trinshadow
Apr 07, 2006 17:04
Wiki meme
1. Go to Wkipedia and enter your DOB minus year (format Febuary_25)
2. List three historical events, two births and one death that happened on your birthday
Febuary 25
Three Events
1570 - Pope Pius V excommunicates Queen Elizabeth I of England.1870 - Hiram Rhodes Revels, a Republican from Mississippi, is sworn into the United States Senate, becoming the first African American ever to sit in the U.S. Congress.1994 - Mosque of Abraham massacre: In the Cave of the Patriarchs in the West Bank city of Hebron, Dr. Baruch Kappel Goldstein opens fire with an assault rifle, killing 29 Palestinian worshippers and injuring 125 more before being subdued and beaten to death by survivors. Subsequent rioting kills 26 more Palestinians and 9 Israelis.Two Births
1752 - John Graves Simcoe, first Lieutenant-Governor of Upper Canada (d. 1806)1841 - Pierre-Auguste Renoir, French painter, graphic artist and sculptor (d. 1919)One Death
1715 - Pu Songling, Chinese writer (b. 1640)