I shouldn't be. I really shouldn't have expected anything.
But it feels like a betrayal.
Maybe it's just my ego talking.
So easy to replace huh?
Yeah yeah, men... grr... you are the one... two... three... four... five...
Wadeva maan.
I wonder
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Do you know how it feels?
The suns shining on your face, you're walking down the road wearing your fav jeans and tee, all comfy... You see mates on the road, wave a hi... Grinning and humming...
You look fine and all great... happy go lucky I'd say...
Inside you're tearing apart... listen closely, you're playing black metal and the smile on your face is coz you're really feeling the suicidal screams... You close your eyes and you're visualising being stabbed... you can almost see the ropes tightening... you glance at your wrists and far as you're concerned they're bleeding...
The life's draining out of you...
You know you're not the only one with problems but hey, what good does knowing that really do? You fucking hate your life anyways.
I reach office. I take out my lil electronic key and slam it against the reader. I kick the door open and take a deep breath. Light up my cig...
And I smile again.
The suns shining on your face, you're walking down the road wearing your fav jeans and tee, all comfy... You see mates on the road, wave a hi... Grinning and humming...
You look fine and all great... happy go lucky I'd say...
Inside you're tearing apart... listen closely, you're playing black metal and the smile on your face is coz you're really feeling the suicidal screams... You close your eyes and you're visualising being stabbed... you can almost see the ropes tightening... you glance at your wrists and far as you're concerned they're bleeding...
The life's draining out of you...
You know you're not the only one with problems but hey, what good does knowing that really do? You fucking hate your life anyways.
I reach office. I take out my lil electronic key and slam it against the reader. I kick the door open and take a deep breath. Light up my cig...
And I smile again.
Unsent letters, unspoken words...
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To, You
You made so many promises to me... you made me believe them. you made me dream so many beautiful dreams... all of which I was blind enough to hope may actually come true. I can't blame you for that though...
What annoys me is that you kept questioning how much I loved you? How could you doubt how much I trusted you? Why couldn't you see that I'd have given up the world for you? It really wouldn't have been much of a feat though, I'd already given up too much, hadn't got much left to tempt me.
But no, you didn't want to step away and move away from you own embedded insecurities. you said you loved me, but all you were doing is hurting me, when I was trying so hard it no longer hurt when it bled... I was going numb, and you didn't even notice.
I understand, empathise even, with the fact that you had your own daemons to exorcise, but seeing that you wree so afraid to let go, afraid you'll fall again... made me realise that there was no going forward for us, at all.
You don't really love me. You are comfrotable with an idea of what you could mould me to be. Like an illusion... but I'm no one's toy to play with. I've worked so hard, and come this far... I can't let go of my own identity to please one person who I have no guarantee is here to stay.
The reason you're never satisfied with me... the reason I cannot satisfy you... why I never got a thankyou... or you look wonderful tonight... the reason you weren't really 'happy' is because you aren't. I'm not the one you're looking for and maybe because you made the effort, you don't want it to be a waste of time... but I'm sure you know inside, I'm nothing that you want really... not good for you maybe...
Sure we could have made it probably, and we could have stayed together. And I could have just simply conformed to all your demands... needs... wants... Disappear behind a mask, cursed as an actor in a staged play... Forget who I am, lose the friends I owe everything to, become a stranger to myself.
My dreams are yours. Sounds romantic at first. But the longer I think about it, the more it makes me feel... like I'm being choked...I have no room to be me... I lose my uniqeness, I live my life for you... I'm empty... and unfulfilled... like a slave. I much prefer, I dream beside you...
What good is it if I have to work to be the one for you? Life's got enough bends and potholes to trip us over, you and I should be sources of support to each other, not causes of further pain. It doesn't help that I have to keep lying to the people who have loved me since I took my first breath, simply to keep this relationship alive.
So... I'm sorry. And I hope you do understand that I do care, and I always will. Sorry never means much. But I'll say it anyway. I'm sorry. I'm so sorry baby. But I can't do this anymore. I hurts to see you from so far away... but with you, I don't have air to breathe, and I'm sure eventually... I'd have choked anyway...
The pain will subside for both of us... I don't know what you're feeling. I don't know if you're feeling anything at all. I'm just speaking to the guy I thought I knew... The one who claimed to love me so much. Though its a bit daunting to see you laughing like nothing ever happened... I know from the opposite table I'm grinning as well...So I guess we both don't know; we're both not great at expressing how we feel.
I loved you. It just wasn't meant to be.
You made so many promises to me... you made me believe them. you made me dream so many beautiful dreams... all of which I was blind enough to hope may actually come true. I can't blame you for that though...
What annoys me is that you kept questioning how much I loved you? How could you doubt how much I trusted you? Why couldn't you see that I'd have given up the world for you? It really wouldn't have been much of a feat though, I'd already given up too much, hadn't got much left to tempt me.
But no, you didn't want to step away and move away from you own embedded insecurities. you said you loved me, but all you were doing is hurting me, when I was trying so hard it no longer hurt when it bled... I was going numb, and you didn't even notice.
I understand, empathise even, with the fact that you had your own daemons to exorcise, but seeing that you wree so afraid to let go, afraid you'll fall again... made me realise that there was no going forward for us, at all.
You don't really love me. You are comfrotable with an idea of what you could mould me to be. Like an illusion... but I'm no one's toy to play with. I've worked so hard, and come this far... I can't let go of my own identity to please one person who I have no guarantee is here to stay.
The reason you're never satisfied with me... the reason I cannot satisfy you... why I never got a thankyou... or you look wonderful tonight... the reason you weren't really 'happy' is because you aren't. I'm not the one you're looking for and maybe because you made the effort, you don't want it to be a waste of time... but I'm sure you know inside, I'm nothing that you want really... not good for you maybe...
Sure we could have made it probably, and we could have stayed together. And I could have just simply conformed to all your demands... needs... wants... Disappear behind a mask, cursed as an actor in a staged play... Forget who I am, lose the friends I owe everything to, become a stranger to myself.
My dreams are yours. Sounds romantic at first. But the longer I think about it, the more it makes me feel... like I'm being choked...I have no room to be me... I lose my uniqeness, I live my life for you... I'm empty... and unfulfilled... like a slave. I much prefer, I dream beside you...
What good is it if I have to work to be the one for you? Life's got enough bends and potholes to trip us over, you and I should be sources of support to each other, not causes of further pain. It doesn't help that I have to keep lying to the people who have loved me since I took my first breath, simply to keep this relationship alive.
So... I'm sorry. And I hope you do understand that I do care, and I always will. Sorry never means much. But I'll say it anyway. I'm sorry. I'm so sorry baby. But I can't do this anymore. I hurts to see you from so far away... but with you, I don't have air to breathe, and I'm sure eventually... I'd have choked anyway...
The pain will subside for both of us... I don't know what you're feeling. I don't know if you're feeling anything at all. I'm just speaking to the guy I thought I knew... The one who claimed to love me so much. Though its a bit daunting to see you laughing like nothing ever happened... I know from the opposite table I'm grinning as well...So I guess we both don't know; we're both not great at expressing how we feel.
I loved you. It just wasn't meant to be.
The latest 'notch'
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Life is full about experiences.
I've been given, or rather gifted, quite generously in life and until recently I don't think I've ever stopped to really appreciate the blessing.
Every relationship is different. I mean every one's pretty unique, so it makes sense that the bridges one bulilds with them are equally diverse, though of course with general similarities shared.
Recently I've had the chance to give, give, give some more and really see how committing wholly feels... I mean, timewise/peoplewise/ - in a way, experiment whether I'm ready to change my lifestyle to accomodate someone else...
What did I learn? *lol* not much... Things I already knew were brought into sharper focus I suppose; how much I can tolerate, what I expect from my partner (sounds a bit gay dho ehen jeheema? :P ) ... mainly I guess I learnt that you can change what a person does... but you can't change who they are or what they want... whether the person is you or me... and attempts to do so will only result in greater pain...
I've tried... I loved... and I guess I lost,... but it was a loosing battle I was fighting...
Against myself...
Against him...
I was looking for acceptance. Since we've been through the same kinds of pain, I thought it would suffice as common ground. We're very different and our experiences though somewhat similar, affected us in different ways... so... ultimately... some things are just not possible...
I think... I don't know... Did I do the right thing?
Ultimately my priorities are set as so, because 'I' feel its right, I can pretend it is not so, but I can't keep pretending to be someone I'm not... because the person I am isn't worthless dho? Dho? Tha?... Hm...
I guess I feel like I'm compromising too much of me... and me and 'the guy' don't seem to be able to communicate on this particular issue... different wavelengths and all...
Oh woe is me :P !
Visit the site only if you love the song Layla, but are not necessarily a Clapton-oholic.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=btHPgduSwDo
I've been given, or rather gifted, quite generously in life and until recently I don't think I've ever stopped to really appreciate the blessing.
Every relationship is different. I mean every one's pretty unique, so it makes sense that the bridges one bulilds with them are equally diverse, though of course with general similarities shared.
Recently I've had the chance to give, give, give some more and really see how committing wholly feels... I mean, timewise/peoplewise/ - in a way, experiment whether I'm ready to change my lifestyle to accomodate someone else...
What did I learn? *lol* not much... Things I already knew were brought into sharper focus I suppose; how much I can tolerate, what I expect from my partner (sounds a bit gay dho ehen jeheema? :P ) ... mainly I guess I learnt that you can change what a person does... but you can't change who they are or what they want... whether the person is you or me... and attempts to do so will only result in greater pain...
I've tried... I loved... and I guess I lost,... but it was a loosing battle I was fighting...
Against myself...
Against him...
I was looking for acceptance. Since we've been through the same kinds of pain, I thought it would suffice as common ground. We're very different and our experiences though somewhat similar, affected us in different ways... so... ultimately... some things are just not possible...
I think... I don't know... Did I do the right thing?
Ultimately my priorities are set as so, because 'I' feel its right, I can pretend it is not so, but I can't keep pretending to be someone I'm not... because the person I am isn't worthless dho? Dho? Tha?... Hm...
I guess I feel like I'm compromising too much of me... and me and 'the guy' don't seem to be able to communicate on this particular issue... different wavelengths and all...
Oh woe is me :P !
Visit the site only if you love the song Layla, but are not necessarily a Clapton-oholic.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=btHPgduSwDo
My roots...
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I was philosophising about the singnificance of my existence, and the reason I was born into this dark, mysterious world when alas! Oh my! Goodness me! I stumbled upon WIKEPEIDA! And here is what I found under the keywords ' January 13th '
Events
• 888 - Odo, Count of Paris becomes King of the Franks.
• 1328 - Edward III of England marries Philippa, daughter of the Count of Hainault.
• 1547 - Henry Howard, Earl of Surrey sentenced to death.
• 1559 - Elizabeth I crowned Queen of England in Westminster Abbey.
• 1602 - William Shakespeare’s The Merry Wives of Windsor is published.
• 1605 - The controversial play Eastward Hoe by Ben Jonson, George Chapman, and John Marston is performed, landing two of the authors in prison.
• 1607 - Bank of Genoa fails after announcement of national bankruptcy in Spain.
• 1610 - Galileo Galilei discovers Callisto, 4th moon of Jupiter.
• 1622 - Work on the printing of the First Folio of William Shakespeare is suspended.
• 1625 - John Milton is admitted to Christ’s College, Cambridge at the age of 16.
• 1733 - James Oglethorpe and 130 colonists arrive in Charleston, South Carolina.
• 1785 - John Walter publishes first issue of the Daily Universal Register (later renamed The Times).
• 1830 - Great fire of New Orleans, Louisiana begins.
• 1832 - President Andrew Jackson writes Vice President Martin Van Buren expressing his opposition to South Carolina’s defiance of federal authority in the Nullification Crisis.
• 1840 - The steamship Lexington burns and sinks four miles off the coast of Long Island with the loss of 139 lives.
• 1842 - On this day Dr. William Brydon, a surgeon in the British Army during the First Anglo-Afghan War, became famous for being the sole survivor of an army of 16,500 when he reached the safety of a garrison in Jalalabad .
• 1847 - The Treaty of Cahuenga ends the Mexican-American War in California.
• 1854 - The accordion is patented by Anthony Faas.
• 1869 - National convention of black leaders meets in Washington D.C..
• 1893 - The Independent Labour Party of the UK has its first meeting.
• 1893 - US Marines land in Honolulu from the U.S.S. Boston to prevent the queen from abrogating the Bayonet Constitution.
• 1898 - Emile Zola’s J’accuse exposes the Dreyfus affair.
• 1915 - An Earthquake in Avezzano, Italy kills 29,800.
• 1930 - Mickey Mouse comic strip makes its first appearance.
• 1934 - the Candidate of Science degree is established in the USSR.
• 1935 - A plebiscite in Saarland shows that 90.3% of those voting wish to join Nazi Germany.
• 1938 - Church of England accepts theory of evolution.
• 1942 - Henry Ford patents a plastic automobile, which is 30% lighter than a regular car.
• 1942 - The United States begins Japanese American internment.
• 1953 - Marshal Josip Broz Tito chosen President of Yugoslavia.
• 1957 - Wham-O Company produces the first Frisbee.
• 1958 - Moroccan Liberation Army ambushes Spanish patrol in the Battle of Edchera.
• 1966 - Robert C. Weaver becomes the first African American Cabinet member by being appointed United States Secretary of Housing and Urban Development.
• 1968 - Johnny Cash records his landmark album At Folsom Prison live at Folsom State Prison
• 1972 - Prime Minister Kofi Busia and President Edward Akufo-Addo of Ghana are ousted in a bloodless military coup by Col. Ignatius Kutu Acheamphong.
• 1982 - Shortly after takeoff, Air Florida Flight 90 737 jet crashes into Washington, DC’s 14th Street Bridge and falls into the Potomac River, killing 78 including four motorists.
• 1986 - A month-long violent struggle begins in Aden, South Yemen between supporters of Ali Nasir Muhammad and Abdul Fattah Ismail, resulting in thousands of casualties.
• 1990 - L. Douglas Wilder becomes the first elected African American governor as he takes office in Richmond, Virginia.
• 1991 - Soviet Union military troops attack Lithuanian independence supporters in Vilnius.
• 1992 - Japan apologizes for forcing Korean women into sexual slavery during World War II.
• 2001 - An earthquake hits El Salvador, killing more than 800.
Births
• 1334 - King Henry II of Castile (d. 1379)
• 1562 - Mark Alexander Boyd, Scottish poet (d. 1601)
• 1596 - Jan van Goyen, Dutch painter (d. 1656)
• 1610 - Maria Anna of Austria (d. 1665)
• 1616 - Antoinette Bourignon, Flemish mystic (d. 1680)
• 1635 - Philipp Jakob Spener, German theologian (d. 1705)
• 1651 - Henry Booth, 1st Earl of Warrington, English politician (d. 1694)
• 1720 - Richard Hurd, English bishop and writer (d. 1808)
• 1749 - Friedrich Müller, painter and dramatist (d. 1825)
• 1805 - Thomas Dyer, Mayor of Chicago (d. 1862)
• 1808 - Salmon P. Chase, 6th Chief Justice of the United States (d. 1873)
• 1812 - Victor de Laprade, French poet and critic (d. 1883)
• 1832 - Horatio Alger, Jr., American minister and author (d. 1899)
• 1861 - Max Nonne, German neurologist (d. 1959)
• 1864 - Wilhelm Wien, German physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1928)
• 1866 - Vasily Kalinnikov, Russian composer (d. 1901)
• 1878 - Lionel Groulx, Canadian nationalist (d. 1967)
• 1869 - Emanuele Filiberto, 2nd Duke of Aosta, Italian aristocrat (d. 1931)
• 1884 - Sophie Tucker, Russian-born singer and performer (d. 1966)
• 1893 - Clark Ashton Smith, American writer (d. 1961)
• 1905 - Kay Francis, American actress (d. 1968)
• 1909 - Marinus van der Lubbe, Dutch communist (d. 1934)
• 1911 - Joh Bjelke-Petersen, Premier of Queensland (d. 2005)
• 1919 - Robert Stack, American actor (d. 2003)
• 1924 - Paul Feyerabend, Austrian-born philosopher (d. 1994)
• 1925 - Gwen Verdon, American actress and dancer (d. 2000)
• 1926 - Michael Bond, British writer
• 1926 - Carolyn Gold Heilbrun, American feminist author (d. 2003)
• 1927 - Brock Adams, American politician (d. 2004)
• 1927 - Sydney Brenner, British Nobel Laureate
• 1930 - Frances Sternhagen, American actress
• 1930 - Liz Anderson, American singer
• 1931 - Charles Nelson Reilly, American actor
• 1934 - Rip Taylor, American actor
• 1938 - William B. Davis, Canadian actor
• 1938 - Tord Grip, Swedish football manager
• 1941 - Pasqual Maragall, Spanish politician
• 1942 - Richard Moll, American actor
• 1943 - Carol Cleveland, English actress
• 1946 - Eero Koivistoinen, Finnish musician
• 1947 - Jacek Majchrowski, Mayor of Kraków
• 1948 - Gaj Singh, Maharaja of Jodhpur
• 1949 - Brandon Tartikoff, American television executive (d. 1997)
• 1950 - Bob Forsch, baseball player
• 1954 - Trevor Rabin, South African guitarist (Yes)
• 1955 - Jay McInerney, American writer
• 1958 - Andrew Stanton, American actor and director
• 1959 - Gordon G.G. Gebert, Musician keyboardist/producer, Author, Entertainer
• 1961 - Julia Louis-Dreyfus, American actress
• 1961 - Graham McPherson, English singer
• 1961 - Wayne Coyne, American singer (The Flaming Lips)
• 1962 - Trace Adkins, American musician
• 1964 - Penelope Ann Miller, American actress
• 1966 - Patrick Dempsey, American actor
• 1968 - Traci Bingham, American actress
• 1968 - Mike Whitlow, English footballer
• 1969 - Stephen Hendry, Scottish snooker player
• 1969 - Stefania Belmondo, Italian cross-country skier
• 1970 - Keith Coogan, American actor
• 1970 - Marco Pantani, Italian cyclist (d. 2004)
• 1972 - Nicole Eggert, American actress
• 1972 - Vitaly Scherbo, Belarussian gymnast
• 1973 - Nikolai Khabibulin, Russian hockey player
• 1977 - Orlando Bloom, English actor
• 1980 - Krzysztof Czerwinski, Polish conductor and organist
• 1980 - Akira Kaji, Japanese National Football Player
• 1981 - Reggie Brown, American football player
• 1982 - Guillermo Coria, Argentine tennis player
• 1983 - Julian Morris, English actor
• 1997 - Marius Borg Høiby, son of Mette-Marit, Crown Princess of Norway
Deaths
• 85 BC - Gaius Marius, Roman general and politician
• 703 - Empress Jitō of Japan (b. 645)
• 858 - King Ethelwulf of Wessex
• 888 - Charles the Fat, Holy Roman Emperor
• 1138 - Simon I, Duke of Lorraine (b. 1076)
• 1151 - Abbot Suger, French statesman and historian
• 1177 - Henry II of Austria (b. 1107)
• 1330 - Frederick I of Austria (b. 1286)
• 1363 - Meinhard III of Gorizia-Tyrol
• 1547 - Henry Howard, Earl of Surrey, English poet (b. 1517)
• 1599 - Edmund Spenser, English poet (b. 1552)
• 1630 - Yuan Chonghuan, Chinese military commander
• 1658 - Edward Sexby, English Puritan soldier (b. 1616)
• 1691 - George Fox, English founder of the Quakers (b. 1624)
• 1766 - King Frederick V of Denmark (b. 1723)
• 1775 - Johann Georg Walch, German theologian (b. 1693)
• 1790 - Luc Urbain de Bouexic, comte de Guichen, French admiral (b. 1712)
• 1796 - John H. D. Anderson, Scottish scientist and inventor (b. 1726)
• 1797 - Elisabeth Christine von Braunschweig-Bevern, wife of Frederick II of Prussia (b. 1715)
• 1852 - Fabian Gottlieb von Bellingshausen, Russian explorer (b. 1778)
• 1864 - Stephen Foster, American composer (b. 1826)
• 1906 - Alexander Popov, Russian physicist (b. 1859)
• 1923 - Alexandre Ribot, French statesman (b. 1842)
• 1929 - Wyatt Earp, Western lawman (b. 1848)
• 1932 - Sophia of Prussia, consort of Constantine I of Greece (b. 1870)
• 1934 - Paul Ulrich Villard, French physicist (b. 1860)
• 1941 - James Joyce, Irish writer (b. 1882)
• 1943 - Sophie Taeuber-Arp, Swiss artist (b. 1889)
• 1962 - Ernie Kovacs, American actor and comedian (b. 1919)
• 1974 - Salvador Novo, Mexican writer and poet (b. 1904)
• 1978 - Hubert H. Humphrey, 38th Vice President of the United States (b. 1911)
• 1978 - Joe McCarthy, baseball manager (b. 1908)
• 1979 - Donny Hathaway, American musician (b. 1945)
• 1988 - Chiang Ching-kuo, President of the Republic of China (b. 1910)
• 1993 - Camargo Guarnieri, Brazilian composer (b. 1907)
• 2001 - Michael Cuccione, Canadian actor and singer (b. 1985)
• 2002 - Ted Demme, American film director (b. 1963)
• 2002 - Frank Shuster, Canadian comedian (b. 1916)
• 2003 - Norman Panama, American screenwriter and director (b. 1914)
• 2004 - Arne Næss Jr., Norwegian mountain climber (b. 1937)
• 2004 - Harold Shipman, British serial killer (b. 1946)
• 2005 - Earl Cameron, Canadian broadcaster (b. 1915)
• 2005 - Nell Rankin, American mezzo-soprano (b. 1924)
• 2006 - Frank Fixaris, Sportscaster (b. 1934)
• 2006 - Marc Potvin, Former NHL player (b. 1967)
Holidays and observances
• In Sweden, Christmas ends on the 20th day, St. Knut’s Day. Children celebrate a party throwing out the Christmas tree (julgransplundring).
Absolutely, utterly and totally pointless... Like everything else around!
Events
• 888 - Odo, Count of Paris becomes King of the Franks.
• 1328 - Edward III of England marries Philippa, daughter of the Count of Hainault.
• 1547 - Henry Howard, Earl of Surrey sentenced to death.
• 1559 - Elizabeth I crowned Queen of England in Westminster Abbey.
• 1602 - William Shakespeare’s The Merry Wives of Windsor is published.
• 1605 - The controversial play Eastward Hoe by Ben Jonson, George Chapman, and John Marston is performed, landing two of the authors in prison.
• 1607 - Bank of Genoa fails after announcement of national bankruptcy in Spain.
• 1610 - Galileo Galilei discovers Callisto, 4th moon of Jupiter.
• 1622 - Work on the printing of the First Folio of William Shakespeare is suspended.
• 1625 - John Milton is admitted to Christ’s College, Cambridge at the age of 16.
• 1733 - James Oglethorpe and 130 colonists arrive in Charleston, South Carolina.
• 1785 - John Walter publishes first issue of the Daily Universal Register (later renamed The Times).
• 1830 - Great fire of New Orleans, Louisiana begins.
• 1832 - President Andrew Jackson writes Vice President Martin Van Buren expressing his opposition to South Carolina’s defiance of federal authority in the Nullification Crisis.
• 1840 - The steamship Lexington burns and sinks four miles off the coast of Long Island with the loss of 139 lives.
• 1842 - On this day Dr. William Brydon, a surgeon in the British Army during the First Anglo-Afghan War, became famous for being the sole survivor of an army of 16,500 when he reached the safety of a garrison in Jalalabad .
• 1847 - The Treaty of Cahuenga ends the Mexican-American War in California.
• 1854 - The accordion is patented by Anthony Faas.
• 1869 - National convention of black leaders meets in Washington D.C..
• 1893 - The Independent Labour Party of the UK has its first meeting.
• 1893 - US Marines land in Honolulu from the U.S.S. Boston to prevent the queen from abrogating the Bayonet Constitution.
• 1898 - Emile Zola’s J’accuse exposes the Dreyfus affair.
• 1915 - An Earthquake in Avezzano, Italy kills 29,800.
• 1930 - Mickey Mouse comic strip makes its first appearance.
• 1934 - the Candidate of Science degree is established in the USSR.
• 1935 - A plebiscite in Saarland shows that 90.3% of those voting wish to join Nazi Germany.
• 1938 - Church of England accepts theory of evolution.
• 1942 - Henry Ford patents a plastic automobile, which is 30% lighter than a regular car.
• 1942 - The United States begins Japanese American internment.
• 1953 - Marshal Josip Broz Tito chosen President of Yugoslavia.
• 1957 - Wham-O Company produces the first Frisbee.
• 1958 - Moroccan Liberation Army ambushes Spanish patrol in the Battle of Edchera.
• 1966 - Robert C. Weaver becomes the first African American Cabinet member by being appointed United States Secretary of Housing and Urban Development.
• 1968 - Johnny Cash records his landmark album At Folsom Prison live at Folsom State Prison
• 1972 - Prime Minister Kofi Busia and President Edward Akufo-Addo of Ghana are ousted in a bloodless military coup by Col. Ignatius Kutu Acheamphong.
• 1982 - Shortly after takeoff, Air Florida Flight 90 737 jet crashes into Washington, DC’s 14th Street Bridge and falls into the Potomac River, killing 78 including four motorists.
• 1986 - A month-long violent struggle begins in Aden, South Yemen between supporters of Ali Nasir Muhammad and Abdul Fattah Ismail, resulting in thousands of casualties.
• 1990 - L. Douglas Wilder becomes the first elected African American governor as he takes office in Richmond, Virginia.
• 1991 - Soviet Union military troops attack Lithuanian independence supporters in Vilnius.
• 1992 - Japan apologizes for forcing Korean women into sexual slavery during World War II.
• 2001 - An earthquake hits El Salvador, killing more than 800.
Births
• 1334 - King Henry II of Castile (d. 1379)
• 1562 - Mark Alexander Boyd, Scottish poet (d. 1601)
• 1596 - Jan van Goyen, Dutch painter (d. 1656)
• 1610 - Maria Anna of Austria (d. 1665)
• 1616 - Antoinette Bourignon, Flemish mystic (d. 1680)
• 1635 - Philipp Jakob Spener, German theologian (d. 1705)
• 1651 - Henry Booth, 1st Earl of Warrington, English politician (d. 1694)
• 1720 - Richard Hurd, English bishop and writer (d. 1808)
• 1749 - Friedrich Müller, painter and dramatist (d. 1825)
• 1805 - Thomas Dyer, Mayor of Chicago (d. 1862)
• 1808 - Salmon P. Chase, 6th Chief Justice of the United States (d. 1873)
• 1812 - Victor de Laprade, French poet and critic (d. 1883)
• 1832 - Horatio Alger, Jr., American minister and author (d. 1899)
• 1861 - Max Nonne, German neurologist (d. 1959)
• 1864 - Wilhelm Wien, German physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1928)
• 1866 - Vasily Kalinnikov, Russian composer (d. 1901)
• 1878 - Lionel Groulx, Canadian nationalist (d. 1967)
• 1869 - Emanuele Filiberto, 2nd Duke of Aosta, Italian aristocrat (d. 1931)
• 1884 - Sophie Tucker, Russian-born singer and performer (d. 1966)
• 1893 - Clark Ashton Smith, American writer (d. 1961)
• 1905 - Kay Francis, American actress (d. 1968)
• 1909 - Marinus van der Lubbe, Dutch communist (d. 1934)
• 1911 - Joh Bjelke-Petersen, Premier of Queensland (d. 2005)
• 1919 - Robert Stack, American actor (d. 2003)
• 1924 - Paul Feyerabend, Austrian-born philosopher (d. 1994)
• 1925 - Gwen Verdon, American actress and dancer (d. 2000)
• 1926 - Michael Bond, British writer
• 1926 - Carolyn Gold Heilbrun, American feminist author (d. 2003)
• 1927 - Brock Adams, American politician (d. 2004)
• 1927 - Sydney Brenner, British Nobel Laureate
• 1930 - Frances Sternhagen, American actress
• 1930 - Liz Anderson, American singer
• 1931 - Charles Nelson Reilly, American actor
• 1934 - Rip Taylor, American actor
• 1938 - William B. Davis, Canadian actor
• 1938 - Tord Grip, Swedish football manager
• 1941 - Pasqual Maragall, Spanish politician
• 1942 - Richard Moll, American actor
• 1943 - Carol Cleveland, English actress
• 1946 - Eero Koivistoinen, Finnish musician
• 1947 - Jacek Majchrowski, Mayor of Kraków
• 1948 - Gaj Singh, Maharaja of Jodhpur
• 1949 - Brandon Tartikoff, American television executive (d. 1997)
• 1950 - Bob Forsch, baseball player
• 1954 - Trevor Rabin, South African guitarist (Yes)
• 1955 - Jay McInerney, American writer
• 1958 - Andrew Stanton, American actor and director
• 1959 - Gordon G.G. Gebert, Musician keyboardist/producer, Author, Entertainer
• 1961 - Julia Louis-Dreyfus, American actress
• 1961 - Graham McPherson, English singer
• 1961 - Wayne Coyne, American singer (The Flaming Lips)
• 1962 - Trace Adkins, American musician
• 1964 - Penelope Ann Miller, American actress
• 1966 - Patrick Dempsey, American actor
• 1968 - Traci Bingham, American actress
• 1968 - Mike Whitlow, English footballer
• 1969 - Stephen Hendry, Scottish snooker player
• 1969 - Stefania Belmondo, Italian cross-country skier
• 1970 - Keith Coogan, American actor
• 1970 - Marco Pantani, Italian cyclist (d. 2004)
• 1972 - Nicole Eggert, American actress
• 1972 - Vitaly Scherbo, Belarussian gymnast
• 1973 - Nikolai Khabibulin, Russian hockey player
• 1977 - Orlando Bloom, English actor
• 1980 - Krzysztof Czerwinski, Polish conductor and organist
• 1980 - Akira Kaji, Japanese National Football Player
• 1981 - Reggie Brown, American football player
• 1982 - Guillermo Coria, Argentine tennis player
• 1983 - Julian Morris, English actor
• 1997 - Marius Borg Høiby, son of Mette-Marit, Crown Princess of Norway
Deaths
• 85 BC - Gaius Marius, Roman general and politician
• 703 - Empress Jitō of Japan (b. 645)
• 858 - King Ethelwulf of Wessex
• 888 - Charles the Fat, Holy Roman Emperor
• 1138 - Simon I, Duke of Lorraine (b. 1076)
• 1151 - Abbot Suger, French statesman and historian
• 1177 - Henry II of Austria (b. 1107)
• 1330 - Frederick I of Austria (b. 1286)
• 1363 - Meinhard III of Gorizia-Tyrol
• 1547 - Henry Howard, Earl of Surrey, English poet (b. 1517)
• 1599 - Edmund Spenser, English poet (b. 1552)
• 1630 - Yuan Chonghuan, Chinese military commander
• 1658 - Edward Sexby, English Puritan soldier (b. 1616)
• 1691 - George Fox, English founder of the Quakers (b. 1624)
• 1766 - King Frederick V of Denmark (b. 1723)
• 1775 - Johann Georg Walch, German theologian (b. 1693)
• 1790 - Luc Urbain de Bouexic, comte de Guichen, French admiral (b. 1712)
• 1796 - John H. D. Anderson, Scottish scientist and inventor (b. 1726)
• 1797 - Elisabeth Christine von Braunschweig-Bevern, wife of Frederick II of Prussia (b. 1715)
• 1852 - Fabian Gottlieb von Bellingshausen, Russian explorer (b. 1778)
• 1864 - Stephen Foster, American composer (b. 1826)
• 1906 - Alexander Popov, Russian physicist (b. 1859)
• 1923 - Alexandre Ribot, French statesman (b. 1842)
• 1929 - Wyatt Earp, Western lawman (b. 1848)
• 1932 - Sophia of Prussia, consort of Constantine I of Greece (b. 1870)
• 1934 - Paul Ulrich Villard, French physicist (b. 1860)
• 1941 - James Joyce, Irish writer (b. 1882)
• 1943 - Sophie Taeuber-Arp, Swiss artist (b. 1889)
• 1962 - Ernie Kovacs, American actor and comedian (b. 1919)
• 1974 - Salvador Novo, Mexican writer and poet (b. 1904)
• 1978 - Hubert H. Humphrey, 38th Vice President of the United States (b. 1911)
• 1978 - Joe McCarthy, baseball manager (b. 1908)
• 1979 - Donny Hathaway, American musician (b. 1945)
• 1988 - Chiang Ching-kuo, President of the Republic of China (b. 1910)
• 1993 - Camargo Guarnieri, Brazilian composer (b. 1907)
• 2001 - Michael Cuccione, Canadian actor and singer (b. 1985)
• 2002 - Ted Demme, American film director (b. 1963)
• 2002 - Frank Shuster, Canadian comedian (b. 1916)
• 2003 - Norman Panama, American screenwriter and director (b. 1914)
• 2004 - Arne Næss Jr., Norwegian mountain climber (b. 1937)
• 2004 - Harold Shipman, British serial killer (b. 1946)
• 2005 - Earl Cameron, Canadian broadcaster (b. 1915)
• 2005 - Nell Rankin, American mezzo-soprano (b. 1924)
• 2006 - Frank Fixaris, Sportscaster (b. 1934)
• 2006 - Marc Potvin, Former NHL player (b. 1967)
Holidays and observances
• In Sweden, Christmas ends on the 20th day, St. Knut’s Day. Children celebrate a party throwing out the Christmas tree (julgransplundring).
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