Birthday Wiki Meme
Nabbed from thilia
Go to Wikipedia and look up your birthday (excluding the year). List three neat facts, two births and one death in your journal, including the year.
~ 24th January ~
3 Events
41 - Roman Emperor Caligula, known for his eccentricity and cruel despotism, is assassinated by his disgruntled Praetorian Guards. The Guard then proclaims Caligula's uncle Claudius as Emperor
1908 - The first Boy Scout troop is organized in England by Robert Baden-Powell.
1984 - The first Apple Macintosh goes on sale.
2 Births
1949 - John Belushi, American actor (d. 1982)
1958 - Jools Holland, English singer-songwriter and pianist (Squeeze and Jools Holland's Rhythm and Blues Orchestra)
1 Death
1965 - Winston Churchill, English army officer and politician, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1874)
It was a toss up between Churchill, Chris Penn (actor) and Ted Bundy (serial killer) for 'deaths on my birthdate' but I decided to stick with the theme of the week ~ deceased prime ministers
Go to Wikipedia and look up your birthday (excluding the year). List three neat facts, two births and one death in your journal, including the year.
~ 24th January ~
3 Events
41 - Roman Emperor Caligula, known for his eccentricity and cruel despotism, is assassinated by his disgruntled Praetorian Guards. The Guard then proclaims Caligula's uncle Claudius as Emperor
1908 - The first Boy Scout troop is organized in England by Robert Baden-Powell.
1984 - The first Apple Macintosh goes on sale.
2 Births
1949 - John Belushi, American actor (d. 1982)
1958 - Jools Holland, English singer-songwriter and pianist (Squeeze and Jools Holland's Rhythm and Blues Orchestra)
1 Death
1965 - Winston Churchill, English army officer and politician, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1874)
It was a toss up between Churchill, Chris Penn (actor) and Ted Bundy (serial killer) for 'deaths on my birthdate' but I decided to stick with the theme of the week ~ deceased prime ministers