Son of Timatollah

From Solonor who got it from Staz....

Go to Wikipedia. Type in your birth date (but not year). List three events that happened on your birthday. List two important births and one interesting death. Post this in your journal.

21 November

Events

• 164 BC - Judas Maccabaeus, son of Mattathias of the Hasmonean family, restores the Temple in Jerusalem. Events commemorated each year by the festival of Hanukkah. Let's hear it for Judas Maccabaeus!
  

• 1783 - In Paris, Jean-François Pilâtre de Rozier and François Laurent, Marquis d'Arlandes, make the first untethered hot air balloon flight. Let's hear it unteathered flight!
  

• 1877 - Thomas Edison announces his invention of the phonograph, a machine that can record sound. Let's hear it for Edison!

Birthdays

• 1694 - Voltaire, French philosopher (d. 1778) . Voltaire is the guy who said, "Although I disagree with everything you say, I will defend unto the death your right to say it." Let's hear it for Voltiare! (Actually, that line is only attributed to him, but besides being a pretty good attitude, it's also a pretty good summary of his attitude.)
  

• 1965 - Björk, Icelandic singer, songwriter, and actress. Let's hear it for Björk!
  

Death

• 1695 - Henry Purcell, English composer. Let's hear it for Purcell!

My birthday is never on Thanksgiving (USA). JFK was assassinated on 22 November, the day after my birthday. I know several other people who share this birthday.