Birthday Meme (stolen from my wife!)

On my wife's blog, she posted this new meme. I thought it would be fun to do the same, so here goes:


3 Events for June 6:

1844 - The Young Men's Christian Association (YMCA) is founded in London

1944 - World War II: Battle of Normandy begins. D-Day, code named Operation Overlord, commences with the landing of 155,000 Allied troops on the beaches of Normandy in France. The allied soldiers quickly break through the Atlantic Wall and push inland in the largest amphibious military operation in history

1968 - Robert F. Kennedy is assassinated by Los Angeles Palestinian resident Sirhan B. Sirhan after giving a speech at the Ambassador Hotel.

2 Important Birthdays:

1799 - Alexander Pushkin, Russian poet (d. 1837)

1960 - Steve Vai, American musician

1 Death:

1799 - Patrick Henry, American revolutionary (b. 1736)

1 Holiday/Observance:

National Yo-yo Day - USA. (Hey - it's the best I can do!!!)

Anyway, that's it, kinda neat actually to see what all has happened on your birthday throughtout history. Later.