the poles love me
Look up your birthday in Wikipedia. Pick 4 events, 3 births, 2 deaths, and 1 holiday.
Events
1885 - Good Housekeeping magazine goes on sale for the first time.
1946 - The "Battle of Alcatraz" takes place, killing two guards and three inmates.
1982 - Falklands War: The British nuclear submarine HMS Conqueror sinks the Argentine cruiser ARA General Belgrano.
1986 - The 1986 World Exposition in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, opens.
Births
1729 - Catherine the Great, Empress of Russia (d.1796)
1952 - Christine Baranski, American actress
1975 - David Beckham, English footballer
Deaths
1519 - Leonardo da Vinci, Italian inventor and painter (b. 1452)
1972 - J. Edgar Hoover, American director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (b. 1895)
Holiday
Poland - Flag Day, an official holiday to honour the Flag of Poland
Oh, and just to share...I bought a picture today to commemorate my working at the Buffalo Zoo this summer. Surappa, the youngest of the three elephants, painted it for me yesterday. Granted, it's a bunch of squiggles, but it's painted by an elephant...my favourite animal!
Events
1885 - Good Housekeeping magazine goes on sale for the first time.
1946 - The "Battle of Alcatraz" takes place, killing two guards and three inmates.
1982 - Falklands War: The British nuclear submarine HMS Conqueror sinks the Argentine cruiser ARA General Belgrano.
1986 - The 1986 World Exposition in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, opens.
Births
1729 - Catherine the Great, Empress of Russia (d.1796)
1952 - Christine Baranski, American actress
1975 - David Beckham, English footballer
Deaths
1519 - Leonardo da Vinci, Italian inventor and painter (b. 1452)
1972 - J. Edgar Hoover, American director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (b. 1895)
Holiday
Poland - Flag Day, an official holiday to honour the Flag of Poland
Oh, and just to share...I bought a picture today to commemorate my working at the Buffalo Zoo this summer. Surappa, the youngest of the three elephants, painted it for me yesterday. Granted, it's a bunch of squiggles, but it's painted by an elephant...my favourite animal!