Monday, April 02, 2007

Birthday-pedia Meme

1. Go to Wikipedia and type in your birthday (month and day only):

September 2. Good day for a party. Usually on or around Labor Day weekend.

2. List events that occurred on that day of interest to you:

490 BC - After the Battle of Marathon, where the Greeks defeated the invading Persians, Pheidippides, who had already run 140 miles in 2 days and nights, ran 26 miles from Marathon to Athens to carry the news of the victory. His last words before he collapsed and died, "Rejoice, we are victorious."

1864 - American Civil War: Union forces enter Atlanta, Georgia a day after the Confederate defenders flee the city.

1901 - Vice President of the United States Theodore Roosevelt utters the famous phrase, "Speak softly and carry a big stick" at the Minnesota State Fair.

1991 - The United States recognizes the independence of the Baltic states: Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania.

3.List a Few Birthdays:

1838 - Liliuokalani of Hawaii, Queen of Hawaii (d. 1917)

1964 - Keanu Reeves, American actor

1966 - Salma Hayek, Mexican actress

The beautiful people. This is when we are born.

4. List a death:

1898 - Wilford Woodruff, fourth president of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (b. 1807)

1973 - J. R. R. Tolkien, British writer (b. 1892)

1997 - Viktor Frankl, Austrian neurologist and psychiatrist (b. 1905)

Apparently a good day to die, as well.

5. List a holiday or observance (if any):

Vietnam - National Day (independence from France, 1945).

Well...ok, so that's been a little rough. But still...

Labels: birthday, history

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