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wikipedia bday memeage
go to wikipedia and type in the month (spelled out) and day of your birth. list some of the interesting events, births, deaths, and holidays that share your birthday.
february 19
Events:
197 - Roman Emperor Septimius Severus defeats usurper Clodius Albinus in the Battle of Lugdunum, the bloodiest battle between Roman armies.
1807 - In Alabama, Former Vice President of the United States Aaron Burr is arrested for treason.
1846 - In Austin, Texas the newly-formed Texas state government is officially installed. The Republic of Texas government officially transfers power to the State of Texas government following Texas' annexation by the United States.
1847 - The Donner Party is rescued. It is noted that some of the survivors seem to be remarkably well-fed considering their ordeal.
1878 - The phonograph is patented by Thomas Edison.
1913 - Prizes are included in Cracker Jack candy boxes for the first time.
1942 - World War II: President Franklin D. Roosevelt signs the executive order 9066, allowing the United States military to relocate Japanese-Americans to Japanese internment camps.
1964 - Paul Simon writes "The Sounds of Silence," the song which, in a year and a half, will catapult him and Art Garfunkel to stardom as Simon & Garfunkel.
1980 - Bon Scott (Ronald Belford Scott), lead singer of AC/DC, dies after a night of heavy drinking.
1986 - The Soviet Union launches the Mir space station.
1986 - After waiting 37 years, the United States Senate approves a treaty outlawing genocide.
2002 - NASA's Mars Odyssey space probe begins to map the surface of Mars using its thermal emission imaging system.
Births:
1473 - Nicolaus Copernicus, mathematician and astronomer (d. 1543)
1940 - Smokey Robinson, American musician
1940 - Saparmurat Niyazov, President of Turkmenistan
1957 - Falco, Austrian singer (d. 1998)
1963 - Seal, British singer
Death:
1997 - Deng Xiaoping, Chinese Communist leader and revolutionary (b. 1904)
1998 - Grandpa Jones, American banjo player and comedian (b. 1913)
Holidays and observances:
Chaoflux (Discordianism)
Astrology: First day of sun sign Pisces
Astrology: Can also be last day of sun sign Aquarius depending on the time of birth and the astrologer's viewpoint.
hm, i know there are more famous people who share my birthday that i've read about before that didn't show up in wikipedia... i didn't know about the discordian calendar thing.
february 19
Events:
197 - Roman Emperor Septimius Severus defeats usurper Clodius Albinus in the Battle of Lugdunum, the bloodiest battle between Roman armies.
1807 - In Alabama, Former Vice President of the United States Aaron Burr is arrested for treason.
1846 - In Austin, Texas the newly-formed Texas state government is officially installed. The Republic of Texas government officially transfers power to the State of Texas government following Texas' annexation by the United States.
1847 - The Donner Party is rescued. It is noted that some of the survivors seem to be remarkably well-fed considering their ordeal.
1878 - The phonograph is patented by Thomas Edison.
1913 - Prizes are included in Cracker Jack candy boxes for the first time.
1942 - World War II: President Franklin D. Roosevelt signs the executive order 9066, allowing the United States military to relocate Japanese-Americans to Japanese internment camps.
1964 - Paul Simon writes "The Sounds of Silence," the song which, in a year and a half, will catapult him and Art Garfunkel to stardom as Simon & Garfunkel.
1980 - Bon Scott (Ronald Belford Scott), lead singer of AC/DC, dies after a night of heavy drinking.
1986 - The Soviet Union launches the Mir space station.
1986 - After waiting 37 years, the United States Senate approves a treaty outlawing genocide.
2002 - NASA's Mars Odyssey space probe begins to map the surface of Mars using its thermal emission imaging system.
Births:
1473 - Nicolaus Copernicus, mathematician and astronomer (d. 1543)
1940 - Smokey Robinson, American musician
1940 - Saparmurat Niyazov, President of Turkmenistan
1957 - Falco, Austrian singer (d. 1998)
1963 - Seal, British singer
Death:
1997 - Deng Xiaoping, Chinese Communist leader and revolutionary (b. 1904)
1998 - Grandpa Jones, American banjo player and comedian (b. 1913)
Holidays and observances:
Chaoflux (Discordianism)
Astrology: First day of sun sign Pisces
Astrology: Can also be last day of sun sign Aquarius depending on the time of birth and the astrologer's viewpoint.
hm, i know there are more famous people who share my birthday that i've read about before that didn't show up in wikipedia... i didn't know about the discordian calendar thing.