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13 Important Events that Happened on My Birthday

  • Peace Treaty

    Peace Treaty
    Turkey and Austria sign peace treaty- Austria cedes Belgrade to Turks
  • Quebec

    Quebec
    Battle of Quebec ends, French surrender to British who capture Quebec City
  • President Washington

    President Washington
    President Washington lays cornerstone of Capitol building
  • Hong Kong Typhoon

    Hong Kong Typhoon
    A typhoon with tsunami kills an estimated 10,000 people in Hong Kong
  • Peg Entwistle

    Peg Entwistle
    Actress Peg Entwistle commits suicide by jumping from the letter H in the HOLLYWOOD sign
  • USSR

    USSR
    USSR admitted to the League of Nations
  • Hitler Fails

    Hitler Fails
    Hitler orders deportation of Danish Jews. (unsuccessful)
  • Integration Protest

    Integration Protest
    1000 whites walk out of Gary Indiana schools to protest integration
  • National Security Act

    National Security Act
    National Security Act passed
  • Hurricane Fifi

    Hurricane Fifi
    Hurricane Fifi strikes Honduras with 110 mph winds, 5,000 die
  • 500 lb 6' Hershey Kiss

    500 lb 6' Hershey Kiss
    500 lb 6' Hershey Kiss displayed in Times Square
  • Soldiers killed

    Soldiers killed
    10 soldiers are killed and 70 injured by a missile attack by Kurdish militants in Bingol, Turkey
  • Pemex Gas Facility Fire

    Pemex Gas Facility Fire
    26 people killed in a fire in a Pemex gas facility in Reynosa, Mexico