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Go to wikipedia and put in your birth date. Don't put in the year. Post in your LJ with three neat facts, two births, and two deaths!
FACTS:
1275 - Chinese astronomers observe a total eclipse of the sun.
1493 - Explorer Christopher Columbus arrives in America aboard his ship Niña.
1976 - The Northern Ireland Constitutional Convention is formally dissolved in Northern Ireland resulting in direct rule of Northern Ireland from London via the British parliament.
BIRTHS:
1678 - Antonio Vivaldi, Italian composer (d. 1741)
1932 - Miriam Makeba, South African singer, Grammy 1965
DEATHS:
1193 - Saladin, Turkish sultan (b. 1137)
2005 - Nicola Calipari, Italian secret service agent (b. 1953)
FACTS:
1275 - Chinese astronomers observe a total eclipse of the sun.
1493 - Explorer Christopher Columbus arrives in America aboard his ship Niña.
1976 - The Northern Ireland Constitutional Convention is formally dissolved in Northern Ireland resulting in direct rule of Northern Ireland from London via the British parliament.
BIRTHS:
1678 - Antonio Vivaldi, Italian composer (d. 1741)
1932 - Miriam Makeba, South African singer, Grammy 1965
DEATHS:
1193 - Saladin, Turkish sultan (b. 1137)
2005 - Nicola Calipari, Italian secret service agent (b. 1953)