Wikipedia

I saw this on someone else's blog and thought it looked like fun. Here are the directions:

Go to Wikipedia and do a search for your birthday (day and month only, exclude the year).

Post three facts, two births and one death on your blog including the years.

Here are my results (October 8):

Facts:
1582 - Due to the implementation of the Gregorian calendar this day does not exist in this year in Italy, Poland, Portugal and Spain.
1918 - World War I - In the Argonne Forest in France, United States Corporal Alvin C. York almost single-handedly kills 25 German soldiers and captures 132.
2004 - Martha Stewart goes to jail.

Births:
1938 - Walter Gretzky, father of Wayne Gretzky
1970 - Matt Damon, American actor

Death:
1944 - Wendell Willkie, American politician and Presidential candidate (b. 1892)