fun little project
Go to Wikipedia and look up your birthday (excluding the year). List three neat facts, two births (or more) and one death in your journal, including the year.
Three Neat Facts:
1895 - Playwright, poet and novelist Oscar Wilde is convicted of "committing acts of gross indecency with other male persons" and sentenced to serve two years in prison.
1935 - Babe Ruth hits his 714th and last home run at Forbes Field in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, setting a baseball record that will stand for 39 years.
2001 - 32-year-old Erik Weihenmayer, of Boulder, Colorado, becomes the first blind person to reach the summit of Mount Everest.
Births:
1878 - Bill "Bojangles" Robinson, African American entertainer
1926 - Miles Davis, American jazz trumpeter
1963 - Mike Myers, Canadian actor and comedian
1975 - Lauryn Hill, American singer
Death:
1934 - Gustav Holst, English composer
so whats new lj? last nite i worked the overnight at stop and shop. worked 11-7. it was so much fun! the overnight guys are a lot of fun :) i came home at like 7:30 went to bed and woke up at 6pm. crazy! then i went out w/ katie, then we went to amanda's and dyed her hair and dyed easter eggs! then me, katie, amanda, nicole and jon went to the movies. we saw scary movie 4. some parts were funny...im just glad i didn't pay for it. haha... nicole and her huge thing of popcorn. i had a lot of fun. well im gonna go try and go to bed since my body is all messed up from working the overnight. ttyl lj!
Three Neat Facts:
1895 - Playwright, poet and novelist Oscar Wilde is convicted of "committing acts of gross indecency with other male persons" and sentenced to serve two years in prison.
1935 - Babe Ruth hits his 714th and last home run at Forbes Field in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, setting a baseball record that will stand for 39 years.
2001 - 32-year-old Erik Weihenmayer, of Boulder, Colorado, becomes the first blind person to reach the summit of Mount Everest.
Births:
1878 - Bill "Bojangles" Robinson, African American entertainer
1926 - Miles Davis, American jazz trumpeter
1963 - Mike Myers, Canadian actor and comedian
1975 - Lauryn Hill, American singer
Death:
1934 - Gustav Holst, English composer
so whats new lj? last nite i worked the overnight at stop and shop. worked 11-7. it was so much fun! the overnight guys are a lot of fun :) i came home at like 7:30 went to bed and woke up at 6pm. crazy! then i went out w/ katie, then we went to amanda's and dyed her hair and dyed easter eggs! then me, katie, amanda, nicole and jon went to the movies. we saw scary movie 4. some parts were funny...im just glad i didn't pay for it. haha... nicole and her huge thing of popcorn. i had a lot of fun. well im gonna go try and go to bed since my body is all messed up from working the overnight. ttyl lj!