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[walkinginthenight]

Instructions: Go over to Wikipedia and enter the day you were born [such as "March 27"] and then pick 4 events, 3 births, 2 deaths, and 1 holiday that occurred on your birthday.

September 24 is the 267th day of the year (268th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. There are 98 days remaining until the end of the year.

4 Events:

1. 1664 - The Netherlands surrenders New Amsterdam to England.
2. 1852 - The first airship is displayed
3. 1957 - President Dwight D. Eisenhower sends 101st Airborne Division troops to Little Rock, Arkansas, to enforce desegregation.
4. 1994 - National League for Democracy is formed by Aung San Suu Kyi and various others to help fight against dictatorship in Myanmar.

3 Births:

1. 15 - Vitellius, Roman Emperor (d. 69)
2. 1725 - Sir Arthur Guinness, Irish brewer (d. 1803)
3. 1936 - Jim Henson, American puppeteer (d. 1990)

2 Deaths:

1. 768 - Pippin the Short, King of the Franks (b. 714)
2. 1945 - Hans Geiger, German physicist (b. 1882)

1 Holiday:

1. In ancient Latvia, the third day of Mikeli, and the only day of the year during which men proposed to their prospective wives.