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Look up the date of your birthday in Wikipedia. From the date page, pick three interesting historical events, births and deaths that occurred on that date.
Events
1707 - Last recorded eruption of Mount Fuji in Japan.
1773 - American Revolution: Boston Tea Party - Members of the Sons of Liberty disguised as Mohawks dump crates of tea into Boston harbor as a protest against the Tea Act.
1965 - Vietnam War: General William Westmoreland sends U.S. Secretary of Defense Robert McNamara a request for 243,000 more men by the end of 1966.
Births
1485 - Catherine of Aragon, Queen of England (d. 1536)
1770 - Ludwig van Beethoven, German composer (d. 1827)
1775 - Jane Austen, English writer (d. 1817)
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1866 - Wassily Kandinsky, Russian-born French abstract painter (d. 1944)
1917 - Sir Arthur C. Clarke, English writer (d. 2008)
1928 - Philip K. Dick, American writer (d. 1982))
Deaths
1859 - Wilhelm Grimm, German writer and folklorist (b. 1786)
1921 - Camille Saint-Saëns, French composer (b. 1835)
1980 - Colonel Sanders, American fast food entrepreneur (b. 1890)
Look up the date of your birthday in Wikipedia. From the date page, pick three interesting historical events, births and deaths that occurred on that date.
Events
1707 - Last recorded eruption of Mount Fuji in Japan.
1773 - American Revolution: Boston Tea Party - Members of the Sons of Liberty disguised as Mohawks dump crates of tea into Boston harbor as a protest against the Tea Act.
1965 - Vietnam War: General William Westmoreland sends U.S. Secretary of Defense Robert McNamara a request for 243,000 more men by the end of 1966.
Births
1485 - Catherine of Aragon, Queen of England (d. 1536)
1770 - Ludwig van Beethoven, German composer (d. 1827)
1775 - Jane Austen, English writer (d. 1817)
(Oooh, and...
1866 - Wassily Kandinsky, Russian-born French abstract painter (d. 1944)
1917 - Sir Arthur C. Clarke, English writer (d. 2008)
1928 - Philip K. Dick, American writer (d. 1982))
Deaths
1859 - Wilhelm Grimm, German writer and folklorist (b. 1786)
1921 - Camille Saint-Saëns, French composer (b. 1835)
1980 - Colonel Sanders, American fast food entrepreneur (b. 1890)