Births, deaths, and fun stuff for the living

[ailbhe]

01 November:

Events:
1512: Sistine Chapel ceiling displayed to the public
1604: Shakespeare's Othello performed at Whitehall
1611: The Tempest ditto
1848: First medical school for women opened in Boston
1884: GAA founded in Tipperary
1974: Hello Kitty's birthday (Fiction! Fiction!)
1993: Maastricht Treaty takes effect
1998: European court of Human Rights is instituted

Births:
1942: Larry Flynt
1962: Anthony Kiedis (Red Hot Chilli Peppers)
1963: Rick Allen (Def Leppard)

Deaths:
1972: Ezra Pound

30 April:

Events:
1945: Adolf Hitler and Eva Braun commit suicide (see also: Deaths)
1975: Vietnam war officially ends
1980: Queen Beatrix accedes to throne in the Netherlands
1988: In Dublin, Celine Dion wins Eurovision Song Contest for Switzerland
1993: World Wide Web born
1999: That nailbomber bombed the Admiral Duncan pub - his third and last bomb.

Births:
1938: Larry Niven
1946: King Carl XVI Gustaf of Sweden
1954: Jane Campion

Deaths:
1792: John Montagu, inventor of the sandwich
1883: Edouard Manet
1945: Eva Braun and Adolf Hitler
1983: Muddy Waters

Holiday:
Children's Day in Mexico. Yippee! Must have a pinata at the party.

Comments

[flybabydizzy.livejournal.com]

hmm, someone else's birthday, too, I think