gemfyre | Birthday memeage

Go to wikipedia.org and search for your birthday without the year and list three events, three births, and three deaths that occurred on your birthday throughout history.

October 12

Events

1492 - Christopher Columbus's expedition makes landfall in the Caribbean. The explorer believes he has reached East Asia

1582 - Due to the implementation of the Gregorian calendar this day does not exist in this year in Italy, Poland, Portugal and Spain.

1994 - NASA loses radio contact with the Magellan spacecraft as the probe descends into the thick atmosphere of Venus (the spacecraft presumably burned up in the atmosphere either October 13 or October 14)

And sorry, I must add two more. Kinda depressing events.

1999 - The Day of 6 Billion: The 6 billionth human in the world is born.

2002 - Bali bombing: In Bali, terrorists detonate bombs in two nightclubs in Kuta, killing 202 and wounding over 300

Births

1875 - Aleister Crowley, English occultist and author (d. 1947)

1968 - Hugh Jackman, Australian actor and singer

1970 - Kirk Cameron, American actor - I remember knowing and rembering this in my early teens.

Deaths

638 - Pope Honorius I

642 - Pope John IV

1997 - John Denver, American singer (b. 1943)

Not a good date for popes!