What happened on my birthday?

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Yes, it's the birthday meme. Because all knowledge is valuable.

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

Three neat facts:

• 1774 - The element oxygen is discovered by Carl Wilhelm and Joseph Priestley.
  
• 1834 - Slavery is abolished in the British Empire.
  
• 1981 - First broadcasts by MTV. The first video played was "Video Killed The Radio Star" by the Buggles.

Two births:

• 10 BC - Claudius, Roman Emperor (d. 54)
  
• 1959 - Joe Elliott, English musician (Def Leppard)

Two deaths:

• 1464 - Cosimo de' Medici, ruler of Florence (b. 1386)
  
• 1977 - Gary Powers, American spy plane pilot (b. 1929)