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Happy Birthday to me!

It's 12:01 on March 26th, and it's my 38th Birthday!

 

Fun Facts about March 26th since I was born.

 

1971 - East Pakistan declares its independence from Pakistan to form People's Republic of Bangladesh and Bangladesh Liberation War begins.

1975 - The Biological Weapons Convention enters into force.

1976 - Queen Elizabeth II sent out the first royal email, from the Royal Signals and Radar Establishment.

1977 - Focus on the Family is founded by Dr. James Dobson

1979 - Anwar al-Sadat, Menachem Begin and Jimmy Carter sign the Israel-Egypt Peace Treaty in Washington, DC.

1982 - A groundbreaking ceremony for the Vietnam Veterans Memorial is held in Washington, DC.

1986 Metallica releases "Master Of Puppets" (I added this one ~ Stole the rest from Wikipedia)

1995 - The Schengen Treaty goes into effect.

1996 - The International Monetary Fund approves a $10.2 billion loan for Russia.

1997 - Thirty-nine bodies found in the Heaven's Gate cult suicides.

1998 - Oued Bouaicha massacre in Algeria; 52 people killed with axes and knives, 32 of them babies under the age of 2.

1999 - The "Melissa worm" infects Microsoft word processing and e-mail systems around the world.

1999 - A jury in Michigan finds Dr. Jack Kevorkian guilty of second-degree murder for administering a lethal injection to a terminally ill man.

2005 - The Taiwanese government calls on 1 million Taiwanese to demonstrate in Taipei, in opposition to the Anti-Secession Law of the People's Republic of China. Around 200,000 to 300,000 attend the walk.

2006 - In Scotland, the prohibition of smoking in all substantially enclosed public places comes into force.

2006 - The military junta ruling Myanmar officially named Naypyidaw, a new city in Mandalay Division, as the new capital. Yangon had formerly been the nation's capital.

 

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