1. Type in your birthday (minus the year) in the search bar at
http://wikipedia.org/ 2. List three interesting events, two births, and one death that happened on your birthday.
October 23
EVENTS
4004 BC - On the preceding eve of this day (in the proleptic Julian calendar), the universe was created, according to the archbishop James Ussher in his Ussher-Lightfoot Calendar.
1958 - Belgian cartoonist Peyo introduced a new set of comic strip characters The Smurfs.
2001 - The Provisional Irish Republican Army of Northern Ireland commences disarmament after peace talks encouraged by American President Bill Clinton.
BIRTHS
1925 - Johnny Carson, American television host (d. 2005)
1954 - Ang Lee, Taiwanese-born director and producer
DEATH
1456 - Giovanni da Capistrano, Italian saint (b. 1386)