Meme Time Again!
This meme lovingly ripped off from i_iz_norml.
Go to Wikipedia and type in your birthday (month and day). Then you write down 5 events, 5 births, 5 deaths, & 5 holidays.
EVENTS
1781 - General Charles Cornwallis offers his surrender to the American revolutionists at Yorktown, Virginia.
1814 - London Beer Flood occurs in London, killing nine.
1945 - A massive number of people, headed by CGT and Evita, gather in the Plaza de Mayo in Argentina to demand Juan Peron's release. This is known to the Peronists as the Día de la lealtad (day of loyalty). It's considered the birthday of Peronism.
1979 - Mother Teresa awarded the Nobel Peace Prize.
2007 - The Dalai Lama receives the United States Congressional Gold Medal.
BIRTHS
1914 - Jerry Siegel, American cartoonist (d. 1996)
1918 - Rita Hayworth, American actress (d. 1987)
1920 - Montgomery Clift, American actor (d. 1966)
1966 - Mark Gatiss, English actor and writer
1972 - Wyclef Jean, Haitian-born singer
DEATHS
1849 - Frédéric Chopin, Polish-French musician and composer (b. 1810)
1991 - Tennessee Ernie Ford, American singer and television performer (b. 1919)
2002 - Derek Bell, Irish harpist (The Chieftans) (b. 1935)
2007 - Joey Bishop, American entertainer, member of the Rat Pack (b. 1918)
2008 - Levi Stubbs, American baritone singer (Four Tops) (b. 1936)
HOLIDAYS
R.C. Saints - Saint Ignatius of Antioch; translation of Saint Audrey (Æthelthryth); Saint Richard Gwyn; Saint Catervus; Saint Marguerite Marie Alacoque; Saint Regulus (AKA St. Rule of Andrew)
Haiti - Death of Jean-Jacques Dessalines (1806), State holiday
French Republican Calendar - Aubergine (Eggplant) Day, twenty-sixth day in the Month of Vendémiaire
International Day for the Eradication of Poverty
National Edge Day
Allow me to direct your attention to the best and most important part of this meme: I SHARE A BIRTHDAY WITH MARK GATISS.
MARK FUCKING GATISS!
I suddenly feel that much more epic and awesome. :D
Go to Wikipedia and type in your birthday (month and day). Then you write down 5 events, 5 births, 5 deaths, & 5 holidays.
EVENTS
1781 - General Charles Cornwallis offers his surrender to the American revolutionists at Yorktown, Virginia.
1814 - London Beer Flood occurs in London, killing nine.
1945 - A massive number of people, headed by CGT and Evita, gather in the Plaza de Mayo in Argentina to demand Juan Peron's release. This is known to the Peronists as the Día de la lealtad (day of loyalty). It's considered the birthday of Peronism.
1979 - Mother Teresa awarded the Nobel Peace Prize.
2007 - The Dalai Lama receives the United States Congressional Gold Medal.
BIRTHS
1914 - Jerry Siegel, American cartoonist (d. 1996)
1918 - Rita Hayworth, American actress (d. 1987)
1920 - Montgomery Clift, American actor (d. 1966)
1966 - Mark Gatiss, English actor and writer
1972 - Wyclef Jean, Haitian-born singer
DEATHS
1849 - Frédéric Chopin, Polish-French musician and composer (b. 1810)
1991 - Tennessee Ernie Ford, American singer and television performer (b. 1919)
2002 - Derek Bell, Irish harpist (The Chieftans) (b. 1935)
2007 - Joey Bishop, American entertainer, member of the Rat Pack (b. 1918)
2008 - Levi Stubbs, American baritone singer (Four Tops) (b. 1936)
HOLIDAYS
R.C. Saints - Saint Ignatius of Antioch; translation of Saint Audrey (Æthelthryth); Saint Richard Gwyn; Saint Catervus; Saint Marguerite Marie Alacoque; Saint Regulus (AKA St. Rule of Andrew)
Haiti - Death of Jean-Jacques Dessalines (1806), State holiday
French Republican Calendar - Aubergine (Eggplant) Day, twenty-sixth day in the Month of Vendémiaire
International Day for the Eradication of Poverty
National Edge Day
Allow me to direct your attention to the best and most important part of this meme: I SHARE A BIRTHDAY WITH MARK GATISS.
MARK FUCKING GATISS!
I suddenly feel that much more epic and awesome. :D