Bertdi

Predicted earthquake on July 18.

Philippines.

8.1 in magnitude.

Today's my birthday.

Earthquake. 4th grade. 1990.

Intensity 7.8

Other significant events.

Wonderin'.

July 16th

1769	The first Roman Catholic mission in California was dedicated at the site of present-day San Diego.
1790	The U.S. Congress designated the District of Columbia as the permanent seat of the U.S. government.
1945	The first test of the atom bomb was conducted at a secret base near Alamogordo, N.M.
1959	Billie Holiday, considered one of the greatest jazz singers of all time despite a tragic life, died of cardiac failure at age 44.
1969	Apollo 11, the first moon-landing mission, was launched from the Kennedy Space Center, carrying astronauts Neil Armstrong, Edwin Buzz Aldrin and Michael Collins.
1980	Ronald Reagan was unanimously nominated as the Republican candidate for president at the GOP National Convention in Detroit. He chose George Bush as his running mate after former U.S. President Gerald Ford declined to join the ticket.
1990	Soviet Leader Mikhail Gorbachev dropped his objections to a unified Germany in NATO.
1991	At its London summit, the Group of Seven agreed to support the Soviet Union's economic reforms and its admission to the International Monetary Fund.
1999	John F. Kennedy, Jr., his wife and her sister were killed when their single-engine plane crashed into the Atlantic Ocean off Martha's Vineyard. The son of former U.S. President John Kennedy was 39.
2004	Martha Stewart was sentenced to five months in prison and five months of house arrest for after being found guilty of conspiracy, obstruction of an agency proceeding, and making false statements to federal investigators.
2004	At least 75 children were killed in a fire that engulfed a school in India's southern state of Tamil Nadu.
2005	British police said a powerful explosive had been found in an apartment in the English town of Leeds, possibly related to the previous week's London bombings of three subway trains and a double-decker bus in which 54 people died and more than 700 were injured.
2006	Leaders of the Group of Eight major economic powers criticized Israel and Hezbollah forces in Lebanon for their fighting and urged them to stop. U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice said Hezbollah had to be disarmed.
2006	North Korea said the U.N. Security Council resolution sanctioning Pyongyang for its recent missile tests was a prelude to a new Korean war.
2007	A reported 85 people died when a suicide bomber drove an explosives-laden truck into a Kirkuk compound that housed offices of Kurdish politicians in Iraqi Kurdistan.
2007	International Atomic Energy Agency inspectors verified that North Korea had shut down its nuclear reactor at Yongbyon.