The rules are:

1) Go to Wikipedia
2) In the search box, type your birth month and day but not the year.
3) List three events that happened on your birthday
4) List two important birthdays and one death
5) One holiday or observance (if any)
6) Tag 5 other bloggers to complete

Three events:

1918 - Hammond circus train wreck kills 86 and injures 127 near Hammond, Indiana.
1940 - France forced to sign armistice with Nazi Germany.
1941 - Nazi Germany invades the Soviet Union in Operation Barbarossa, one of the most dramatic turning points of World War II.


Two Birthdays:

1922 - Bill Blass, American fashion designer (d. 2002)
1973 - Carson Daly, American television personality


One death:

1987 - Fred Astaire, American dancer and actor (b. 1899)


One holiday or observance:

Anti-fascist struggle day in Croatia

Five Tags:
Tag...You are now it! (okay, so I cheated and used 5 words, but I hate it when people don't play along, so I just quit tagging! Play at your own will!)