April 15th

Apr 08, 2006 09:00

Five fingered from
nia_ryu

Go to Wikipedia. In the Search box, type your birth month and day (but not year). List three events that happened on your birthday. List two important birthdays and one interesting death. Post this in your journal.

Three events:

1865 - Abraham Lincoln dies after being shot the previous evening by John Wilkes Booth.
1923 - Insulin first became generally available for use by diabetics.
1955 - The first McDonald's restaurant opens in Des Plaines, Illinois.

Two birthdays:

1452 - Leonardo da Vinci, Italian artist (d. 1519)
1966 - Samantha Fox, English singer and model (OH MY GOD!!!)

One death: (ok so I am posting two... but I thought this was interesting.... Hmmmm Old Luey kill off his mistress in remerance of his wife?)

1719 - Françoise d'Aubigné, marquise de Maintenon, second wife of Louis XIV of France (b. 1635)
1764 - Madame de Pompadour, mistress of King Louis XIV of France (b. 1721)
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