Wikipedia Meme

Apr 10, 2006 02:07

Go to Wikipedia http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Main_Page

and look up your birthday (excluding the year). List three neat facts, two births, and one death in your journal, including the year.

Neat facts:
1935 - Amelia Earhart is the first woman to fly solo from Hawaii to California.
1964 - United States Surgeon General Luther Leonidas Terry reports smoking may be hazardous to health. First such statement from U.S. government.
1972 - East Pakistan becomes Bangladesh. (this one is particularly relevant because my family fled East Pakistan for this very reason)

Births:
1807 - Ezra Cornell, American businessman and university founder (d. 1874)
1971 - Mary J. Blige, American singer

Deaths:
314 - St. Miltiades

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