(I got this from Totally Frank's Blog)
What to do: On wikipedia.com search for your birthday and then find 3 events, 2 birthdays, 1 death and 1 holiday for that day.
3 Events:
1928 - Walt Disney releases Steamboat Willie, the best known of the early short films to feature Mickey Mouse.
1957 - First U.S. underground nuclear bomb test.
1972 - A parcel bomb sent to Israeli Embassy in London kills one diplomat.
2 Birthdays:
1949 - Twiggy, English model
1964 - Trisha Yearwood, American singer
1 Death:
1881 - James Garfield, 20th President of the United States
1 Holiday:
International Talk Like a Pirate Day.
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Events
1) 1929 - The New York Stock Exchange crashes in what will be called the Crash of '29 or Black Tuesday, ending the Great Bull Market of the 1920s and beginning the Great Depression.
I feel this is so good, I don't need to waste my efforts trying to top it with another two. But I'm bored, so I'll do it anyways
2) 1960 - In Louisville, Kentucky, Cassius Clay (who later takes the name Muhammad Ali) wins his first professional fight.
3) 1964 - A collection of irreplaceable gems, including the 565 carat (113 g) Star of India, is stolen by a group of thieves including Jack Murphy from the American Museum of Natural History in New York City.
Birthdays
1) 1957 - Dan Castellaneta, American actor <---- The voice of Homer Simpson
2) Doesn't matter. See 1
Deaths
1) 1901 - Leon Czolgosz, American assassin of U.S. President William McKinley (b. 1873)
Holidays
1) Turkey - Republic Day (1923)
You know me, I’ll try whatever! :)
March 6
Events:
1079 - Omar Khayyám completes the Iranian calendar.
1964 - Prophet Elijah Muhammad officially gives Cassius Clay the name Muhammad Ali.
1992 - The Michelangelo computer virus begins to affect computers.
Births:
1475 - Michelangelo, Italian artist (d. 1564)
1806 - Elizabeth Barrett Browning, British poet (d. 1861) – my favorite poet, imagine that! :)
Death:
1888 - Louisa May Alcott, American novelist (b. 1832)
Holiday:
Alamo Day in Texas – REMEMBER the ALAMO!?
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