Birthday Meme
Look up your birthday in Wikipedia. Pick 4 events, 3 births, 2 deaths, and 1 holiday.
November 3rd
EVENTS:
- 1468 - Liège is sacked by Charles I of Burgundy's troops.
- 1783 - John Austin, a highwayman, is the last person to be publicly hanged at London's Tyburn gallows.
- 1913 - The United States introduces an income tax.
- 1957 - Sputnik program: The Soviet Union launches Sputnik 2. On board is the first animal to enter orbit, a dog named Laika.
BIRTHS:
- 1801 - Vincenzo Bellini, Italian composer (d. 1835)
- 1852 - Emperor Meiji, 122nd Emperor of Japan (d. 1912)
- 1928 - Osamu Tezuka, Japanese manga artist (d. 1989)
DEATHS:
- 1954 - Henri Matisse, French artist (b. 1869)
- 1998 - Bob Kane, comic artist and Batman co-creator (b. 1915)
HOLIDAY:
-Japan - Culture Day (originally celebrated as Emperor's Birthday until the Meiji Emperor's death in 1912)
My birthday is Culture Day? I share a b-day with Osama Tezuka and Emperor Meiji?! That's awesome. It almost makes up for the depression stemming from Bob Kane :(
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November 3rd
EVENTS:
- 1468 - Liège is sacked by Charles I of Burgundy's troops.
- 1783 - John Austin, a highwayman, is the last person to be publicly hanged at London's Tyburn gallows.
- 1913 - The United States introduces an income tax.
- 1957 - Sputnik program: The Soviet Union launches Sputnik 2. On board is the first animal to enter orbit, a dog named Laika.
BIRTHS:
- 1801 - Vincenzo Bellini, Italian composer (d. 1835)
- 1852 - Emperor Meiji, 122nd Emperor of Japan (d. 1912)
- 1928 - Osamu Tezuka, Japanese manga artist (d. 1989)
DEATHS:
- 1954 - Henri Matisse, French artist (b. 1869)
- 1998 - Bob Kane, comic artist and Batman co-creator (b. 1915)
HOLIDAY:
-Japan - Culture Day (originally celebrated as Emperor's Birthday until the Meiji Emperor's death in 1912)
My birthday is Culture Day? I share a b-day with Osama Tezuka and Emperor Meiji?! That's awesome. It almost makes up for the depression stemming from Bob Kane :(
ganked from galynthia