Most famous person

[C C Csiders]

Quote[/b] (Blue Missy @ Sep. 28 2006,13:06)]Marie Tussaud (museum proprietor and waxwork modeller)

Oh that Marie Tussaud! I thought you meant Marie Tussaud the Dog Parlour Groomer fom Leatherhead.

 

[southendstrett]

978 King Edward the martyr of England (Eddy the 1st?)

Born on my birthday - Ingemar Stenmark, remember him? The skiing bod.

 

[HUTTON]

July 26th

Events
1971 - Apollo Program: Apollo 15 Mission - Launch of Apollo 15.
1991 - Paul Reubens, better known as Pee Wee Herman, is arrested for allegedly exposing himself at a Sarasota, Florida adult theatre
1994 - Israel's London embassy bombed

and the best of all
1991 - Sonic the Hedgehog is released for the Sega Megadrive in Japan.

Born on same day

1950 - Nelinho, Brazilian football player
1964 - Sandra Bullock, American actress
1969 - Jonty Rhodes, South African cricketer
1973 - Kate Beckinsale, British actress
1985 - Gael Clichy, French footballer

Not really any deaths apart from
1471 - Pope Paul II (b. 1417)

 

[Matt the Shrimp]

Quote[/b] (Spaceman Spiff @ Sep. 28 2006,12:41)]By Roman custom February 24 is the day added to a leap year

...which presumably means that you only recently celebrated your 7th birthday, then. Explains a lot, that does.

 

[Yellow Army]

16th september

1956 - Mickey Rourke
1984 - Katie Melua