I don't normally do these, but this one is kind of cool:

[kmarn]

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

Birthday: June 9

Events:
68 - Roman Emperor Nero commits suicide, imploring his secretary Epaphroditus to slit his throat to evade a Senate-imposed death by flogging.
1973 - Secretariat wins the Triple Crown.
1980 - Comedian Richard Pryor attempts to commit suicide by dousing himself with rum and setting it ablaze during a cocaine binge.

Births:
1939 - Dick Vitale
1982 - Natalie Portman aka super hottie.

Death:
1870 - Charles Dickens