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jeffy at 12:23am on 08/04/2006
jeffy at 12:23am on 08/04/2006Well, what better day to do a birthday meme than on my birthday?
On April 8th,
3 events
* 1742 - The first performance of George Frideric Handel's oratorio The Messiah, in Dublin.
* 1935 - The Works Progress Administration is formed when the Emergency Relief Appropriation Act of 1935 becomes law.
* 1994 - Body of Kurt Cobain discovered in his Washington home after having died three days earlier.
2 Births
* 563 BC - Gautama Buddha, Indian religious leader (d. 483 BC)
* 1955 - Barbara Kingsolver, American novelist
1 Death
* 1993 - Marian Anderson, American contralto (b. 1897)
(to do yours, go to Wikipedia, search for your birth date, and choose 3 events, 2 births, and 1 death to highlight. You don't have to wait until your birthday.)
On April 8th,
3 events
* 1742 - The first performance of George Frideric Handel's oratorio The Messiah, in Dublin.
* 1935 - The Works Progress Administration is formed when the Emergency Relief Appropriation Act of 1935 becomes law.
* 1994 - Body of Kurt Cobain discovered in his Washington home after having died three days earlier.
2 Births
* 563 BC - Gautama Buddha, Indian religious leader (d. 483 BC)
* 1955 - Barbara Kingsolver, American novelist
1 Death
* 1993 - Marian Anderson, American contralto (b. 1897)
(to do yours, go to Wikipedia, search for your birth date, and choose 3 events, 2 births, and 1 death to highlight. You don't have to wait until your birthday.)
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