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The site was updated to its current format in November 7, 2012, by Evan Britton, [7] who has since described the website as "Wikipedia for Generation Z". [8] [7] Famous Birthdays originally focused on more traditional celebrities (such as actors, athletes, musicians, etc.), but has since expanded to also feature internet personalities. [2]
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1913 – Claudio Monteverdi's last opera, L'incoronazione di Poppea, was performed theatrically for the first time in more than 250 years. 1958 – After a mid-air collision with a fighter plane during a practice exercise off Tybee Island, Georgia , a U.S. Air Force bomber jettisoned a Mark 15 nuclear bomb , which was presumed lost.
1909 – Alfred Deakin becomes Prime Minister of Australia for the third time.; 1910 – Charles Rolls, a co-founder of Rolls-Royce Limited, becomes the first man to make a non-stop double crossing of the English Channel by plane.
1838 - Birth of Margaret E. Knight, American inventor, famous as female Thomas Edison, (d. 1914) 1848 - Birth of Benjamin Baillaud , French astronomer (d. 1934) 1869 - Birth of Charles Wilson , Scottish physicist, Nobel Prize Laureate (d. 1959)
[2] 1532 – Spanish conquest of the Inca Empire : Commanded by Francisco Pizarro , Spanish conquistadors under Hernando de Soto meet Incan Emperor Atahualpa for the first time outside Cajamarca , arranging for a meeting in the city plaza the following day .