Monday, April 10, 2006

AS YOU WISH

Go to wikipedia
type in the month and day of your birthday
post:
3 events
2 births
1 death
that happened on that day

MAY 6th

3 Events
1527- Spanish and German troops sack Rome; some consider this the end of the Renaissance.

1889 - The Eiffel Tower is officially opened to the public at the Universal Exposition in Paris.

1937- Hindenburg disaster: The German zeppelin Hindenburg catches fire and is destroyed within a minute while attempting to dock at Lakehurst, New Jersey. Thirty-six people are killed.

2 Births
1895 - Rudolph Valentino, Italian actor (d. 1926)
1915 - Orson Welles, American director (d. 1985)

1 Death
1862 - Henry David Thoreau, American author and philosopher (b. 1817)

2 Comments:

At 11:44 AM, Blogger Mara said...

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At 1:24 PM, Anonymous Anonymous said...

Lesee....

Events:
1863 - The world-famous dwarfs General Tom Thumb and Lavinia Warren get married in New York City.

1933 - The New York City-based Postal Telegraph Company introduces the first singing telegram.

1996 - The IBM supercomputer Deep Blue defeats Garry Kasparov for the first time.

Births:
1609 - Sir John Suckling, English poet (d. 1642)

1906 - Lon Chaney Jr., American actor (d. 1973)

Death:
1957 - Laura Ingalls Wilder, American author (b. 1867)

 

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