History!

Go to Wikipedia and look up your birthday (excluding the year). List three neat facts, two births and one death in your journal, including the year. (Note: if there were exceptionally cool things, I may go over the limit. Cope.)


February 4th

Historical Events:

211 - Roman Emperor Septimius Severus dies, leaving the Roman Empire in the hands of his two quarrelsome sons, Caracalla and Geta.

1703 - In Edo (now Tokyo), 46 of the Forty-Seven Ronin commit seppuku (ritual suicide) as recompense for avenging their master's death.

1861 - American Civil War: In Montgomery, Alabama the Confederate States of America is formed by delegates from six break-away United States.

1957 - USS Nautilus, the first nuclear-powered submarine, logs her 60,000th nautical mile, matching the endurance of the fictional Nautilus described in Jules Verne's novel "20,000 Leagues Under the Sea".

Births:

1902 - Charles Lindbergh, American pilot (d. 1974)

1940 - George Romero, American screenwriter, producer, and director

1948 - Alice Cooper, American musician

Deaths:

1984 - Anna Anderson, claimant to the throne of Russia

In addition, it's Independance Day in Sri Lanka and the Liturgical Feast of Saint Veronica, patron saint of photographers. Huh.