Birthday Meme

Go to Wikipedia. Enter your date of birth, then pick 4 events, 3 births, two deaths, and one holiday.


EVENTS
1844 - The Bahá'í calendar begins. This is the first day of the first year of the Bahá'í calendar. It is annually celebrated by members of the Bahá'í Faith as the Bahá'í New Year or Náw-Rúz.

1871 - Journalist Henry Morton Stanley begins his trek to find the missionary and explorer David Livingstone.

1963 - Alcatraz, a federal penitentiary on an island in San Francisco Bay, closes.

1970 - The first Earth Day proclamation is issued by San Francisco Mayor Joseph Alioto.


BIRTHS
1685 - Johann Sebastian Bach, German composer
1958 - Gary Oldman, English actor
1978 - Kevin Federline, American dancer/hip hop artist (AHHHHH!!!!!)


DEATHS
1617 - Pocahontas, Native American, daughter of Powhatan
2004 - Ludmilla Tchérina, French ballet dancer and actress


HOLIDAY
Ostara - Neopagan festival of Ostara.