Wiki-meme Birthday Thing

(Seen *everywhere* on LJ)

Go to Wikipedia, key in your birthday (excluding the year), and post 3 events, 2 births, and 1 death.

July 2

Events

1776 - The Continental Congress adopts a resolution severing ties with Great Britain, though a formal Declaration of Independence is not adopted until July 4.

1947 - An object speculated to be a UFO crashes near Roswell, New Mexico, though the United States Air Force claims it is a weather balloon.

1964 - U.S. President Lyndon B. Johnson signs the Civil Rights Act into law.

Births

1908 - Thurgood Marshall, U. S. Supreme Court Justice (d. 1993)
1946 - Ron Silver, American actor

Or, alternatively, for Jessica:

1957 - Bret "Hitman" Hart, Canadian professional wrestler
1986 - Lindsay Lohan, American actress

Deaths

1937 - Amelia Earhart, American aviator (disappeared) (b. 1897)

Now, Jessica was watching over my shoulder while I was doing this, so I've decided to put hers up, too, since she doesn't have an LJ of her own.

April 19

Events

1775 - American Revolutionary War: The Battle of Lexington and Concord – British General Thomas Gage attempts to confiscate American colonists' firearms. Captain John Parker orders his band of minutemen to not fire unless fired upon. Random shots rang out among the British soldiers. The minutemen promptly fired back. This was the "shot heard round the world." The British are driven back to Boston, Massachusetts, thus beginning the American Revolutionary War.

1956 - Actress Grace Kelly marries Rainier III of Monaco.

1993 - The 50-day siege of the Branch Davidian building outside Waco, Texas, USA, ends when a fire breaks out. Eighty-one people die. (As much as I hate it, I felt like I had to include this one since it's the year she was born.)

Births (I picked 2 she knows)

1946 - Tim Curry, British actor

1981 - Hayden Christensen, Canadian actor

Deaths

1882 - Charles Darwin, English biologist (b. 1809)