Birthday meme (ganked from Phil and others)

Apr 07, 2006 13:24

You know, I've always been meaning to do this, 'cause nothing ever freaking happens on my birthday.

Go to Wikipedia. In the Search box, type your birth month and day (but not year). List three events that happened on your birthday. List two important birthdays, two interesting deaths, and one intriguing holiday or observance. Post this in your journal.

June 23rd

Three Four, cause I felt like it events
1611 - The mutinous crew of Henry Hudson's fourth voyage sets Henry, his son and seven loyal crew members adrift in an open boat in the Atlantic Ocean; they are never heard from again.
1972 - Watergate Scandal: U.S. President Richard M. Nixon and White House chief of staff H. R. Haldeman are taped talking about using the Central Intelligence Agency to obstruct the Federal Bureau of Investigation's investigation into the Watergate break-ins.
1991 - Sonic the Hedgehog, one of the most popular video game characters in history, makes his debut in his self-titled video game.
1996 - The Nintendo 64, successor to the Super Nintendo Entertainment System is released in Japan.

Two birthdays
1929 - June Carter Cash, American singer (d. 2003)
1964 - Joss Whedon, American producer, director, and screenwriter

Two deaths
1516 - King Ferdinand II of Aragon (b. 1452)
1995 - Jonas Salk, American medical researcher (b. 1914)

Holiday/observance
Midsummer's Eve, Christianized the eve of the feast of Saint John the Baptist, is celebrated in much of Northern Europe and the British Islands

Wow, I had no idea I shared my birthday with June Carter Cash and Joss Whedon. :D

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