Apr 07, 2006 23:56
Go to Wikipedia, enter in your birthdate (sans year), post three events, two births and one death.
December 23 -
1823 - The poem A Visit From St. Nicholas (AKA The Night Before Christmas) is published in the Sentinel.
1888 - Vincent Van Gogh cuts off the lower part of his left ear, takes it to a brothel, and gives it to a prostitute named Rachel.
1947 - The transistor is first demonstrated at Bell Laboratories.
1805 - Joseph Smith, Jr., American founder of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (d. 1844)
1867 - Madame C. J. Walker, American millionaire (d. 1919)
1953 - Lavrenty Beria, Soviet Communist leader (b. 1899)
a lot more interesting things on my B-day....