Wiki meme from... everyone!
Go to Wikipedia and look up your birthday (excluding the year). List five neat facts, four births and three deaths in your journal, including the year.
February 17th:
Facts:
1753 - February 17 is followed by March 1 as Sweden moves to the Gregorian from the Julian calendar.
1867 - The first ship passes through the Suez Canal.
1895 - Swan Lake, with music by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, is first performed at full length in Saint Petersburg, Russia.
1958 - Pope Pius XII declares Saint Clare of Assisi (1193~1253) the patron saint of television.
1974 - Robert K. Preston, a disgruntled U.S. Army private, buzzes the White House with a stolen helicopter.
Births:
1912 - Andre Norton, American author (d. 2005)
1957 - Loreena McKennitt, Canadian musician, singer, and songwriter
1963 - Larry the Cable Guy, American Comedian
1981 - Paris Hilton, American actress and heiress
Deaths:
197 - Clodius Albinus, Roman usurper (killed in battle)
1909 - Geronimo, Apache leader (b. 1829)
1919 - Wilfrid Laurier, seventh Prime Minister of Canada (b. 1841)
Hee also, apparently Feb. 17 is World Cabbage Day. ;)
February 17th:
Facts:
1753 - February 17 is followed by March 1 as Sweden moves to the Gregorian from the Julian calendar.
1867 - The first ship passes through the Suez Canal.
1895 - Swan Lake, with music by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, is first performed at full length in Saint Petersburg, Russia.
1958 - Pope Pius XII declares Saint Clare of Assisi (1193~1253) the patron saint of television.
1974 - Robert K. Preston, a disgruntled U.S. Army private, buzzes the White House with a stolen helicopter.
Births:
1912 - Andre Norton, American author (d. 2005)
1957 - Loreena McKennitt, Canadian musician, singer, and songwriter
1963 - Larry the Cable Guy, American Comedian
1981 - Paris Hilton, American actress and heiress
Deaths:
197 - Clodius Albinus, Roman usurper (killed in battle)
1909 - Geronimo, Apache leader (b. 1829)
1919 - Wilfrid Laurier, seventh Prime Minister of Canada (b. 1841)
Hee also, apparently Feb. 17 is World Cabbage Day. ;)