Ganked from
givethesignal! Meme is: look up your birthday on wikipedia, post three events, two births and one death that demonstrate the self-evident awesomeness of that date.
WHY SEPTEMBER 7th IS MORE AWESOME THAN YOU:
Events:
1251 BC - A
solar eclipse on this date might mark the birth of legendary
Heracles at
Thebes, Greece.
1969 -
Monty Python's Flying Circus airs first episode.
1978 - While walking across
Waterloo Bridge in
London, Bulgarian dissident
Georgi Markov is assassinated by Bulgarian secret police agent Francesco Giullino by means of a
ricin pellet fired from in a specially-designed umbrella.
Births:
1533 - Queen
Elizabeth I of England 1936 -
Buddy Holly, American singer
Deaths:
1978 -
Keith Moon, English drummer
Clearly, the fates have something spectacular lined up for me. Although judging from the deaths list, Sept. 7th is a really popular day for aristocrats to die. Especially if you're Ethiopian. Or called Ferdinand. Bewaaaaare Rooootuuuuuumaaaaaa!