House of Ham

Seen chez maradydd:

Instructions:
1. Type your birthday (minus the year) in the Wikipedia search bar.
2. List three historical events, two births, and one death that happened on your birthday.

That would be July 14th...

Historical Events:

1. 1789 - French Revolution: Citizens of Paris storm the Bastille and free seven prisoners. (Pretty much of a gimme.)
2. 1798 - The Sedition Act becomes United States law making it a federal crime to write, publish, or utter false or malicious statements about the United States government
3. 1965 - Mariner 4 flyby of Mars takes the first close-up photos of another planet.

Births: (I'm going to put in some extra here, because there's nothing you can do to stop me.)

1. 1912 - Woody Guthrie, American folk musician
2. 1913 - Gerald Ford, President of the United States
3. 1926 - Harry Dean Stanton, American actor
4. 1950 - Gwen Guthrie, American singer (no relation to Woody)
5. 1966 - Matthew Fox, American actor

Deaths:

1. 1881 - Billy the Kid, American outlaw