Stuff that happened on my birthday - December 11th

[kinkapoodles]

snagged from springmoon60

1. Go to Wikipedia and type in your Birthday Month and day only.

2. List 3 Events that occurred that day.

3. List 2 important Birthdays.

4. List 1 Death.

5. List a Holiday or Observance. (if any)

Three events that occurred on December 11th:

1. 1998 - A Thai Airways Airbus A310-200 crashes near Surat Thani Airport, killing 101. 

2. 1972 - Apollo 17 becomes the sixth mission to land on the Moon. 

3. 1951 - Joe DiMaggio announces his retirement from baseball. 

And yes, I listed them backwards.

Two important birthdays on December 11th (besides mine):

1. 1966 - Gary Dourdan, American actor 

2. 1969 - Vishwanathan Anand, Indian chess grandmaster

Yay...Gary's birthdate is the same year as mine too.

List one death that occurred on December 11th:

1. Elizabeth Bolden, American, oldest verified person in the world at the time of her death (b. 1890) 

List one holiday or occurrance on December 11th:

1. Argentina - Tango Day, Buenos Aires