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Here's the meme: Go to Wikipedia.com, type in your birthdate but not the year, and then in your LJ put in 4 cool events, 3 births, and 2 deaths and a holiday.
Events
1984 - Astronauts from Space Shuttle Challenger make first untethered spacewalk.
1972 - The first Winter Olympics to be held in Asia open in Sapporo, Japan.
1967 - Ronald Ryan, the last person to be executed in Australia, is hanged in Pentridge Prison, Melbourne.
1969 - In Cairo, Yasser Arafat is appointed Palestinian Liberation Organization leader at the Palestinian National Congress.
Births
1795 - Antonio José de Sucre, South Américan independence hero and Great Marshall of Ayacucho (d. 1830)
1980 - Sarah Lewitinn, American writer and DJ
1950 - Morgan Fairchild, American actress
Deaths
1959 - Also known as The Day the Music Died because of the deaths of:
Holiday
Japan - the festival of Setsubun before spring.
Events
1984 - Astronauts from Space Shuttle Challenger make first untethered spacewalk.
1972 - The first Winter Olympics to be held in Asia open in Sapporo, Japan.
1967 - Ronald Ryan, the last person to be executed in Australia, is hanged in Pentridge Prison, Melbourne.
1969 - In Cairo, Yasser Arafat is appointed Palestinian Liberation Organization leader at the Palestinian National Congress.
Births
1795 - Antonio José de Sucre, South Américan independence hero and Great Marshall of Ayacucho (d. 1830)
1980 - Sarah Lewitinn, American writer and DJ
1950 - Morgan Fairchild, American actress
Deaths
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)
Holiday
Japan - the festival of Setsubun before spring.