These events all happened on my birthday. Coincidence? I think not.
1576 - Henry of Navarre converts to Roman Catholicism in order to ensure his right to the throne of France.
1631 - Roger Williams emigrates to Boston.
1778 - South Carolina becomes the first state to ratify the Articles of Confederation.
1885 - King Léopold II of Belgium establishes the Congo as a personal possession.
1958 - A hydrogen bomb known as the Tybee Bomb is lost by the US Air Force off the coast of Savannah, Georgia, never to be recovered.
1962 - French President Charles De Gaulle calls for allowing Algeria to be an independent nation.
1971 - Apollo program: Apollo 14 Mission - Alan Shepard and Edgar Mitchell aboard LM, Antares land on the Moon at Fra Mauro formation.
1988 - Manuel Noriega is indicted on drug smuggling and money laundering charges.
1988 - Comic Relief holds the first "Red Nose Day", which raises £15 million in the United Kingdom for charity.
2008 - Will Leitch ruins an otherwise perfect party.
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