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Look up your birthday in Wikipedia. Pick 4 events, 3 births, 2 deaths, and 1 holiday.
EVENTS
1863 - American Civil War: Stonewall Jackson is wounded by friendly fire while returning to camp after reconnoitering for the Battle of Chancellorsville. He succumbs to pneumonia eight days later
1945 - World War II: Fall of Berlin: The Soviet Union announces the capture of Berlin and Soviet soldiers hoist their red flag over the Reichstag building. German forces surrender in Italy. German forces surrender to the New Zealand Army in Trieste.
1969 - The British ocean liner Queen Elizabeth 2 departs on her maiden voyage to New York City.
2008 - Cyclone Nargis makes landfall in Myanmar killing over 130,000 people and leaving millions of people homeless
BIRTHS
1892 - Manfred von Richthofen, German World War I pilot - the Red Baron (d. 1918)
1955 - Donatella Versace, Italian fashion designer
1985 - Lily Allen, English singer and songwriter (Exactly the same day! OoOoO)
(So many awesome people share the same biffy as me. It was hard to pick just 3 - Engelbert Humperdinck - 1936; Jacques Rogge, Belgian president of the IOC - 1942; Dwayne 'The Rock' Johnson - 1972; David Beckham - 1975)
DEATHS
1519 - Leonardo da Vinci, Italian inventor and painter (b. 1452)
1945 - Martin Bormann, Nazi official (b. 1900)
1972 - J. Edgar Hoover, American director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (b. 1895)
HOLIDAY
Poland - Flag Day, an official holiday to honour the Flag of Poland
EVENTS
1863 - American Civil War: Stonewall Jackson is wounded by friendly fire while returning to camp after reconnoitering for the Battle of Chancellorsville. He succumbs to pneumonia eight days later
1945 - World War II: Fall of Berlin: The Soviet Union announces the capture of Berlin and Soviet soldiers hoist their red flag over the Reichstag building. German forces surrender in Italy. German forces surrender to the New Zealand Army in Trieste.
1969 - The British ocean liner Queen Elizabeth 2 departs on her maiden voyage to New York City.
2008 - Cyclone Nargis makes landfall in Myanmar killing over 130,000 people and leaving millions of people homeless
BIRTHS
1892 - Manfred von Richthofen, German World War I pilot - the Red Baron (d. 1918)
1955 - Donatella Versace, Italian fashion designer
1985 - Lily Allen, English singer and songwriter (Exactly the same day! OoOoO)
(So many awesome people share the same biffy as me. It was hard to pick just 3 - Engelbert Humperdinck - 1936; Jacques Rogge, Belgian president of the IOC - 1942; Dwayne 'The Rock' Johnson - 1972; David Beckham - 1975)
DEATHS
1519 - Leonardo da Vinci, Italian inventor and painter (b. 1452)
1945 - Martin Bormann, Nazi official (b. 1900)
1972 - J. Edgar Hoover, American director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (b. 1895)
HOLIDAY
Poland - Flag Day, an official holiday to honour the Flag of Poland