October 12 on December 1, 2006

Thanks to Nancy, NP and Ms. Jan, for continuing this meme. I actually haven't followed the rules to the letter.

The Rules:

1) Go to Wikipedia

2) In the search box, type your birth month and day but not the year.

3) List three events that happened on your birthday

4) List two important birthdays and one death

5) One holiday or observance (if any)

. . . .

Okay, here goes

Events

• 1492 - Christopher Columbus's expedition makes landfall in the Caribbean, specifically in The Bahamas. The explorer believes he has reached East Asia
• 1938 - Filming starts on The Wizard of Oz
• 1970 - Vietnam War: US President Richard Nixon announces that the United States will withdraw 40,000 more troops before Christmas

Births

• 1537-King Edward VI of England (d.1553)
• 1558-Archduke Maximilian III of Austria (d.1618)
  
• 1935-Luciano Pavarotti, Italian tenor

Deaths

• 1576 - Maximilian II, Holy Roman Emperor (b. 1527)
• 1870 - Robert E. Lee, American Confederate general (b. 1807)
• 1997 - John Denver, American singer (b. 1943)

Holidays and observances

October 12th is the feast day of the following Roman Catholic Saints:

• Columbus Day (traditionally) - United States.