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Go to Wikipedia (http://www.wikipedia.org/). Enter your date of birth, then pick six events, three births, two deaths, and one holiday.
EVENTS
1732 - The Royal Opera House opens at Covent Garden, London.
1787 - Delaware becomes the first state to ratify the US Constitution.
1917 - World War I: The US declares war on Austria-Hungary.
1941 - World War II: Attack on Pearl Harbor - The Imperial Japanese Navy attacks the US Pacific Fleet and its defending Army Air Forces and Marine air forces at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii.
1972 - Apollo 17, the last Apollo moon mission, is launched. The crew takes the photograph known as "The Blue Marble" as they leave the Earth.
1999 - The RIAA files a lawsuit against the Napster file-sharing client, on charges of copyright infringement.
BIRTHS - a saint, a sinner and a singer
521 - Saint Columba, Irish Christian missionary to Scotland (d. 597)
1545 - Henry Stuart, Lord Darnley, consort of Mary I of Scotland (d. 1567)
1942 - Harry Chapin, American singer and songwriter (d. 1981)
Oh, and on the exact same day cuz I couldn't resist that - a psychedelic fur: 1958 - Tim Butler, English musician (Psychedelic Furs)
DEATHS
43 BC - Cicero, Roman politician and author (b. 106 BC)
1975 - Thornton Wilder, American playwright (b. 1897)
(so did Captain Bligh, in 1817)
HOLIDAY
India - The Armed Forces Flag Day
EVENTS
1732 - The Royal Opera House opens at Covent Garden, London.
1787 - Delaware becomes the first state to ratify the US Constitution.
1917 - World War I: The US declares war on Austria-Hungary.
1941 - World War II: Attack on Pearl Harbor - The Imperial Japanese Navy attacks the US Pacific Fleet and its defending Army Air Forces and Marine air forces at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii.
1972 - Apollo 17, the last Apollo moon mission, is launched. The crew takes the photograph known as "The Blue Marble" as they leave the Earth.
1999 - The RIAA files a lawsuit against the Napster file-sharing client, on charges of copyright infringement.
BIRTHS - a saint, a sinner and a singer
521 - Saint Columba, Irish Christian missionary to Scotland (d. 597)
1545 - Henry Stuart, Lord Darnley, consort of Mary I of Scotland (d. 1567)
1942 - Harry Chapin, American singer and songwriter (d. 1981)
Oh, and on the exact same day cuz I couldn't resist that - a psychedelic fur: 1958 - Tim Butler, English musician (Psychedelic Furs)
DEATHS
43 BC - Cicero, Roman politician and author (b. 106 BC)
1975 - Thornton Wilder, American playwright (b. 1897)
(so did Captain Bligh, in 1817)
HOLIDAY
India - The Armed Forces Flag Day