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Look up your birthday in Wikipedia. Pick 4 events, 3 births, 2 deaths, and 1 holiday.
Events
1773 - The Parliament of Great Britain passes the Tea Act, designed to save the British East India Company by granting it a monopoly on the North American tea trade.
1810 - Beethoven composes his famous piano piece, Für Elise.
1950 - Apartheid: In South Africa, the Group Areas Act is passed formally segregating races.
1981 - Xerox PARC introduces the computer mouse.
Births
1791 - Samuel F. B. Morse, American inventor
1822 - Ulysses S. Grant, Civil War general and 18th President of the United States
1963 - Russell T. Davies, Welsh television writer and executive producer of Doctor Who
Deaths
1813 - Zebulon Pike, American frontiersman and explorer (picked because it's just a damn cool name)
1882 - Ralph Waldo Emerson, American essayist
Holiday
World graphic design day. I am not making this up.
Look up your birthday in Wikipedia. Pick 4 events, 3 births, 2 deaths, and 1 holiday.
Events
1773 - The Parliament of Great Britain passes the Tea Act, designed to save the British East India Company by granting it a monopoly on the North American tea trade.
1810 - Beethoven composes his famous piano piece, Für Elise.
1950 - Apartheid: In South Africa, the Group Areas Act is passed formally segregating races.
1981 - Xerox PARC introduces the computer mouse.
Births
1791 - Samuel F. B. Morse, American inventor
1822 - Ulysses S. Grant, Civil War general and 18th President of the United States
1963 - Russell T. Davies, Welsh television writer and executive producer of Doctor Who
Deaths
1813 - Zebulon Pike, American frontiersman and explorer (picked because it's just a damn cool name)
1882 - Ralph Waldo Emerson, American essayist
Holiday
World graphic design day. I am not making this up.