Stuff and WIKI MEME.

[obliviousally_lj]

Go to wikipedia.org and search for your birthday without the year and list three events, three births, and three deaths that occured on your birthday throughout history.

APRIL 8th

DEATHS
1973 - Pablo Picasso, Spanish artist (b. 1881)
1991 - Per Yngve "Dead" Ohlin, Norwegian musician (black metal)
2003 - Anita Borg, American computer scientist (b. 1949)

BIRTHS
1912 - Alois Brunner, Austrian Nazi
1962 - Izzy Stradlin, American musician (Guns N' Roses)
1982 - Judy Star, Canadian ex porn star

EVENTS
1904 - Longacre Square in Midtown Manhattan is renamed Times Square after The New York Times.
1994 - The body of Kurt Cobain is discovered in his Washington home after having died three days earlier.
2005 - Funeral of Pope John Paul II.

And some other miscellaney:

1804 - The Lewis and Clark expedition to explore the Louisiana Territory left St. Louis.
1998 - Singer Frank Sinatra died at age 82 after a heart attack.
1998 - The hit TV series ''Seinfeld'' aired its final episode after nine years on NBC.

Apparently, George Lucas also shares my birthday.

Comments

[sonofberkowitz.livejournal.com]

I can tell without even looking an event that took place on my birthday. A reason I get all fanboyish at V for Vendetta.

"Remember, remember the fifth of November, the Gunpowder Treason and plot, For I see no reason the Gunpowder Treason should ever be forgot."

Rhyming helps people to remember when to buy you crap.