Stuff that happened on my birthday! - from Lusorius
Go to Wikipedia and do a search on your birthdate, tell what you found!
Interesting Births:
427 BC - Plato, Greek philosopher (d. 347 BC)
1471 - Albrecht Dürer, German painter and graphic artist (d. 1528)
1688 - Alexander Pope, English poet (d. 1744)
1844 - Henri Rousseau, French artist (d. 1910)
1921 - Andrei Sakharov, Russian physicist and activist, recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize (declined)
1952 - Mr. T, American actor
1960 - Jeffrey Dahmer, American serial killer (d. 1994)
Interesting deaths:
1542 - Hernando de Soto, Spanish explorer
1991 - Rajiv Gandhi, Prime Minister of India (b. 1944)
1999 - Karnail Pitts, also known as Bugz, rapper for D12 (b. 1979)
2000 - Barbara Cartland, English author (b. 1901)
2000 - Sir John Gielgud, British actor (b. 1904)
Interesting events:
996 - Sixteen-year-old Otto III is crowned Holy Roman Emperor.
1758 - Mary Campbell is abducted from her home in Pennsylvania by the Lenape tribe during the French and Indian War.
1856 - Lawrence, Kansas is captured and burned by pro-slavery forces.
1881 - The American Red Cross is established by Clara Barton.
1927 - Charles Lindbergh touchs down at Le Bourget Field in Paris, completing the world's first solo nonstop flight across the Atlantic Ocean.
1936 - Sada Abe is arrested after wandering the streets of Tokyo for days with her dead lover's severed genitals in her hand. Her story soon became one of Japan's most notorious scandals.
1980 - Star Wars Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back opens in theaters. (and we watched it from the projection booth because baby Emily was fussy)
Interesting Births:
427 BC - Plato, Greek philosopher (d. 347 BC)
1471 - Albrecht Dürer, German painter and graphic artist (d. 1528)
1688 - Alexander Pope, English poet (d. 1744)
1844 - Henri Rousseau, French artist (d. 1910)
1921 - Andrei Sakharov, Russian physicist and activist, recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize (declined)
1952 - Mr. T, American actor
1960 - Jeffrey Dahmer, American serial killer (d. 1994)
Interesting deaths:
1542 - Hernando de Soto, Spanish explorer
1991 - Rajiv Gandhi, Prime Minister of India (b. 1944)
1999 - Karnail Pitts, also known as Bugz, rapper for D12 (b. 1979)
2000 - Barbara Cartland, English author (b. 1901)
2000 - Sir John Gielgud, British actor (b. 1904)
Interesting events:
996 - Sixteen-year-old Otto III is crowned Holy Roman Emperor.
1758 - Mary Campbell is abducted from her home in Pennsylvania by the Lenape tribe during the French and Indian War.
1856 - Lawrence, Kansas is captured and burned by pro-slavery forces.
1881 - The American Red Cross is established by Clara Barton.
1927 - Charles Lindbergh touchs down at Le Bourget Field in Paris, completing the world's first solo nonstop flight across the Atlantic Ocean.
1936 - Sada Abe is arrested after wandering the streets of Tokyo for days with her dead lover's severed genitals in her hand. Her story soon became one of Japan's most notorious scandals.
1980 - Star Wars Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back opens in theaters. (and we watched it from the projection booth because baby Emily was fussy)