Birthday date meme taken from drbillbongo & birthday shoutout

[wee_mango]

Go to Wikipedia and put in your birth date. Don't put in the year. Post in your LJ with three neat/important events, two births, and two deaths!


Mine: 14th April


Events
- 1865 - Abraham Lincoln is shot by John Wilkes Booth; he dies the next day.

- 1912 - The British ocean liner RMS Titanic strikes an iceberg in the North Atlantic on its maiden voyage, plunging beneath the waves and taking with it over 1,500 lives at about 2:20 a.m. the following morning.

- 1944 - Huge explosion rocks the Bombay harbour killing 300 and causing a loss of 20 million pounds at that time.


2 births
- 1973 - Adrien Brody, American actor

- 1977 - Sarah Michelle Gellar, American actress


2 deaths
- 1759 - George Frideric Handel, German composer (b. 1685)

- 2001 - Hiroshi Teshigahara, Japanese director (b. 1927)


Oh dear....not such a good date historically lol but interesting nevertheless ;) Never knew about the Lincoln one....



And for superparadigmoo, HAPPY BIRTHDAY!! :D :D :D HAVE A GREAT DAY!

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