memeage
Go to wikipedia and put in your birth date. Don't put in the year. Post in your LJ with three neat facts, three births, and three deaths!
1690 - The colony of Massachusetts issues the first paper money in America.
1947 - Percival Prattis becomes the first African American news correspondent allowed in the United States House and Senate press gallery.
1984 - Astronauts from Space Shuttle Challenger make first untethered spacewalk.
1821 - Elizabeth Blackwell, American physician (d. 1910)
1874 - Gertrude Stein, American writer and patron of the arts (d. 1946)
1956 - Nathan Lane, American actor
1959 - Also known as The Day the Music Died because of the deaths of:
The Big Bopper, American singer (b. 1930)
Buddy Holly, American singer (b. 1936)
Ritchie Valens, American singer (b. 1941)
although it's almost cheating because it was one accident, three people.
1690 - The colony of Massachusetts issues the first paper money in America.
1947 - Percival Prattis becomes the first African American news correspondent allowed in the United States House and Senate press gallery.
1984 - Astronauts from Space Shuttle Challenger make first untethered spacewalk.
1821 - Elizabeth Blackwell, American physician (d. 1910)
1874 - Gertrude Stein, American writer and patron of the arts (d. 1946)
1956 - Nathan Lane, American actor
1959 - Also known as The Day the Music Died because of the deaths of:
The Big Bopper, American singer (b. 1930)
Buddy Holly, American singer (b. 1936)
Ritchie Valens, American singer (b. 1941)
although it's almost cheating because it was one accident, three people.