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Wikipedia Meme

erratic_prophet | 17 April, 2006 22:13

Freshly stolen from Michelle!

Go to Wikipedia and look up your birthday excluding the year, list 3 cool events,2 births,1 death and 1 holiday.

October 12

Cool Events:

1492 - Christopher Columbus's expedition makes landfall in the Caribbean. The explorer believes he has reached East Asia.
1582 - Due to the implementation of the Gregorian calendar this day does not exist in this year in Italy, Poland, Portugal and Spain.
1609 - "Three Blind Mice" published by London teenage songwriter Thomas Ravenscroft.

Births:

1875 - Aleister Crowley, English occultist and author.
1975 - Marion Jones, American athlete.

Death:

1997 - John Denver, American singer.

Holiday:

Columbus Day (traditionally) - United States.

[Reply]

I knew this one would appeal to you!
Awwww, you got the 3 blind mice :)

Michelle — 18 Apr 2006, 01:37

My Meme [Reply]

19th March

Cool Events:
1831 - The City Bank of New York becomes the site of the first bank robbery in United States history ($245,000 taken).

1962 - Bob Dylan releases his first, self-titled album.

1915 - Pluto is photographed for the first time but was not recognized as a planet.

Birthdays:
1944 - Sirhan Sirhan, Palestinian-born assassin
1947 - Glenn Close, American actress
1955 - Bruce Willis, American actor

Death:
1950 - Walter Haworth, British chemist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1883)

Holiday:
Roman Catholicism and Church of England - Saint Joseph's Day for Saint Joseph of Nazareth, spouse of Mary, the mother of Jesus.
Father's Day in Spain, Portugal, Belgium.
Las Fallas in Valencia, Spain.

Dee — 18 Apr 2006, 09:43