I really need to update my profile...
Aug. 15th, 2008 05:50 pmBut while I'm holding the late fort at work (and waiting for systems to update, too), the latest Meme courtesy of
mdsteele47 and many others:
Wikipedia your birthday and pick 4 events, 3 births, 2 deaths, and 1 holiday:
Four Events
1779 - Spain declares war on the Kingdom of Great Britain, and the siege of Gibraltar begins.
1904 - Irish author James Joyce begins a relationship with Nora Barnacle, and subsequently uses the date to set the actions for his novel Ulysses; traditionally "Bloomsday".
1961 - Rudolf Nureyev defects at Le Bourget airport in Paris.
1963 - Soviet Space Program: Vostok 6 Mission - Cosmonaut Valentina Tereshkova becomes the first woman in space.
Three Births
1723 - Adam Smith, Scottish philosopher and economist (d. 1790)
1806 - Edward Davy, English physician, chemist, and inventor (d. 1885)
1890 - Stan Laurel, British-born actor and comedian (d. 1965)
Two Deaths
1858 - John Snow, English epidemiologist (b. 1813)
1869 - Charles Sturt, English explorer (b. 1795)
One Holiday
South Africa - Youth Day. (After the Soweto massacres, which happened on my birthday in 1976)
Wikipedia your birthday and pick 4 events, 3 births, 2 deaths, and 1 holiday:
Four Events
1779 - Spain declares war on the Kingdom of Great Britain, and the siege of Gibraltar begins.
1904 - Irish author James Joyce begins a relationship with Nora Barnacle, and subsequently uses the date to set the actions for his novel Ulysses; traditionally "Bloomsday".
1961 - Rudolf Nureyev defects at Le Bourget airport in Paris.
1963 - Soviet Space Program: Vostok 6 Mission - Cosmonaut Valentina Tereshkova becomes the first woman in space.
Three Births
1723 - Adam Smith, Scottish philosopher and economist (d. 1790)
1806 - Edward Davy, English physician, chemist, and inventor (d. 1885)
1890 - Stan Laurel, British-born actor and comedian (d. 1965)
Two Deaths
1858 - John Snow, English epidemiologist (b. 1813)
1869 - Charles Sturt, English explorer (b. 1795)
One Holiday
South Africa - Youth Day. (After the Soweto massacres, which happened on my birthday in 1976)