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boosetteGo to Wikipedia and type in your birthday (month and day). Then you write down 3 events, 3 births, 3 deaths, 3 holidays, and tag 3 friends.
My birthday: January 1st
BIRTHS:
1431 - Pope Alexander VI (d. 1503)
1735 - Paul Revere, American patriot (d. 1818)
1909 - Barry Goldwater, American politician (d. 1998)
DEATHS:
404 - Saint Telemachus
1515 - King Louis XII of France (b. 1462)
1793 - Francesco Guardi, Venetian painter (b. 1712)
EVENTS:
45 BC - The Julian calendar takes effect for the first time.
1801 - The dwarf planet Ceres is discovered by Giuseppe Piazzi.
1954 - NBC makes the first coast-to-coast NTSC color broadcast when it telecast the Tournament of Roses Parade , with public demonstrations given across the United States on prototype color receivers.
HOLIDAYS:
Independence Day of the following countries:
Brunei (from United Kingdom in 1984)
Haiti (from France in 1804)
Sudan (from United Kingdom in 1956)
Establishment of the Slovak Republic (Slovakia)
Liberation Day (Cuba)
In other news I'm seeing Rocky Horror tonight! I can't wait. Part of me feels a little bad that it will not be at the Oriental, i.e. where all good wisconsites should see it first, but OH WELL. Finally going, plus I'm going with Julia who I haven't seen since graduation in december.
And now back to trying to clean my room. oi.