Wikipedia Meme

As seen over at Doc's....

Instructions: Go to www.wikipedia.org, type in your birthday without the year, choose 3 events, 3 births, and 3 deaths and post.

On December 11:

Events--
1872 - P.B.S. Pinchback is sworn in as the first black member of the U.S. House of Representatives.
1941 - World War II: Germany and Italy declare war on the United States.
1972 - Apollo 17 becomes the sixth mission to land on the Moon.

Births--
1725 - George Mason, American statesman (d. 1792)
1911 - Naguib Mahfouz, Egyptian writer and Nobel Prize laureate
1931 - Rita Moreno, Puerto Rican singer, dancer, and actress
and one more favorite for kicks
1943 - John Kerry, American politician and Presidential candidate (jus think its neat cuz he's a friend of my uncle and a picture of the two of them sits on my piano)

Deaths--
384 - Pope Damasus I
1957 - Musidora (Jeanne Roques), French actress and director (b. 1889)
1964 - Sam Cooke, American singer (b. 1931)

Cool Holiday--
Argentina - Tango Day, Buenos Aires
must tell Dr. J--sounds good reason for us to go dancing on my birthday