Apr 08, 2006 18:38
Go to Wikipedia, enter in your birth date but not the year. List three neat events, three births and three deaths, include the year.
Events:
1782 - George Washington orders the creation of the Badge of Military Merit to honor soldiers wounded in battle. It is later renamed to the more poetic Purple Heart. (maybe that's why I like purple so much, hehe)
1960 - Côte d'Ivoire (Ivory Coast) becomes independent.
1973 - NBC airs the final day of the Watergate hearings on U.S. daytime television.
Births:
1742 - Nathanael Greene, American Revolutionary general (d. 1786)
1876 - Mata Hari, Dutch spy (d. 1917)
1960 - David Duchovny, American actor
Deaths:
461 - Majorian, Roman Emperor (assassinated) (b. 420)
1957 - Oliver Hardy, American comedian and actor (b. 1892)
2005 - Peter Jennings, Canadian-born news anchor (b. 1938)
Real update coming soon.....maybe, heheh. There's so much to write about and so little time to do it. :-P Peace out for now~