mysql> select * from events order by rand() limit 1;
+----+------------+---------------------+-------+
| id | edate      | ldate               | event |
+----+------------+---------------------+-------+
| 28 | 1164585600 | November 27th, 2006 | fgb   |
+----+------------+---------------------+-------+
1 row in set (0.01 sec)