On 6th April...

Apr 08, 2006 17:25

Meme stolen from azureskies:

Put your date of birth, excluding the year, into Wikipedia and choose 3 events, 2 births, and 1 death.

EVENTS
648 BC - Earliest solar eclipse recorded by the Ancient Greeks.
1869 - Celluloid is patented.
1896 - In Athens, the opening of the first modern Olympic Games 1,500 years after being banned by Roman Emperor Theodosius I.

BIRTHS
1483 - Raphael, Italian painter and architect (d. 1520)
1937 - Billy Dee Williams, American actor

DEATHS
1520 - Raphael, Italian painter and architect (b. 1483)

Hmmmm, did you know that Raphael, named after the famous Teenage Mutant Ninja Hero Turtle, died on his birthday aged 37? Nor did I, you learn something new every day!

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