Birthday Meme
OK, got curious.
Events:
1 - 1941 - World War II: Temperatures around Moscow drop to -12 ° C and the Soviet Union launches ski troops for the first time against the freezing German forces near the city.
2 - 1970 - The Oregon Highway Division attempts to destroy a rotting beached Gray whale with explosives, leading to the now infamous exploding whale incident
3 - 1980 - The NASA space probe Voyager I makes its closest approach to Saturn.
Births:
1 - 1840 - Auguste Rodin, French sculptor (d. 1917)
2 - 1934 - Charles Manson, American cult leader and mass murderer
Deaths:
1 - 1939 - Norman Bethune, Canadian doctor and humanitarian (b. 1890)
Events:
1 - 1941 - World War II: Temperatures around Moscow drop to -12 ° C and the Soviet Union launches ski troops for the first time against the freezing German forces near the city.
2 - 1970 - The Oregon Highway Division attempts to destroy a rotting beached Gray whale with explosives, leading to the now infamous exploding whale incident
3 - 1980 - The NASA space probe Voyager I makes its closest approach to Saturn.
Births:
1 - 1840 - Auguste Rodin, French sculptor (d. 1917)
2 - 1934 - Charles Manson, American cult leader and mass murderer
Deaths:
1 - 1939 - Norman Bethune, Canadian doctor and humanitarian (b. 1890)