Friday, April 07, 2006

Friday fun

Just got this from RedheadW's LJ.

Go to wikipedia and put in your birth date without the year. Post in your blog with three events, births and deaths.

Events
1773 - American Revolution: Boston Tea Party - Members of the Sons of Liberty disguised as Mohawks dump crates of tea into Boston harbor as a protest against the Tea Act.

1971 - Liberation War of Bangladesh & Indo-Pakistani War of 1971: The surrender of the Pakistan army simultaneously brings an end to both conflicts.

1997 - The Pokémon episode Electric Soldier Porygon triggers attacks of photosensitive epilepsy in hundreds of Japanese children.

Births

1770 - Ludwig van Beethoven, German composer (d. 1827)

1775 - Jane Austen, British writer (d. 1817)

1928 - Philip K. Dick, American writer (d. 1982)

Deaths

1916 - Grigori Rasputin, Russian monk (b. 1869)

1989 - Lee Van Cleef, American actor (b. 1925)

2001 - Stuart Adamson, British musician (suicide) (b. 1958)

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