The Wikipedia Birthday meme, snagged from
lexigeek.
Go to Wikipedia. In the Search box, type your birth month and day (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:
1. 1553 - Lady Jane Grey takes the throne of England.
2. 1925 - Meher Baba begins his silence of 44 years. His followers still observe Silence Day on this date in commemoration.
3. 1925 - Scopes Trial: In Dayton, Tennessee, the so-called "Monkey Trial" begins with John T. Scopes, a young high school science teacher, accused of teaching evolution in violation of a Tennessee state law.
Birthdays:
1. 1509 - John Calvin, French religious reformer (d. 1564)
2. 1931 - Alice Munro, Canadian writer
Death:
1. 138 - Hadrian, Roman Emperor (b. 76)