(no subject)
The Wikipedia birthday Meme: put your birthday into Wiki, then select three events that happened on that date, two celebrities born on that date and one celebrity who died on that date.
November 12:
Events-
764 - Tibetan troops occupy Chang'an, the capital of the Chinese Tang Dynasty, for fifteen days.
1927 - Leon Trotsky is expelled from the Soviet Communist Party, leaving Joseph Stalin with undisputed control of the Soviet Union.
1970 - The Oregon Highway Division attempts to destroy a rotting beached Gray whale with explosives, leading to the now infamous exploding whale incident
Births-
1934 - Charles Manson, American cult leader and mass murderer
1945 - Neil Young, Canadian singer, songwriter, and musician
Death-
1595 - John Hawkins, English shipbuilder and trader (b. 1532)
I really had a hard time picking anyone who died on my birthday as they didn't mean anything to me. I picked John Hawkins because I have a friend with the same name :)
November 12:
Events-
764 - Tibetan troops occupy Chang'an, the capital of the Chinese Tang Dynasty, for fifteen days.
1927 - Leon Trotsky is expelled from the Soviet Communist Party, leaving Joseph Stalin with undisputed control of the Soviet Union.
1970 - The Oregon Highway Division attempts to destroy a rotting beached Gray whale with explosives, leading to the now infamous exploding whale incident
Births-
1934 - Charles Manson, American cult leader and mass murderer
1945 - Neil Young, Canadian singer, songwriter, and musician
Death-
1595 - John Hawkins, English shipbuilder and trader (b. 1532)
I really had a hard time picking anyone who died on my birthday as they didn't mean anything to me. I picked John Hawkins because I have a friend with the same name :)