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Meme via holyoutlaw: Search Wikipedia for your birthday, minus the year. List three neat facts, two births and one death in your journal, including the year each occurs.

Neat Facts:

  • 1040:  King Duncan I of Scotland is killed in battle against his cousin and successor Macbeth.
  • 1994:  Ilich Ramírez Sánchez, the terrorist known as "Carlos the Jackal," is captured.
  • 2003:  Widescale power blackout in the northeast United States and Canada.

Two births:

  • 1771:  Sir Walter Scott, Scottish historical novelist and poet (d. 1832)
  • 1851:  Doc Holliday, American gambler and gunfighter (d. 1887)

One death:

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Last Update: December 08, 2014

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William Shunn 2663 Articles

Hugo and Nebula Award nominee. Creator of Proper Manuscript Format, Spelling Bee Solver, Tylogram, and more. Banned in Canada.

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