A date that will live in something?

Ganked from various as I contemplate what I am going to do this afternoon that would be nicer than straightening up the garret.

Look up your birthday in Wikipedia. Pick 4 events, 3 births, 2 deaths, and 1 holiday.

DECEMBER 6.

EVENTS:

1. 1240 – Mongol invasion of Rus: Kiev under Danylo of Halych and Voivode Dmytro falls to the Mongols under Batu Khan.
2. 1768 – The first edition of the Encyclopædia Britannica is published.
3. 1865 – The Thirteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution is ratified, banning slavery.
4. 1922 – One year to the day after the signing of the Anglo-Irish Treaty, the Irish Free State comes into existence.

BIRTHS:

1. 1421 – King Henry VI of England (d. 1471)
2. 1908 – Baby Face Nelson, American bank robber (d. 1934)   ("Oh, George! Not the livestock!")
3. 1920 – Dave Brubeck, American pianist and composer

DEATHS:

1. 1949 – Leadbelly, American musician (b. 1888)
2. 1988 – Roy Orbison, American singer, guitarist, and songwriter (b. 1936)

HOLIDAY:
International – Saint Nicholas Day

Things

Pleasing things:

Finding parking two blocks off Telegraph despite the fact they had it closed off north of Dwight for some street fair.

Finding a used copy of Tales of Times Now Past at Moe's for $6.

Finding a used copy of The Hidden Fortress at Rasputin's for $15 (List price new is $29.95)

Spending most of the rest of the afternoon watching several hours of "Walter Cronkite Remembers" on Discovery Channel. Bonus points for chuckling at the "Boom Dee Yadda" promos. Bonus, bonus points for noticing that the footage of the "flying" great white is actually of an orca.

Discovering that "True Blood" vampire  Bill Compton (Stephen Moyer) has a more-than-decent singing voice.

Cherry Garcia.

Irksome things: 

Dear City of Berkeley. 1969 was forty years ago. Feel free to get over it any time now. 'Kay? Has to be the first time I've ever been panhandled (and aggressively at that) at something purporting to be a street fair. P.S. A street fair with 20 vendors selling the exact same things is pretty damn boring. Nobody needs THAT many tie dye tee shirts.

The copy of My Costumes by Emi Wada is still sitting on the same shelf. It's still $200. I still cannot afford it.

Monterey Bay Aquarium's annoying and sexist radio spots for their new "Secret Life of Seahorses" exhibit.