Here's another one of those silly online quizzes for you to play with before you get down to work;
Created by OnePlusYou
Several of the people who died on my birthday throughout history include;
- 2007 - Mohammed Jamal Khalifa, Saudi brother-in-law of Osama bin Laden
- 2007 - Molly Ivins, American political columnist and author
- 1974 - Samuel Goldwyn, Polish-born film studio executive
- 1956 - A. A. Milne, English author
- 1944 - Jean Giraudoux, French writer
- 1933 - John Galsworthy, English writer, Nobel laureate
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