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August 26, 2008
Everybody's doing it
Go to Wikipedia, look up your birthday, then post 4 events, 3 birthdays, 2 deaths and 1 holiday.
December 31
Events
1599 - British East India Company is chartered.
1879 - Thomas Edison demonstrates incandescent lighting to the public for the first time.
1923 - The chimes of Big Ben are broadcast on radio for the first time by the BBC.
1991 - The Soviet Union is officially dissolved.
Births
1878 - Elizabeth Arden, Canadian businesswoman (d. 1966)
1903 - Nathan Milstein, Ukrainian violinist (d. 1992)
1958 - Bebe Neuwirth, American actress
Deaths
1460 - Edmund, Earl of Rutland, brother of Kings Edward IV of England and Richard III of England (executed)
1985 - Rick Nelson, American singer (b. 1940)
Holiday
New Year's Eve on the Gregorian Calendar.
Posted by nezbitthecat at August 26, 2008 02:01 PM
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