, 1,000 km (620 miles) south of Tokyo.
Today's Birthdays:
1555 - Heinrich Meibom, German historian and poet (d. 1625)
1580 - Samuel Argall, English adventurer and naval officer (d. 1626)
1585 - John Cotton, American Puritan leader (d. 1652)
1595 - Jean Chapelain, French writer (d. 1674)
1646 - Alain Emmanuel de Coëtlogon, Marshal of France (d. 1730)
1660 - André Campra, French composer (d. 1744)
1670 - John Aislabie, English politician (d. 1742)
1711 - Barbara of Portugal, queen of Spain (d. 1758)
1713 - Gasparo Gozzi, Italian critic and dramatist (d. 1786)
1777 - Juliette Récamier, French socialite (d. 1849)
1795 - Thomas Carlyle, Scottish writer and historian (d. 1881)
1798 - Jules Armand Dufaure, French statesman (d. 1881)
1835 - Samuel Butler, English writer (d. 1902)
1840 - Crazy Horse, Oglala Sioux chief (d. 1877)
1844 - Franz Xavier Wernz, German Superior General of the Society of Jesus (d. 1914)
1852 - Orest Khvolson, Russian physicist (d. 1934)
1861 - Lillian Russell, American singer and actress (d. 1922)
1866 (O.S.) - Wassily Kandinsky, Russian-born painter (d. 1944)
1868 - Jesse Burkett, American baseball player (d. 1953)
1875 - Joe Corbett, American baseball player (d. 1945)
1875 - Rainer Maria Rilke, Austrian poet (d. 1926)
1881 - Erwin von Witzleben, German field marshal (d. 1944)
1883 - Katharine Susannah Prichard, Australian author (d. 1969)
1889 - Lloyd Bacon, American actor and film director (d. 1955)
1892 - Francisco Franco, dictator of Spain (d. 1975)
1895 - Fung Yu-lan, Chinese philosopher (d. 1990)
1899 - Charles William (Charlie) Spencer Newcastle and England football player (d. 1953)
1903 - Cornell Woolrich, American writer (d. 1968)
1908 - Alfred Hershey, American bacteriologist, Nobel laureate (d. 1997)
1909 - Jimmy Jewel, English actor (d. 1995)
1910 - Alex North, American film music composer (d. 1991)
1912 - Pappy Boyington, American pilot (d. 1988)
1913 - Mark Robson, Canadian-born film director and producer (d. 1978)
1914 - Rudolf Hausner, Austrian artist (d. 1995)
1914 - Claude Renoir, French cinematographer (d. 1993)
1915 - Eddie Heywood, American jazz musician (d. 1989)
1916 - Ely Jacques Kahn, Jr., American writer (d. 1994)
1921 - Deanna Durbin, Canadian actress
1922 - Gérard Philipe, French actor (d. 1959)
1923 - Charles Keating, American attorney and businessman
1924 - John Portman, American architect
1925 - Lino Lacedelli, Italian mountaineer who made the first ascent of K2
1928 - Dena Dietrich, American actress
1930 - Ronnie Corbett, Scottish actor
1930 - Jim Hall, American jazz guitarist
1931 - Alex Delvecchio, Canadian ice hockey player
1931 - Wally George, American TV commentator (d. 2003)
1932 - Roh Tae-woo, President of South Korea
1933 - Horst Buchholz, German-born actor (d. 2003)
1934 - Victor French, American actor (d. 1989)
1934 - Wink Martindale, American game show host
1935 - Paul O'Neill, American businessman and former Secretary of the Treasury
1935 - Robert Vesco, American financier and fugitive (d. 2007)
1937 - Max Baer, Jr., American actor
1938 - Yvonne Minton, Australian soprano
1939 - Freddy Cannon, American musician
1940 - Gary Gilmore, American murderer (d. 1977)
1942 - Gemma Jones, English actress
1944 - Chris Hillman, American singer (The Byrds)
1944 - Anna McGarrigle, Canadian folk music singer and songwriter
1944 - François Migault, French racing driver
1944 - Dennis Wilson, American musician (The Beach Boys) (d. 1983)
1945 - Roberta Bondar, Canadian astronaut
1947 - Terry Woods, Irish musician (The Pogues, Steeleye Span)
1948 - Southside Johnny, American singer
1949 - Jeff Bridges, American actor
1949 - Pamela Stephenson, New Zealand-born actress
1951 - Gary Rossington, American musician (Lynyrd Skynyrd)
1951 - Patricia Wettig, American actress
1953 - Rick Middleton, Canadian ice hockey player
1954 - Tony Todd, American actor and producer
1955 - Dave Taylor, Canadian ice hockey player
1956 - Bernard King, American basketball player
1957 - Raul Boesel, Brazilian racing driver
1957 - Eric S. Raymond, American open source advocate
1959 - Susan W Krebs, American politician
1959 - Paul McGrath, Irish footballer
1959 - Christa Rothenburger, German speed skater and cyclist
1960 - David Green, American baseball player
1960 - Glynis Nunn, Australian athlete
1961 - Frank Reich, American football player
1961 - Naomi Robson, American-born Australian journalist
1962 - Kevin Richardson, English footballest
1963 - Sergey Bubka, Ukrainian pole vaulter
1964 - Sertab Erener, Turkish singer
1964 - Jonathan Goldstein, American actor
1964 - Chelsea Noble, American actress
1964 - Marisa Tomei, American actress
1965 - Álex de la Iglesia, Spanish film director
1966 - Fred Armisen, American actor and musician
1966 - Masta Ace, American rapper
1966 - Suzanne Malveaux, American television news reporter
1966 - Chris Shepherd, English film director
1969 - Jay-Z, American rapper
1970 - Kevin Sussman, American actor
1970 - Sylvester Terkay, American wrestler
1971 - Shannon Briggs, American boxer
1972 - Jassen Cullimore, Canadian ice hockey player
1972 - Nikki Tyler, American actress
1973 - Racci Shay, American Musician
1973 - Tyra Banks, American supermodel
1973 - Frank Boeijen, Dutch musician (The Gathering)
1973 - Ferry Corsten, Dutch musician and DJ
1973 - Steven Menzies, Australian rugby league footballer
1973 - Kate Rusby, English folk singer
1974 - Tadahito Iguchi, Japanese baseball player
1976 - Amie Comeaux, American singer (d. 1997)
1976 - Kristina Groves, Canadian speed skater
1977 - Big Pokey, American rapper
1978 - Michele Di Piedi, Italian footballer
1978 - Jaclyn Victor, Malaysian singer
1979 - Jay DeMerit, American soccer player
1982 - Ho-Pin Tung, Dutch-Chinese racing driver
1983 - Jimmy Bartel, Australian rules footballer
1984 - Brooke Adams, American model
1984 - Lindsay Felton, American actress
1984 - Lauren London, American actress
1985 - Andrew Brackman, American baseball player
1985 - Carlos Gómez, Dominican baseball player
1986 - Martell Webster, American basketball player
just think.... you share the same birthday as Wink Martindale and Frank Reich! :wtf:
have a good birthday!
LeopoldStotch
Miami Dolphins moments on this day:
2005
Sage Rosenfels comes in the game in the 2nd half, and drove a comeback from 20 points down to score 3 touchdowns in the 4th quarter to beat the Buffalo Bills 24-23. It was the 2nd win of their 6 game winning streak to end the season. Unfortunately, the Dolphins missed the playoffs
1994
Buffalo beats Miami in a shootout 42-31. Miami lead 17-7 at halftime before Buffalo scored 35 2nd half points. Miami does go to the playoffs, but loses to the Chargers 22-21 in the Divisional Playoffs.
1988
Colts nip the Dolphins 31-28. Dolphins were down 28-14 at the end of the 3rd quarter before Marino throws 2 touchdowns in the 4th quarer, but fall 3 points short. Dickerson has 31 carries for 169 yards and a touchdown. Marino goes 26 for 32 for 304 and a touchdown.
1983
Dolphins beat the Oilers 24-17. The Dolphins come back from 17-10 down in the 3rd quarter to score 2 touchdowns in the 4th quarter.
1981
Eddie is born on a Friday. On Sunday, the Dolphins beat the Patriots @ Miami 24-14. Dolphins dominate the game, allowing only 256 total yards, and Tony Nathan helps the Dolphins by carrying the ball 17 times for 119 yards. To note, Eddie Hill, a backup running back for the Dolphins, scored his only reception touchdown from David Woodley.
LeopoldStotch
da U moments on this day:
2004
Miami loses to Vagina Tech 16-10. Miami and Tech are tied 10-10 before Eddie Royal catches a 39 yard pass from Bryan Russell in the 4th quarter to put Tech up for good. da U does not have a good offensive production night, as they can only rack up 190 yards. This loss costs da U a bid to the Sugar Bowl.
1999
Miami crushes Temple 55-0.
LeopoldStotch
random Eddie moments .....
Eddie Halliwell
Eddie Brown (AFL)
Eddie Murphy
Eddie Van Halen
Eddie Money
Eddie Griffin
and ...... Ed O'Neill
jonze
feliz cumpleanos
i give you this video until we can play 'name the random white sox player'
