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.