1. Type in your birthday (minus the year) in the search bar at http://wikipedia.org/

2. List three interesting facts, two births, and one death that happened on your birthday.

Interesting things to happen on my birthday

1430 - Joan of Arc is captured by the Burgundians while leading an army to relieve Compiègne.
1929 - The first talking cartoon of Mickey Mouse, The Karnival Kid, was released.
1934 - Near their hideout in Black Lake, Louisiana, bank robbers Bonnie Parker and Clyde Barrow are ambushed and shot dead by police.

Births

1893 - Ulysses S. Grant IV, American geologist and paleontologist (d. 1977)
1928 - Rosemary Clooney, American singer and actress (d. 2002)

Death

1125 - Henry V, Holy Roman Emperor (b. 1081)

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Other intresting things on my birthday that I also felt intresting enough to mention:

1533 - The marriage of King Henry VIII to Catherine of Aragon is declared null and void.
1701 - After being convicted of piracy and of murdering William Moore, Captain William Kidd is hanged in London.
1805 - Napoleon Bonaparte is crowned King of Italy with the Iron Crown of Lombardy in the Cathedral of Milan.
1844 - First Morse code message sent, reading "What hath God wrought".
1915 - World War I: Italy joins the Allies after they declare war on Austria-Hungary.
1958 - Explorer I ceases transmission.
1969 - Rock band The Who release Tommy, the first rock opera.
1994 - Series final of Star Trek: The Next Generation All Good Things aired in the USA.

Births:

1933 - Joan Collins, English actress
1958 - Drew Carey, American actor and comedian
1974 - Ken Jennings, American game show contestant
1974 - Jewel, American singer

And for deaths, obviously Captain Kidd and Bonnie & Clyde!