Birthday Meme - Ligged from Del

Aug 13, 2008 11:18

Pick 4 events, 3 births, 2 deaths, and 1 holiday.

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EVENTS:

1593 - Alleged teleportation of Gil Perez.
1901 - Annie Edson Taylor becomes the first person to go over Niagara Falls in a barrel.
1926 - Harry Houdini's last performance, which was at the Garrick Theatre in Detroit, Michigan.
1947 - Walt Disney testifies to the House Un-American Activities Committee, naming Disney employees he believes to be communists.

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BIRTHS:

1915 - Bob Kane, Batman Creator and American cartoonist (d. 1998)
1933 - Ronald and Reginald Kray, British gangsters (Ronald d. 1995; Reginald d. 2000)
1966 - Roman Abramovich, Russian oil magnate

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DEATHS:

1991 - Gene Roddenberry, American television producer (b. 1921)
1994 - Raúl Juliá, Puerto Rican actor (b. 1940)

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HOLIDAY:

Discordianism - Maladay

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Some interesting events and people there all told... :p
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