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Thanks, [info]besspeacetime, I really like this one.

What happened on your birthday?  Did empires crumble?  Did sports dynasties form?  Did nothing particularly interesting take place?  Go to Wikipedia and enter your date of birth (month and day only), then post four events, three births, two deaths and one holiday.

EVENTS

1600 - The Linköping Bloodbath takes place on Maundy Thursday in Linköping, Sweden.

1739 - Nadir Shah occupies Delhi in India and sacks the city, stealing the jewels of the Peacock Throne.

1852 - Harriet Beecher Stowe's Uncle Tom's Cabin is published.

1916 - Albert Einstein publishes his general theory of relativity.

BIRTHS

43 BC - Ovid, Roman poet (d. 17)

1737 - Buddha Yodfa Chulaloke, King of Thailand (d. 1809)

1959 - Sting, American professional wrestler

DEATHS

687 - St. Cuthbert, patron saint of Northumbria (b. c. 634

1865 - Keisuke Yamanami, Japanese samurai (b. 1833)

HOLIDAYS

World Storytelling Day is a global celebration of the art of oral storytelling, celebrated every year on March 20.

 



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