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Jun 06, 2006 06:48

Stolen from Peter, who stole it from Ottilie...

Go to Wikipedia and look up your birthday (excluding the year). List three neat facts, two births and one death in your journal, including the year.

August 30

Facts

1965 - Rock musician Bob Dylan releases his influential album Highway 61 Revisited featuring the song "Like a Rolling Stone."
1873 - Austrian explorers Julius von Payer and Karl Weyprecht discover the archipelago of Franz Joseph Land in the Arctic Sea.
2005 - The 17th Street Canal in New Orleans is breached during Hurricane Katrina, leading to massive flooding and destruction.

Births

1943 - R. Crumb, American cartoonist
1939 - John Peel, English radio disc jockey

Death

1938 - Max Factor, make-up artist and cosmetic manufacturer
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