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

June 16th

[z4nd4r.livejournal.com]

Events
1884 - The first roller coaster in the United States begins operation at Coney Island, New York
1972 - Burglars are caught breaking into the United States Democratic Party headquarters in the Watergate building
2003 - The Hatfields and McCoys sign a formal truce.

And only because this was the year I was born:
1976 - Apartheid: A non-violent march by 15000 students in Soweto, South Africa turns into days of rioting when police open fire on the crowd and kill 566 children.

Births
1829 - Geronimo, Apache leader (d. 1909)
1971 - Tupac Amaru Shakur, Born Lesan Parish Crooks (Mother changes name at early age), American West Coast Rapper (d. 1996)
1977 - Kerry Wood, baseball player

Deaths
1959 - George Reeves, American actor (b. 1914)
2000 - Empress Nagako of Japan (b. 1903)

Re: June 16th

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1989: I got my driver's license. Yeah, at almost 19 years old.

Re: June 16th

[z4nd4r.livejournal.com]

Heh. I got mine on June 16th too. In 1992. When I turned 16 ;)

Re: June 16th

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*cough* old man *cough*

Re: June 16th

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Don't make me beat you with my cane. Especially since it's a sword cane.