(insert dramatic announcing voice here) Fun with History
The wikipedia meme: Go to http://wikipedia.org/ and put in your day and month of birth (no year) and then post 1 death, 2 births and 3 interesting facts about your birthday.
1835 -
P.T. Barnum and his circus begins their first tour of the United States.
1897 -
Mark Twain, responding to rumors that he was dead, is quoted by the New York Journal as saying, "The report of my death was an exaggeration."
1985 -
Serial killer Leonard Lake is arrested near San Francisco, California for shoplifting.
Births
1740 -
Marquis de Sade, French author (d. 1814)
1972 -
Wayne Brady, American actor and comedian
( and two Popes!)
Deaths
1567 -
Shane O'Neill, Irish chieftain
1835 -
P.T. Barnum and his circus begins their first tour of the United States.
1897 -
Mark Twain, responding to rumors that he was dead, is quoted by the New York Journal as saying, "The report of my death was an exaggeration."
1985 -
Serial killer Leonard Lake is arrested near San Francisco, California for shoplifting.
Births
1740 -
Marquis de Sade, French author (d. 1814)
1972 -
Wayne Brady, American actor and comedian
( and two Popes!)
Deaths
1567 -
Shane O'Neill, Irish chieftain