birthday meme

Yeah, I won't wait until my birthday to do this meme from Stennie's blog. But just as a challenge, you can all try to guess the date:

Five births, deaths and events:
Five events:
326 - The old St. Peter's Basilica is consecrated.
1307 - According to legend, William Tell shoots an apple off his son's head.
1686 - Charles Francois Felix operates on King Louis XIV's anal fistula after practicing the surgery on several peasants.
1865 - Mark Twain's story The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County is published in the New York Saturday Press.
1978 - The Blues Brothers appear for the first time on Saturday Night Live.

Five Births
1787 - Louis-Jacques Daguerre, French inventor and photographer (d. 1851)
1836 - Sir William S. Gilbert, British dramatist (d. 1911)
1861 - Dorothea Dix, American activist (d. 1887)
1907 - Compay Segundo, Cuban musician (Buena Vista Social Club) (d. 2003)
1956 - Warren Moon, American football player

Five Deaths
1886 - Chester A. Arthur, 21st President of the United States (b. 1829)
1976 - Man Ray, American artist (b. 1890)
1978 - Jim Jones, American cult leader suicide (b. 1931)
1986 - Gia Carangi, American model AIDS (b. 1960)
1994 - Cab Calloway, American bandleader (b. 1907)