birthday meme

[ironymaiden]

1. Go to Wikipedia and enter your DOB without the year.
2. List three historical events, two births and one death that happened on your birthday.

History
1963 - John F. Kennedy assassination: In Dallas, Texas, US President John F. Kennedy is assassinated and Texas Governor John B. Connally is seriously wounded. Later the same day, US Vice-President Lyndon B. Johnson is sworn in as the 36th President of the United States.

1968 - The Beatles release the double-album The Beatles, commonly known as The White Album

1974 - The United Nations General Assembly grants the Palestine Liberation Organization observer status.

Births
1893 - Harley J. Earl, automobile designer (d. 1969)
1940 - Terry Gilliam, American/British comedian and director

Death
1718 - Blackbeard (Edward Teach), British pirate

Comments

[mort-q.livejournal.com]

Mort_Q Wiki (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dec_13)

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History
1979 - The Canadian Government of Prime Minister Joe Clark is defeated in the House of Commons, prompting the 1980 Canadian election.
2000 - American Vice President Al Gore delivers his concession speech ending his hopes of becoming the 43rd President of the United States.
1996 - Kofi Annan is elected as Secretary-General of the United Nations.

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Births
1927 - Christopher Plummer, Canadian actor
1925 - Dick Van Dyke, American actor and comedian

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Deaths
2005 - Stanley Williams (Stanley Tookie Williams III), Founder of the Crips street gang, convicted murderer and anti-gang activist (b. 1953)

[ironymaiden]

but how could you resist this one? it totally beats Kofi Annan.
1973 - Rael, leader of the Raelian Movement claims to meet an ET he says is named Yahweh, during an alleged UFO encounter in Puy de Lassolas, France.

[matt-ruff.livejournal.com]

History
1504 - Michelangelo's David is unveiled in Florence.

1636 - A vote of the Great and General Court of the Massachusetts Bay Colony establishes the first college in what would become the United States, today known as Harvard University.

1966 - "The Man Trap", the first episode of the science fiction television series Star Trek airs.

Births
1841 - Antonin Dvorak, Czech composer (d. 1904)
1979 - Pink, American singer

Death
1977 - Zero Mostel, American actor (b. 1915)

[tcinseattle.livejournal.com]

H:1952 - Premiere of John Cage's 4'33" in Woodstock, New York.
1907 - The Quebec Bridge collapses during construction, killing 75 workers. (I mention this because the iron rings us engineering grads get in Canada are _not_ made from the metal in this bridge. that's a myth)
1831 - Michael Faraday discovers electromagnetic induction.

B:
1958 - Michael Jackson, American singer and songwriter (_and king of pop_)
1981 - Lanny Barbie, Canadian porn star (how do you have sex Canadian style? Under a warm blanket!)

D:
1769 - Edmund Hoyle, English author and teacher (b. 1672)

[gloriajn.livejournal.com]

Your birthday's November 22nd? My gosh! I figured that out when I saw that the Kennedy assassination took place that day. I think your birth date definitely takes the cake.