History Meme
Go to Wikipedia and type in your birthday (month and day). Then you write down 3 events, 3 births, 3 deaths, 3 holidays (snatched from takhallus)
January 6th
Events
1838 - Samuel Morse first successfully tests the electrical telegraph.
1907 - Maria Montessori opens her first school and daycare center for working class children in Rome.
1942 - Pan American Airlines becomes the first commercial airline to schedule a flight around the world.
Births
# 1822 - Heinrich Schliemann, German archaeologist (d. 1890)
# 1955 - Rowan Atkinson, English comedian and actor
# 1964 - Henry Maske, German boxer
Deaths
# 1852 - Louis Braille, French teacher of the blind and inventor of braille (b. 1809)
# 1884 - Gregor Johann Mendel, Austrian geneticist (b. 1822)
# 1919 - Theodore Roosevelt, 26th President of the United States (b. 1858)
Holidays/Observances
Epiphany - sometimes known as Three Kings Day
Ireland - Little Christmas
Befana day in Italy
January 6th
Events
1838 - Samuel Morse first successfully tests the electrical telegraph.
1907 - Maria Montessori opens her first school and daycare center for working class children in Rome.
1942 - Pan American Airlines becomes the first commercial airline to schedule a flight around the world.
Births
# 1822 - Heinrich Schliemann, German archaeologist (d. 1890)
# 1955 - Rowan Atkinson, English comedian and actor
# 1964 - Henry Maske, German boxer
Deaths
# 1852 - Louis Braille, French teacher of the blind and inventor of braille (b. 1809)
# 1884 - Gregor Johann Mendel, Austrian geneticist (b. 1822)
# 1919 - Theodore Roosevelt, 26th President of the United States (b. 1858)
Holidays/Observances
Epiphany - sometimes known as Three Kings Day
Ireland - Little Christmas
Befana day in Italy