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In honor of my birthday coming up...
You are 53% Taurus
How much do you match your zodiac sign?
LOL! NO Pants Day is May 6th! How cool is that?
Found this out from this website: http://www.nopantsday.com
May 6th holidays:
Bulgaria : Shepherd's & Herdsman's Day
Denmark : Prayer Day
Lebanon : Martyrs' Day
Zambia : Labour Day - - - - - ( Monday )
New Orleans : McDonogh Day (1850) - - - - - ( Friday )
Religious Observances:
Denmark : Prayer Day
RC : Commemoration of St John Before the Latin Gate
Events that took place on my birthday:
1856 U.S. Army troops from Fort Tejon and Fort Miller prepare to ride out to protect Keyesville, California, from Yokut Indian attack.
1861 Arkansas becomes the ninth state to secede from the Union.
1862 Henry David Thoreau dies of tuberculosis at age 44.
1864 In the second day of the Battle of Wilderness between Union General Ulysses S. Grant and Confederate General Robert E. Lee, Confederate Gen. James Longstreet is wounded by his own men.
1877 Chief Crazy Horse surrenders to U.S. troops in Nebraska.Crazy Horse brought General Custer to his end.
1937 The dirigible Hindenburg explodes in flames at Lakehurst, New Jersey.
1941 Bob Hope gives his first USO show at California's March Field.
1942 General Jonathan Wainwright surrenders Corregidor to the Japanese.
1944 The Red Army besieges and captures Sevastopol in the Crimea.
1945 Axis Sally makes her final propaganda broadcast to Allied troops.
1954 British runner Roger Banister breaks the four minute mile.
1960 President Dwight D. Eisenhower signs the Civil Rights Act of 1960.
1962 The first nuclear warhead is fired from a Polaris submarine.
1994 The Channel Tunnel linking England to France is officially opened.
People who share my birthday
* 1758- Maximilian Robespierre, revolutionary († 1794)
* 1856 - Sigmund Freud, psychiatrist, founder of psychoanalysis († 1939)
* 1856 - Robert Peary, explorer († 1920)
* 1861 - Rabindranath Tagore, author († 1941)
* 1868 - Tsar Nicholas II of Russia († 1918)
* 1868 - Gaston Leroux, writer († 1927)
* 1871 - Christian Morgenstern, author († 1914)
* 1880 - Ernst Ludwig Kirchner, painter († 1938)
* 1882 - Crown Prince Wilhelm of Germany, heir of Kaiser Wilhelm II († 1951)
* 1895 - Rudolph Valentino, actor († 1926)
* 1902 - Max Ophüls, director († 1957)
* 1915 - Orson Welles, director († 1985)
* 1915 - Theodore H. White, writer († 1986)
* 1920 - Ross Hunter, producer († 1996)
* 1921 - Erich Fried, author († 1988)
* 1925 - Hanns Dieter Hüsch, cabaretist
* 1931 - Willie Mays, Baseball Hall of Famer
* 1937 - Rubin 'Hurricane' Carter, boxer
* 1945 - Bob Seger, rock music singer
* 1945 - Jimmie Dale Gilmore, musician
* 1947 - Martha Nussbaum, philosopher
* 1953 - Tony Blair, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom
* 1961 - George Clooney, actor
* 1970 - George Rivas, Texas 7 ringleader