the day I was born

Apr 08, 2006 00:29

Everyone else was doing this, so here I go. ;)

Go to Wikipedia (http://www.wikipedia.org/). Type in your birth date (but not year). List three events that happened on your birthday, two births and one death in your journal, including the year.

December 11

EVENTS

1792 - French Revolution: King Louis XVI of France is put on trial for treason by the National Convention (odd, since we may be related... I'm still looking into it).

1931 - The British Parliament enacts the Statute of Westminster, which establishes a status of legislative equality between the self-governing dominions of the Commonwealth of Australia, the Dominion of Canada, the Irish Free State, Newfoundland, the Dominion of New Zealand, and the Union of South Africa.

1946 - The United Nations International Children's Emergency Fund (UNICEF) is established.

BIRTHS

1943 - John Kerry, American politician and Presidential candidate
1979 - Rider Strong, American actor (I chose him, since he was the closest to my own birth year)

DEATH

1964 - Sam Cooke, American singer (b. 1931)
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