Birthday meme
From drdingbat. I should totally be in bed right now, but what the hell. And psychowoof, you are hereby obligated to do this sometime in the next 25 hours.
Wikipedia your birthday and pick 4 events, 3 births, 2 deaths, and 1 holiday:
Events:
1634 - Samuel Cole opens the first tavern in Boston, Massachusetts.
1774 - First sighting of Orion Nebula by William Herschel.
1789 - In New York City, the first United States Congress meets, putting the Constitution of the United States into effect.
1977 - The first Cray-1 supercomputer is shipped to the Los Alamos National Laboratory, New Mexico.
Births:
1678 - Antonio Vivaldi, Italian composer (d. 1741)
1888 - Knute Rockne, American football player and coach (d. 1931)
1969 - Chastity Bono, American actress and gay rights activist
Deaths:
1994 - John Candy, Canadian comedian (b. 1950)
2008 - Gary Gygax, Fantasy author and role-playing games creator. (b. 1938)
Holiday:
United States - Inauguration Day (1789 - 1933)
Wikipedia your birthday and pick 4 events, 3 births, 2 deaths, and 1 holiday:
Events:
1634 - Samuel Cole opens the first tavern in Boston, Massachusetts.
1774 - First sighting of Orion Nebula by William Herschel.
1789 - In New York City, the first United States Congress meets, putting the Constitution of the United States into effect.
1977 - The first Cray-1 supercomputer is shipped to the Los Alamos National Laboratory, New Mexico.
Births:
1678 - Antonio Vivaldi, Italian composer (d. 1741)
1888 - Knute Rockne, American football player and coach (d. 1931)
1969 - Chastity Bono, American actress and gay rights activist
Deaths:
1994 - John Candy, Canadian comedian (b. 1950)
2008 - Gary Gygax, Fantasy author and role-playing games creator. (b. 1938)
Holiday:
United States - Inauguration Day (1789 - 1933)