Because it’s also educational :)
From TM

Wikipedia your birthday and pick 4 events, 3 births, 2 deaths, and 1 holiday:
Events:

1640 – The Treaty of Ripon is signed, restoring peace between Scotland and Charles I of England.
1881 – The Gunfight at the O.K. Corral takes place at Tombstone, Arizona.
1936 – The first electric generator at Hoover Dam went into full operation.
1947 – The British Military Occupation ends in Iraq.

Births:

1609 - William Sprague, English co-founder of Charlestown, Massachusetts
1694 – Johan Helmich Roman, Swedish composer
1959 – Brian Bovell, British actor

Deaths:

899 – Alfred the Great, king of Wessex
1675 – William Sprague, English co-founder of Charlestown, Massachusetts (found this one interesting, he died on the same day he was born – oct. 26)
1945 – Alexei Krylov, Russian engineer and mathematician

Holiday:

Austria – National Day: Anniversary of the Declaration of Neutrality (1955)

I now know more than I did yesterday :)