Meme: Wiki Your B-day
Look up the date of your birthday in Wikipedia. From the date page, pick three interesting historical events that occurred on that date, two births, and one death.
Events (So I liked more than three; sue me)
1456 - A retrial verdict acquits Joan of Arc of heresy 25 years after her death.
1865 - American Civil War: four conspirators in the assassination of President Abraham Lincoln are hanged.
1928 - Sliced bread is sold for the first time by the Chillicothe Baking Company of Chillicothe, Missouri. It is described as “the greatest forward step in the baking industry since bread was wrapped".
1947 - Alleged and disputed Roswell UFO incident.
2005 - A series of four terrorist explosions occur on London's transport system killing 56 people, including four suicide bombers. (I remembered this one; I said that was a pretty sad thing to happen on my birthday)
Births (I recognized more than two; it was an accomplishment)
1940 - Ringo Starr, English drummer and singer (The Beatles)
1943 - Joel Siegel, American film critic (d. 2007)
1973 - Natsuki Takaya, Japanese manga-ka (YES! Fruits Basket manga-ka FTW! <3)
1980 - Michelle Kwan, American figure skater
Deaths (Shut up, my birthday does not kill cool people ;-;)
1647 - Thomas Hooker, Connecticut colonist (b. 1586) (Haha, I remember him from history; the word hooker came in existence because of him! lol)
1890 - Henri Nestlé, Founder of Nestlé S.A. (b. 1814) (;-; chocolate?)
1930 - Arthur Conan Doyle, Scottish writer (b. 1859) (Awww, mystery go bye bye)
2006 - Syd Barrett, original guitarist and vocalist of the band Pink Floyd (b. 1946)
Events (So I liked more than three; sue me)
1456 - A retrial verdict acquits Joan of Arc of heresy 25 years after her death.
1865 - American Civil War: four conspirators in the assassination of President Abraham Lincoln are hanged.
1928 - Sliced bread is sold for the first time by the Chillicothe Baking Company of Chillicothe, Missouri. It is described as “the greatest forward step in the baking industry since bread was wrapped".
1947 - Alleged and disputed Roswell UFO incident.
2005 - A series of four terrorist explosions occur on London's transport system killing 56 people, including four suicide bombers. (I remembered this one; I said that was a pretty sad thing to happen on my birthday)
Births (I recognized more than two; it was an accomplishment)
1940 - Ringo Starr, English drummer and singer (The Beatles)
1943 - Joel Siegel, American film critic (d. 2007)
1973 - Natsuki Takaya, Japanese manga-ka (YES! Fruits Basket manga-ka FTW! <3)
1980 - Michelle Kwan, American figure skater
Deaths (Shut up, my birthday does not kill cool people ;-;)
1647 - Thomas Hooker, Connecticut colonist (b. 1586) (Haha, I remember him from history; the word hooker came in existence because of him! lol)
1890 - Henri Nestlé, Founder of Nestlé S.A. (b. 1814) (;-; chocolate?)
1930 - Arthur Conan Doyle, Scottish writer (b. 1859) (Awww, mystery go bye bye)
2006 - Syd Barrett, original guitarist and vocalist of the band Pink Floyd (b. 1946)