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Go to Wikipedia and put in your birth date. Don't put in the year. Post in your LJ with three neat/important events, two births, and two deaths!
3 events
1936 - the British Broadcasting Corporation initiates the BBC Television Service, the world's first regular, high-definition (then defined as at least 200 lines) service. Renamed BBC1 in 1964, the channel still runs to this day.
1960 - Penguin Books is found not guilty of obscenity in the Lady Chatterley's Lover case
2000 - The first crew arrives at the International Space Station
2 births
1755 - Marie Antoinette, Queen of France (d. 1793)
1897 - Vito Genovese, American gangster (d. 1969)
2 deaths
1887 - Jenny Lind, Swedish soprano (b. 1820)
2004 - Theo van Gogh, Dutch filmmaker (b. 1957)
3 events
1936 - the British Broadcasting Corporation initiates the BBC Television Service, the world's first regular, high-definition (then defined as at least 200 lines) service. Renamed BBC1 in 1964, the channel still runs to this day.
1960 - Penguin Books is found not guilty of obscenity in the Lady Chatterley's Lover case
2000 - The first crew arrives at the International Space Station
2 births
1755 - Marie Antoinette, Queen of France (d. 1793)
1897 - Vito Genovese, American gangster (d. 1969)
2 deaths
1887 - Jenny Lind, Swedish soprano (b. 1820)
2004 - Theo van Gogh, Dutch filmmaker (b. 1957)
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It still surprises me to no end that this movie was considered obscene back then. There's hardly ANYTHING in it!!!
Also, why did Lady Chatterley's Lover get all the bad press but THe Rainbow didn't? It was practically the same book!