Ganked from half of my flist.
baaa.
Go to wikipedia and look up your
birthday, just month and day. List 3 important events and the year they happened, 2 births, and 1 death.
Events (i couldn't just pick 3)
1492 - Christopher Columbus lands in Cuba.
1881 - Gunfight at the O.K. Corral in Tombstone, Arizona Territory between the Earp Brothers and McLaury Brothers
1886 - In New York Harbor, Grover Cleveland dedicates the Statue of Liberty.
1965 - Nostra Aetate, the "Declaration on the Relation of the Church with Non-Christian Religions" of the Second Vatican Council, is promulgated by Pope Paul VI; it absolves the Jews of the alleged killing of Jesus, reversing Innocent III's declaration from 760 years ago. In short, Pope Paul VI announces that the ecumenical council has decided that Jews are not collectively responsible for the killing of Christ.
2005 - Plame affair: Lewis Libby, vice president Dick Cheney's chief of staff, is indicted in the Valerie Plame case. Libby resigns later that day.
Births
1955 - Bill Gates, American software pioneer
1974 - Joaquin Phoenix, Puerto Rican-born actor
Deaths
1704 - John Locke, English philosopher (b. 1632)
i'm heading up to PSU directly after work - i may ask my boss if i can skip out early, as i still need to run a few errands. Hopefully i'll get into town by 7... judging by the weather and typical traffic, this is probably a pipe dream. But i will make it there in time for dinner at Unity Prom, and i will somehow manage to get dressed and prettified in the car (lucky for me, it doesn't take much to make me pretty. Ego, you say? But Freud says Do It for the Ids!).
i plan to chill w/ Alyyy for her bday, and everyone in SC should go to Red Nose Day (a philanthropic event hosted by Three Broomsticks, Monty Python Society, and... the SCA on Saturday at 2pm in 111 Forum. $2 admission, or canned good), then perhaps a stop at the Phyrst, and of course trying to see as many people as possible. If you have a free moment, call me and we'll grab foodstuffs, etc.