Friday, August 22, 2008

B-day facts...

My sister in law had this thing on her blog...
Look up your b-day on wikipedia. pick 4 events, 3 births, 2 deaths, 1 holiday!

20 December (1980... yes, I'm turning 28 this year :{)

Events:
1192- Richard the Lion-Heart is capture and imprisioned by Leopold V of Austria on his way home to England after signing a treaty with Saladin ending the crusade.
1917- Checka, the first Sovietic secret police, is founded.
1973- The Spanish Prime Minister, Admiral Luis Carrero Blanco, is assasinated by a car bomb attack in Madrid.
2007- The painting Portrait of Suzanne Bloch, by the Spanish artist Pablo Picasso, was stolen from the Sao Paulo Museum of Art.

Births:
1786- Pietro Raimondi, Italian composer
1963- Infanta Elena of Spain
1982- David Cook, winner of American Idol.

Deaths:
1938- Annie Armstrong, American missionary leader
2006- Shi Yuejun, Chinese serial killler

Holiday:
R.C Saints- Saint Dominic of Silos


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