from the lovely and wonderful
canyoncat. Things like this make me smile! :)
Wikipedia meme
1. Go to Wikipedia and enter your birthday without the year.
Sept. 15
2. List three events that occurred that day.
1946 - The Brooklyn Dodgers are beating the Chicago Cubs, 2-0, in the 5th inning when a swarm of gnats causes the game to be postponed. (not important, I just think that's HILARIOUS!)
1975 - Progressive Rock artists Pink Floyd release Wish You Were Here.
1982 - The first issue of USA Today is published by Gannett.
3. List two important birthdays.
1254 - Marco Polo, Italian explorer (I never KNEW that!)
1940 - Merlin Olsen, American football player and actor ( GOTTA represent the Little House on the Prairie cast!)
4. List one death.
1885 - Jumbo, P. T. Barnum's circus elephant (hit by a train)(again, just HILARIOUS!)
5. List one holiday or observance.
Independence Day from Spain (1821) for Mexico, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, and Nicaragua, celebrated everywhere with marches from schoolchildren.