wiki meme from annamaryse

[mindrtist]

1. Go to Wikipedia and enter your birthday without the year.
February 26

2. List three (or more) events that occurred that day. (holy shit, i have no recollection of the WTC event being on my b'day!)

1917 - The Original Dixieland Jass Band records the first ever Jazzrecord for the Victor Talking Machine Company in New York.

1935 - The Luftwaffe is reformed.

1952 - United Kingdom Prime Minister Winston Churchill announces that his nation has an atomic bomb.

1987 - Iran-Contra affair: The Tower Commission rebukes American President Ronald Reagan for not controlling his national security staff.

1991 - Gulf War: On Baghdad Radio Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein announces the withdrawal of Iraqi troops from Kuwait.

1993 - World Trade Center bombing: In New York City, a truck bomb parked below the North Tower of the World Trade Center goes off, killing 6 and injuring over a thousand.

3. List two (or more) important birthdays.

1802 - Victor Hugo, French writer (d. 1885)

1829 - Levi Strauss, German-born clothing designer (d. 1902)

1920 - Tony Randall, American actor (d. 2004)

1928 - Fats Domino, American musician

1971 - Erykah Badhu, American musician

1932 - Johnny Cash, American singer (d. 2003)

4. List one death.

1994 - Bill Hicks, American comedian (b. 1961)

5. List one holiday or observance.

Nation of Islam - Savior's Day - commemoration of the birthdate of Wallace Fard Muhammad, believed to be Allah in human form, the saviour of the black race.