Wikipedia Birthdate Bleme

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The drill: go to Wikipedia, search on the day of your birthday (leave out the year), pick three interesting events, two births, two deaths. I will note that Wikipedia left out the big-ass comet strike on Jupiter in 1994 (the whole strike sequence took place over several days, Wikipedia only lists the first day of it). I'm gonna go over the minimums on births. :)

Events

• AD 64 - Great fire of Rome: A fire begins to burn in the merchant area of Rome and soon burns completely out of control while Emperor Nero reportedly plays his lyre and sings while watching the blaze from a safe distance.
  
• 1536 - The authority of the Pope is declared void in England.
  
• 1938 - Douglas "Wrong Way" Corrigan arrives in Ireland.
  

Births

• 1635 - Robert Hooke, English scientist (d. 1703)
  
• 1887 - Vidkun Quisling, Norwegian politician and traitor (d. 1945)
  
• 1913 - Red Skelton, American actor and comedian (d. 1997)
  
• 1918 - Nelson Mandela, President of South Africa, recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize
  
• 1921 - John Glenn, astronaut and politician
  
• 1922 - Thomas Kuhn, American philosopher (d. 1996)
  
• 1937 - Hunter S. Thompson, American journalist and author (d. 2005)
  
• 1967 - Vin Diesel, American actor
  

Deaths

• 1792 - John Paul Jones, American naval commander (b. 1747)
  
• 2005 - William Westmoreland, U.S. Army general (b. 1914)
  

Also, July 18 is Uruguay's "Constitution Day".

Comments

[syringavulgaris.livejournal.com]

So you've got The Good Doctor's entry, and I've got his exit. How tidy!