And a quiz
Stolen from various folk:
Go to Wikipedia, and enter your birthday with no year (e.g. "May 26") into the search function. Choose three events, three births, and three deaths that happened on that date.
Events
1880 - Total solar eclipse blackens the sky of San Francisco one day after the funeral of Emperor Norton. (This was the guy who declared himself Emperor of the United States XD)
1922 - First use of insulin to treat diabetes in a human patient.
1949 - First recorded case of snowfall in Los Angeles, California.
Births
1924 - Slim Harpo, American musician (d. 1970). (Cos his name makes me think of Daisy ^.^)
1961 - Jasper Fforde, British author. (Ohmyword this is the Thursday Next guy!! I share a birthday with the Thursday Next guy squee!!!)
1971 - Mary J. Blige, American singer.
Deaths
1970 - Richmal Crompton, British author (b. 1890). (Wrote the Just William stories. I never knew she was a woman; I thought "her" name was Richard!)
1999 - Brian Moore, Irish-born writer (b. 1921).
2006 - Nixzmary Brown, child murder victim (b. 1998).
Go to Wikipedia, and enter your birthday with no year (e.g. "May 26") into the search function. Choose three events, three births, and three deaths that happened on that date.
Events
1880 - Total solar eclipse blackens the sky of San Francisco one day after the funeral of Emperor Norton. (This was the guy who declared himself Emperor of the United States XD)
1922 - First use of insulin to treat diabetes in a human patient.
1949 - First recorded case of snowfall in Los Angeles, California.
Births
1924 - Slim Harpo, American musician (d. 1970). (Cos his name makes me think of Daisy ^.^)
1961 - Jasper Fforde, British author. (Ohmyword this is the Thursday Next guy!! I share a birthday with the Thursday Next guy squee!!!)
1971 - Mary J. Blige, American singer.
Deaths
1970 - Richmal Crompton, British author (b. 1890). (Wrote the Just William stories. I never knew she was a woman; I thought "her" name was Richard!)
1999 - Brian Moore, Irish-born writer (b. 1921).
2006 - Nixzmary Brown, child murder victim (b. 1998).