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The site was updated to its current format in November 7, 2012, by Evan Britton, [7] who has since described the website as "Wikipedia for Generation Z". [8] [7] Famous Birthdays originally focused on more traditional celebrities (such as actors, athletes, musicians, etc.), but has since expanded to also feature internet personalities. [2]
image Born Person description occupation position held country of citizenship given name 2018-01-15 Chicago West: Kanye West & Kim Kardashian's daughter
613 – Eight-month-old Heraclius Constantine is crowned as co-emperor by his father Heraclius at Constantinople. [1]871 – Battle of Basing: The West Saxons led by King Æthelred I are defeated by the Danelaw Vikings at Basing.
The driver and 26 children die in one of the worst school bus accidents in U.S. history. [ 13 ] 1959 – Discoverer 1 , an American spy satellite that is the first object intended to achieve a polar orbit , is launched but fails to achieve orbit.
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February 29 is a leap day (or "leap year day")—an intercalary date added periodically to create leap years in the Julian and Gregorian calendars.It is the 60th day of a leap year in both Julian and Gregorian calendars, and 306 days remain until the end of the leap year.
1606 – The Janszoon voyage of 1605–06 becomes the first European expedition to set foot on Australia, although it is mistaken as a part of New Guinea. [7]1616 – Galileo Galilei is formally banned by the Roman Catholic Church from teaching or defending the view that the earth orbits the sun.
1913 – Claudio Monteverdi's last opera, L'incoronazione di Poppea, was performed theatrically for the first time in more than 250 years. 1958 – After a mid-air collision with a fighter plane during a practice exercise off Tybee Island, Georgia , a U.S. Air Force bomber jettisoned a Mark 15 nuclear bomb , which was presumed lost.