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cheekbones3) wrote2008-08-22 12:48 pm
cheekbones3) wrote2008-08-22 12:48 pm
Memeage
Go to Wikipedia and enter your date of birth
Then pick four events, three births, two deaths, and one holiday.
1060 - Béla I of Hungary is crowned king of Hungary
1917 - Finland declares independence from Russia
1922 - One year to the day after the signing of the Anglo-Irish Treaty, the Irish Free State comes into existence.
1977 - South Africa grants independence to Bophuthatswana, although it is not recognized by any other country.
846 - Hasan al-Askari, Shia Imam (d. 874)
1586 - Niccolò Zucchi, Italian astronomer (d. 1670)
1958 - Nick Park, British filmmaker and animator
1977 - Andrew Flintoff, English cricketer
1988 - Roy Orbison, American singer, guitarist, and songwriter (b. 1936)
2005 - Charly Gaul, Luxembourg cyclist (b. 1932)
Saint Nicholas Day, where St. Nicholas/Santa Claus leaves little presents in children's shoes ("Sinterklaas" in Belgium and the Netherlands, "Święty Mikołaj" in Poland).
Then pick four events, three births, two deaths, and one holiday.
1060 - Béla I of Hungary is crowned king of Hungary
1917 - Finland declares independence from Russia
1922 - One year to the day after the signing of the Anglo-Irish Treaty, the Irish Free State comes into existence.
1977 - South Africa grants independence to Bophuthatswana, although it is not recognized by any other country.
846 - Hasan al-Askari, Shia Imam (d. 874)
1586 - Niccolò Zucchi, Italian astronomer (d. 1670)
1958 - Nick Park, British filmmaker and animator
1977 - Andrew Flintoff, English cricketer
1988 - Roy Orbison, American singer, guitarist, and songwriter (b. 1936)
2005 - Charly Gaul, Luxembourg cyclist (b. 1932)
Saint Nicholas Day, where St. Nicholas/Santa Claus leaves little presents in children's shoes ("Sinterklaas" in Belgium and the Netherlands, "Święty Mikołaj" in Poland).
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1912 - The British passenger liner RMS Titanic hits an iceberg in the North Atlantic, and sinks the following morning with the loss of 1,503 lives.
1958 - The Soviet satellite Sputnik 2 falls from orbit after a mission duration of 162 days.
2000 - Metallica drummer Lars Ulrich files a lawsuit against P2P sharing phenomenon Napster. This law-suit eventually leads the movement against file-sharing programs.
1578 - James Hepburn, 4th Earl of Bothwell, consort of Mary I of Scotland
1983 - Pete Farndon, English bassist (The Pretenders) (b. 1952)
2000 - Phil Katz, American computer programmer (b. 1962)
1629 - Christiaan Huygens, Dutch mathematician (d. 1695)
Black Day - Informal celebration day for single people in South Korea.
# 1945 - Ritchie Blackmore, English guitarist
# 1977 - Sarah Michelle Gellar, American actress
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