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This idea was stolen from a friend ...
Go to Wikipedia and put in your birth date. Don't put in the year. Post in your LJ with three neat/important events, three births, and one death! Or more if you can't choose.
Events
1567 - James VI is crowned King of Scotland at Stirling.
1954 - The Fellowship of the Ring, the first part of The Lord of the Rings, is published in the UK.
1976 - In New York City, the "Son of Sam" kills one person and seriously wounds another in the first of a series of attacks.
2005 - Astronomers discover 10th planet.
Births
1938 - Peter Jennings, Canadian-born television journalist (d. 2005)
http://world-class.wsu.edu/2004/jennings/image-peter.jpg
1962 - Scott Steiner, US professional wrestler
http://hoback.ncsa.uiuc.edu/~prajlich/manfred/scott_steiner.jpg
1973 - Stephen Dorff, American actor
http://www.mostbeautifulman.com/actors/stephendorff/images/pic08.jpg
1983 - Me, better then anybody else born on this day and you can take that to the bank!!!
Event/Death Combo (I should get a bonus for this one ... )
1030 - King Olaf II fights and dies in the Battle of Stiklestad, trying to regain his Norwegian throne from the Danes.
Death Combo
238 - Pupienus, Roman Emperor (assassinated)
238 - Balbinus, Roman Emperor (assassinated) The Co-Emperor's of rome were slain on my birthday ... They co-regined for a tad more then three months
Go to Wikipedia and put in your birth date. Don't put in the year. Post in your LJ with three neat/important events, three births, and one death! Or more if you can't choose.
Events
1567 - James VI is crowned King of Scotland at Stirling.
1954 - The Fellowship of the Ring, the first part of The Lord of the Rings, is published in the UK.
1976 - In New York City, the "Son of Sam" kills one person and seriously wounds another in the first of a series of attacks.
2005 - Astronomers discover 10th planet.
Births
1938 - Peter Jennings, Canadian-born television journalist (d. 2005)
http://world-class.wsu.edu/2004/jennings/image-peter.jpg
1962 - Scott Steiner, US professional wrestler
http://hoback.ncsa.uiuc.edu/~prajlich/manfred/scott_steiner.jpg
1973 - Stephen Dorff, American actor
http://www.mostbeautifulman.com/actors/stephendorff/images/pic08.jpg
1983 - Me, better then anybody else born on this day and you can take that to the bank!!!
Event/Death Combo (I should get a bonus for this one ... )
1030 - King Olaf II fights and dies in the Battle of Stiklestad, trying to regain his Norwegian throne from the Danes.
Death Combo
238 - Pupienus, Roman Emperor (assassinated)
238 - Balbinus, Roman Emperor (assassinated) The Co-Emperor's of rome were slain on my birthday ... They co-regined for a tad more then three months