because everyone else is doing it
on my birthday, april 22:
events:
-1509 - Henry VIII ascends the throne of England after the death of his father.
-1913 - Pravda, the "voice" of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union, begins publications in Saint Petersburg.
-1970 - First Earth Day celebrated.
birthdays:
-1870 (N.S.) - Vladimir Lenin, Russian revolutionary (d. 1924)
-1923 - Bettie Page, American model
-1937 - Jack Nicholson, American actor
-1967 - Sheryl Lee, American actress
deaths:
-1984 - Ansel Adams, American photographer (b. 1902)
-1994 - Richard Nixon, President of the United States (b. 1913)
-2002 - Linda Lovelace, American actress (b. 1949)
events:
-1509 - Henry VIII ascends the throne of England after the death of his father.
-1913 - Pravda, the "voice" of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union, begins publications in Saint Petersburg.
-1970 - First Earth Day celebrated.
birthdays:
-1870 (N.S.) - Vladimir Lenin, Russian revolutionary (d. 1924)
-1923 - Bettie Page, American model
-1937 - Jack Nicholson, American actor
-1967 - Sheryl Lee, American actress
deaths:
-1984 - Ansel Adams, American photographer (b. 1902)
-1994 - Richard Nixon, President of the United States (b. 1913)
-2002 - Linda Lovelace, American actress (b. 1949)