The Meme Strikes Again

Apr 11, 2006 12:37

1.Type in your birthday (minus the year) in the search bar at
http://www.wikipedia.org.
2.List three interesting facts, two births, and one death that happened
on your birthday.

FACTS
1014 - Battle of Kleidion: Byzantine emperor Basil II inflicts a decisive defeat on the Bulgarian army, but his subsequent savage treatment of 15,000 prisoners reportedly causes Tsar Samuil of Bulgaria to die of shock

1588 - Battle of Gravelines: The Spanish Armada is defeated by an English naval force under command of Lord Charles Howard and Sir Francis Drake off the coast of Gravelines, France.

2005 - Astronomers discover 10th planet.

BIRTHS

1883 - Benito Mussolini, Italian dictator (d. 1945)

1805 - Alexis de Tocqueville, French historian and political scientist (d. 1859)

DEATHS

238 - Balbinus, Roman Emperor (assassinated)

......hmmmmmmm.

*shiftyeyes, hides his copy of Macchiveli*
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