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Stolen from nicotinepatches

Go to Wikipedia.org and type in your birth date (but not the year). Copy and paste at least three events, two birthdays, and one death that happened on your birthday.

Events

  • 1057 – King MacBeth of Scotland is killed during the Battle of Lumphanan by the forces of King Malcolm III.
    “I will not be afraid of death and bane,
    Till Birnam forest come to Dunsinane.”
  • 1877 – Thomas Edison makes the first-ever recording – “Mary Had a Little Lamb”
    though I’d stick with a literary theme here
  • 1947 – India gains independence from the United Kingdom. Jawaharlal Nehru takes office as the first Prime Minister of India
    okay, I’ve just been extra interested India lately.

Births

  • 1717 – Blind Jack, English roadbuilder
    My guess is his roads weren’t very straight
  • 1945 – Mahamandaleshwar Paramhans Swami Maheshwarananda, Indian guru
    why isn’t my name that cool
  • 1972 – Ben Affleck, American actor
    of this, I am not proud.

Deaths

  • 1959 – Blind Willie McTell, American singer
    My guess is his songs weren’t very straight

Holidays

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Events

1693 – Date traditionally ascribed to Dom Perignon’s invention of Champagne.
1753 – George Washington, then a young Virginia planter, becomes a Master Mason, the highest basic rank in the secret fraternity of Freemasonry.
1977 – US President Jimmy Carter signs legislation creating the United States Department of Energy.

Births

1929 – Yasser Arafat, Palestine leader (d. 2004)
1955 – Billy Bob Thornton, American actor and writer

Deaths

1875 – Hans Christian Andersen, Danish writer (b. 1805)

Holidays

Ancient Egypt – Jubilation of the Heart of Re

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