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Go to Wikipedia and type in your birthday (month and day). Then you write down 3 events, 3 births, 3 deaths, 3 holidays, and tag 3 friends, or as many or as few people as you please.
Events:
1215 - King John of England puts his seal to the Magna Carta.
1389 - Battle of Kosovo: The Ottoman Empire defeats Serbs and Bosnians.
1752 - Benjamin Franklin proves that lightning is electricity.
Births:
1519 - Henry FitzRoy, 1st Duke of Richmond and Somerset, illegitimate son of King Henry VIII of England (d. 1536)
1954 - Paul Rusesabagina, Rwandan hotel manager
1973 - Neil Patrick Harris, American actor (*flails uncontrollably*)
Deaths:
1467 - Philip III, Duke of Burgundy (b. 1396)
1849 - James Knox Polk, 11th President of the United States (b. 1795)
1996 - Ella Fitzgerald, American singer (b. 1917)
Holidays:
Roman Empire - ninth and final day of the Vestalia in honor of Vesta
Azerbaijan: National Salvation Day
Saint Vitus (observed with Sts. Modestus and Crescentia), patron of actors and epileptics (wow, what a combination!)
Tag: Everybody, go for it!