Caught this on Lynne's site:
Wikipedia your birthday and pick 4 events, 3 births, 2 deaths, and 1 holiday:
EVENT
1756 - St. Patrick's Day is celebrated in New York City for the first time (at the Crown and Thistle Tavern). 1776 - American Revolution: British forces evacuate Boston, Massachusetts after George Washington and Henry Knox place artillery overlooking the city. 1942 - Holocaust: The first Jews from the Lviv Ghetto (western Ukraine) are gassed at the Belzec death camp (eastern Poland). 1969 - Golda Meir becomes the first female Prime Minister of Israel.BIRTHS
1804 - Jim Bridger, American trapper and explorer (d. 1881) 1919 - Nat King Cole, American singer (d. 1965) 1938 - Rudolf Nureyev, Russian-born dancer and choreographer (d. 1993)DEATHS
461 or 493 - Saint Patrick, patron saint of Ireland 1993 - Helen Hayes, American actress (b. 1900)HOLIDAY
Suffolk County, Massachusetts - Evacuation Day Posted by Valkyre at August 17, 2008 04:39 PM