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Stolen from boleyn
Look up the date of your birthday in Wikipedia. From the date page, pick three interesting historical events that occurred on that date, two births, and one death.
Events:
1868 - French astronomer Pierre Jules César Janssen discovers helium. (geeky but what can I say, I’m a chemist)
1903 - German engineer Karl Jatho flies his self-made, motored gliding airplane four months before the first flight of the Wright Brothers.
1941 - Adolf Hitler orders a temporary halt to Nazi Germany's systematic euthanasia of the mentally ill and the handicapped due to protests.
Births:
1606 - Maria Anna of Spain, Holy Roman Empire Empress and Queen of Hungary (d. 1646)
1936 - Robert Redford, American actor
Death:
1559 - Pope Paul IV (b. 1476) (there were actually three different Popes who died on this day. Bad day for Popes)
Bonus: Holiday
Australia - Long Tan Day (also called Vietnam Veterans' Day)
Look up the date of your birthday in Wikipedia. From the date page, pick three interesting historical events that occurred on that date, two births, and one death.
Events:
1868 - French astronomer Pierre Jules César Janssen discovers helium. (geeky but what can I say, I’m a chemist)
1903 - German engineer Karl Jatho flies his self-made, motored gliding airplane four months before the first flight of the Wright Brothers.
1941 - Adolf Hitler orders a temporary halt to Nazi Germany's systematic euthanasia of the mentally ill and the handicapped due to protests.
Births:
1606 - Maria Anna of Spain, Holy Roman Empire Empress and Queen of Hungary (d. 1646)
1936 - Robert Redford, American actor
Death:
1559 - Pope Paul IV (b. 1476) (there were actually three different Popes who died on this day. Bad day for Popes)
Bonus: Holiday
Australia - Long Tan Day (also called Vietnam Veterans' Day)