The Wikipedia Birthday Meme
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thewayneAn interesting concept. Go to Wikipedia, type in your birthday without the year (December 16 for me), and report back on interesting events, births, and deaths that happened on your birthday. Limit yourself to three of each if you like, me, I’m not so good at the counting.
Events
1392 - History of Japan: Nanboku-cho - Emperor Go-Kameyama abdicates in favor of rival claimant Go-Komatsu.
1598 - Seven Year War: Battle of Noryang Point - Admiral Yi Sun Sin's outnumbered Korean navy ambushes and defeats Toyotomi Hideyoshi's Japanese fleet.
1653 - English Interregnum: The Protectorate - Oliver Cromwell becomes Lord Protector of the Commonwealth of England, Scotland and Ireland.
1773 - American Revolution: Boston Tea Party - Members of the Sons of Liberty disguised as Mohawks dump crates of tea into Boston harbor as a protest against the Tea Act.
1944 - World War II: Battle of the Bulge - General Dwight D. Eisenhower's allied forces and Field Marshall Gerd von Rundstedt's German army engage in the Belgian Ardennes.
1997 - The Pokémon episode Electric Soldier Porygon triggers attacks of photosensitive epilepsy in hundreds of Japanese children.
Births
1485 - Catherine of Aragon, Queen of England (d. 1536)
1770 - Ludwig van Beethoven, German composer (d. 1827)
1899 - Sir Noel Coward, British playwright, actor and composer (d. 1973)
1917 - Sir Arthur C. Clarke, British writer
1927 - Randall Garrett, American writer
1928 - Philip K. Dick, American writer (d. 1982)
Deaths
705 - Empress Wu of Zhou (China; b. 625)
1859 - Wilhelm Grimm, German writer and folklorist (b. 1786)
1916 - Grigori Rasputin, Russian monk (b. 1869)
1965 - W. Somerset Maugham, British writer (b. 1874)
1980 - Colonel Harland Sanders, American fast food entrepreneur (b. 1890)
1989 - Lee Van Cleef, American actor (b. 1925)
I knew about the Boston Tea Party and Beethoven, I found a lot of the others quite interesting.
Events
1392 - History of Japan: Nanboku-cho - Emperor Go-Kameyama abdicates in favor of rival claimant Go-Komatsu.
1598 - Seven Year War: Battle of Noryang Point - Admiral Yi Sun Sin's outnumbered Korean navy ambushes and defeats Toyotomi Hideyoshi's Japanese fleet.
1653 - English Interregnum: The Protectorate - Oliver Cromwell becomes Lord Protector of the Commonwealth of England, Scotland and Ireland.
1773 - American Revolution: Boston Tea Party - Members of the Sons of Liberty disguised as Mohawks dump crates of tea into Boston harbor as a protest against the Tea Act.
1944 - World War II: Battle of the Bulge - General Dwight D. Eisenhower's allied forces and Field Marshall Gerd von Rundstedt's German army engage in the Belgian Ardennes.
1997 - The Pokémon episode Electric Soldier Porygon triggers attacks of photosensitive epilepsy in hundreds of Japanese children.
Births
1485 - Catherine of Aragon, Queen of England (d. 1536)
1770 - Ludwig van Beethoven, German composer (d. 1827)
1899 - Sir Noel Coward, British playwright, actor and composer (d. 1973)
1917 - Sir Arthur C. Clarke, British writer
1927 - Randall Garrett, American writer
1928 - Philip K. Dick, American writer (d. 1982)
Deaths
705 - Empress Wu of Zhou (China; b. 625)
1859 - Wilhelm Grimm, German writer and folklorist (b. 1786)
1916 - Grigori Rasputin, Russian monk (b. 1869)
1965 - W. Somerset Maugham, British writer (b. 1874)
1980 - Colonel Harland Sanders, American fast food entrepreneur (b. 1890)
1989 - Lee Van Cleef, American actor (b. 1925)
I knew about the Boston Tea Party and Beethoven, I found a lot of the others quite interesting.
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Date: 2006-04-08 02:11 am (UTC)55 BC - Julius Caesar invades Britain
1920 - 19th amendment to U.S. Constitution gives women the right to vote.
1987 - President Ronald Wilson Reagan proclaims September 11, 1987 as 9-1-1 Emergency Number Day.
All the births/deaths were boring people. I am the most important person on that day!
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Date: 2006-04-08 04:39 am (UTC)If you die on your birthday, then you'll be the doubley-most important person on that day!
Those first two dates suit you so well. And that third one is interesting. I've always wondered if bin Laden chose September 11 because of the 911 emergency system or if it was just the way his plans worked out.
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Date: 2006-04-08 04:27 pm (UTC)Central Park Jogger raped
Charles Manson sentenced to life in prison for the Tate murders
Bay of Pigs invasion of Cuba ends in failure
Salem Witch trials began
You know, when the 9/11 attacks happened, on of my first thoughts was: hey! It's not my birthday!
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Date: 2006-04-08 04:37 pm (UTC)no subject
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Date: 2006-04-08 05:35 pm (UTC)70 - Titus and his Roman legions breach the middle wall of Jerusalem.
1866 - Calculations indicate Pluto reached its most recent aphelion (furthest point from Sun) on this day. The next aphelion will occur in August 2113.
1956 - Elvis Presley introduces his new single, Hound Dog, on The Milton Berle Show, scandalizing the audience with his suggestive hip movements.
1967 - Six-Day War begins: The Israeli air force launches simultaneous attacks on the air forces of Egypt, Jordan, and Syria.
1968 - U.S. presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy is shot at the Ambassador Hotel in Los Angeles, California by Sirhan Sirhan. (He dies on
1977 - The Apple II, the first practical personal computer, goes on sale.
1986 - A 52-year old man in Auburn, Washington, United States, dies after taking an Excedrin capsule laced with cyanide; this is the first of two Excedrin deaths.
1989 - The Unknown Rebel halts the progress of a column of advancing tanks for over half an hour after the Tiananmen Square protests of 1989.
Births
1718 - Thomas Chippendale, English furniture maker (d. 1779)
1723 - Adam Smith, Scottish economist and philosopher (d. 1790)
1850 - Pat Garrett, American Western lawman (d. 1908)
1883 - John Maynard Keynes, English economist (d. 1946)
1887 - Pancho Villa, Mexican revolutionary (d. 1923])
1919 - Richard Scarry, American children's author (d. 1994)
1934 - Bill Moyers, American journalist
1947 - Laurie Anderson, American actress and composer
1968 - Ron Livingston, American actor
1971 - Mark Wahlberg, American singer and actor
1975 - Žydrūnas Ilgauskas, NBA basketball player (Cleveland Cavaliers)
Deaths
1910 - O. Henry, American author (b. 1862)
1942 - Samuel Adams, American naval officer (b. 1912)
1999 - Mel Tormé, American singer ("The Velvet Fog"), composer, and actor
2002 - Dee Dee Ramone, American bassist (The Ramones) (b. 1952)
2004 - Ronald Reagan, former President of the United States (b. 1911)
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Date: 2006-04-08 08:20 pm (UTC)Mel Torme and Dee Dee Ramone! What a pair!
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Date: 2006-04-09 04:01 am (UTC)1962 - Jamaica becomes independent.
1991 - Doi Takako, chair of the Social Democratic Party (Japan), becomes Japan's first female speaker of the House of Representatives.
Births
1180 - Emperor Go-Toba of Japan (d. 1239)
1809 - Alfred Lord Tennyson, English poet (d. 1892)
1902 - Dutch Schultz, American bootlegger and gangster (d. 1935) [cool]
1911 - Lucille Ball, American actress and comedian (d. 1989)
1917 - Robert Mitchum, American actor (d. 1997)
1928 - Andy Warhol, American artist (d. 1987)
1934 - Piers Anthony, English writer
1962 - Michelle Yeoh, Hong Kong actress [!]
1970 - M. Night Shyamalan, Indian-born film director, writer, producer, and actor
1972 - Geri Halliwell, British singer
1973 - Asia Carrera, American actress [calling her an actress is being generous]
1990 - JonBenét Ramsey, American beauty queen and murder victim (d. 1996)