wikipedia birthday meme

From chrisilin
"Go to Wikipedia and look up your birth day (excluding the year). List three neat facts, two births and one death in your journal, including the year."

Neat Facts:

1. 1879 - The Pirates of Penzance is first performed (Paignton, Devon, England).
   
2. 1919 - Lincoln's Inn in London admits its first female bar student.
   
3. 1922 - The Union of Soviet Socialist Republics is formed.
   

Births: do I have to pick two? There are so many amusing ones!!!
For my official two, I pick:

1. 1942 - Michael Nesmith, American singer and musician (The Monkees)
   
2. 1945 - Davy Jones, English singer (The Monkees)
   

(Other notable ones from the 20th century: Dmitri Kabalevsky, Bo Diddley, Sandy Koufax, Matt Lauer, Tracey Ullman, Douglas Coupland, Ben Johnson, Jamiroquai, Kerry Collins, Tiger Woods, Tyrese, Eliza Dushku, LeBron James. Apparently late March/early April is a popular time for nookie.)

Death:

1. 1460 - Richard, Duke of York, claimant to the English throne (killed in battle) (b. 1411)