For those of you not in the know about this upcoming movie, check out the ever-popular site Snakes On a Blog. I’m currently listening to some of the fan-made music. Can’t beat it.
Your birthday
So I got this idea from Erik’s blog (he got it from another) to look up my birthday on wiki and see what came up that was interesting.
Events
- 1795 - The obscure General Napoleon Bonaparte first rises to national prominence being named to defend the French National Convention against armed counter-revolutionary rioters threatening the three year old revolutionary government.
- 1873 - Captain Jack and companions hanged for their part in the Modoc War
- 1990 - Re-unification of Germany. East Germany ceases to exist, and East German citizens become part of the European Community, which later became the European Union. Day of German Union.
Birthdays
- 1900 - Thomas Wolfe, American author (d. 1938)
- 1925 - Gore Vidal, American author
- 1976 - Seann William Scott, American actor
Deaths
- 1611 - Charles of Lorraine, Duke of Mayenne, French military leader (b. 1554)
- 1998 - Roddy McDowall, English actor (b. 1928)
- 2003 - William Steig, American cartoonist and children's author (b. 1907)
Miscellaneous
- Germany - Day of German Unity
- South Korea - National Foundation Day (Gaecheonjeol 개천절)
- 3rd October Organization is also the name of a Marxist terrorist group.
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