nizo's Journal: On the day of my birth (stolen meme)

I am too lazy to repost or even follow the instructions, which you can find here. Thanks helicobacter!

1780 - Never-explained complete darkness falls on Eastern Canada and the New England area of the United States at 2 pm.

(An omen of things to come muhahah)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_England's_Dark_Day

Births
1795 - Johns Hopkins, American philanthropist
1870 - Albert Fish, American serial killer
1890 - Ho Chi Minh, Vietnamese leader
1925 - Malcolm X, American civil rights activist
1925 - Pol Pot, Cambodian dictator
(I wonder if Hopkins and Malcolm X cancel out the rest???)

Deaths
1125 - Vladimir Monomakh, Russian prince

(I just like the name Vladimir)

Nothing happened on my birth date the year I was born, so my infamy is assured!!!

Since...

[HokieSeas]

...I just did this somewhere else, this is pretty easy for me to copy a handful of items over easily. :)

May 8:

Events:
1886 - Pharmacist Dr. John Styth Pemberton invents a carbonated beverage that would later be named "Coca-Cola".
1945 - World War II: VE Day. German forces agree to an unconditional surrender.
1973 - A 71-day standoff, between federal authorities and the American Indian Movement members occupying the Pine Ridge Reservation at Wounded Knee, South Dakota, ends with the surrender of the mili

Hopkins was a perv.

[mekkab]

The reason why he became a philanthropist? Because he couldn't marry his first cousin. Thus, no heirs, thus my alma mater. GROSS.

/Used to be a tour guide

Re:Hopkins was a perv.

[nizo]

Yeah but was she hot?

Ok, so my birthday is shared with mass murderers, dictators, and perverts. Great. Well at least Malcolm X had his heart in the right place, though if he was still around he would never make it through airport security :-|