Oh heck, why not

[cupcake_goth]

Go to Wikipedia (http://www.wikipedia.org/. Type in your birth date (but not year). List three events that happened on your birthday. List two important birthdays and one interesting death. Post this in your journal.

Events:

1558 - Elizabethan era begins: Queen Mary I of England dies and is succeeded by her half-sister Elizabeth I of England.

1973 - Watergate scandal: In Orlando, Florida, US President Richard Nixon tells 400 Associated Press managing editors "I am not a crook".

1989 - Cold War: Velvet Revolution begins - In Czechoslovakia a student demonstration in Prague is quelled by riot police. This sparks an uprising aimed at overthrowing the communist government (it succeeds on December 29).

Birthdays:

1907 - Israel Regardie, Occultist, Aleister Crowley's secretary (d. 1985)

1960 - RuPaul, American actor

Death:
1968 - Mervyn Peake, British writer and illustrator (b. 1911)

Comments

[ex-pennydrea364.livejournal.com]

Israel Regardie - that's pretty cool!

[splendid-geryon.livejournal.com]

RuPaul! You lucky girl!

[water-of-fire.livejournal.com]

Forgive us. We're sitting here sharing a good giggle -- "Israel Regardie and RuPaul? FANTASTIC!"

For the record, it's my birthday today. It's also Francis Ford Coppola's birthday, Billie Holiday's birthday, and William Wordsworth's birthday. :)

[cupcake-goth.livejournal.com]

Happy birthday, you exquisite creature!

[schmi.livejournal.com]

1968 - Mervyn Peake, British writer and illustrator (b. 1911)
*sigh* Great guy that...

Most people I meet haven't even heard of him. I take it you are a fan of Gormenghast then?