It's Friday. It must be meme time

Apr 07, 2006 13:11

Not only a meme, but a geeky meme. My cup runneth over :)

Gakked from in_the_blue

Go to Wikipedia. Type in your birth date (but not year). List three events that happened on your birthday. List two important birthdays and one interesting death. Post this in your journal.

Events

1792 - The French National Convention votes to abolish the monarchy
1937 - J R R Tolkein's The Hobbit is published
1981 - Sandra Day O'Connor, the first female supreme court justice is confirmed by the senate in a 99-0 vote

Births

1866 - H G Wells, English writer
1934 - Leonard Cohen, Canadian singer and songwriter

Death

1558 - Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor

Well, who knew? :)

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