Came across this really neat meme so I figured since I have nothing better to do I would do the meme.
Instructions: Go to
wikipedia.org and look up your birthday (excluding the year).
List three deaths, three births and three neat facts in your journal, including the year.
August 23:
Deaths
1591 -
Luis Ponce de León, Spanish poet and mystic (b. 1527)
1937 -
Albert Roussel, French composer (b. 1869)
2003 -
Bobby Bonds, baseball player and manager (b. 1946)
Births
1949 -
Rick Springfield, Australian singer and actor
1970 -
Jay Mohr, American actor and comedian
1978 -
Kobe Bryant, American basketball player
Events
1799 - Napoleon leaves Egypt for France en route to seize power.
1833 - Slavery abolished in the British colonies.
1992 - Hurricane Andrew hits South Florida.