the date meme: November 6

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Enter your date of birth, sans year, into Wikipedia. List three events, three births, and three deaths.

Events

1. 1889 - Nintendo Koppai (Later Nintendo Company, Limited) founded by Fusajiro Yamauchi to produce and market the playing card game Hanafuda.
2. 1962 - Apartheid: The United Nations General Assembly passes a resolution condemning South Africa's racist apartheid policies and calls for all UN member states to cease military and economic relations with the nation.
3. 2002 - Winona Ryder is found guilty of shoplifting after stealing items worth $5,500 from a New York boutique.

Note: Every single time the US presidential election is held on my birthday, the Republican wins. I am bad juju.

Births

1. 1494 - Suleiman the Magnificent, Ottoman Sultan (d. 1566)
2. 1965 - Greg Graffin, American singer (Bad Religion)
3. 1970 - Ethan Hawke, American actor (I always bring this up)

Deaths

1. 1231 - Emperor Tsuchimikado of Japan (b. 1196)
2. 1796 - Catherine II of Russia (b. 1729) (contrary to rumor, it is not true that was killed when the ropes holding the stallion being lowered onto her for carnal purposes snapped)
3. 1925 - Khai Dinh, Emperor of Vietnam

Bonus holiday

1. Feast day of Sts. Atticus and Efflam, among others