Apr 06, 2006 18:12
I am a meme whore, so sorry.
Search your birthday on Wikipedia and state three neat facts, two births and one death.
December 23
1823 - The poem A Visit From St. Nicholas (AKA The Night Before Christmas) is published in the Sentinel.
1888 - Vincent Van Gogh cuts off the lower part of his left ear, takes it to a brothel, and gives it to a prostitute named Rachel.
1986 - Voyager, piloted by Dick Rutan and Jeana Yeager, lands at Edwards Air Force Base in California and becomes the first aircraft to fly non-stop around the world
1908 - Yousuf Karsh born, photographer (d. 2002)
1978 - Esthero, Canadian musician and singer born
1652 - John Cotton, founder of Boston, Massachusetts died (b. 1585)