Stolen from Alimum
1. Go to Wikipedia and enter your birthday without the year:
June 27
2. List four events that occurred that day:
1844 - Joseph Smith, Jr., murdered along with his brother, Hyrum, at the Carthage, Illinois jail.
1967 - The world's first ATM is installed in Enfield, London.
1985 - Route 66 ceases to be an official U.S. highway.
1981 - The first paintball match was played.
3. List two important birthdays:
1880 - Helen Keller, American spokeswoman for the deaf and blind (d. 1968)
1930 - Ross Perot, American billionaire and politician
4. List one death:
2001 - Jack Lemmon, American actor (b. 1925)
5. List one holiday or observance:
National HIV Testing Day in United States
And for me, a bonus fictional holiday:
In Shirley Jackson's Novel The Lottery, the annual lottery is held on this date each year.
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