Wikipedia birthday meme

[low_delta]

Go to Wikipedia and look up your birthday (excluding the year). List three neat facts, two births, and one death in your journal, including the year.

I listed more than just two birthdays. I felt like listing all the famous people. Not much action on my birthday.


1252 - Pope Innocent IV issues the papal bull ad exstirpanda, which authorizes the torture of heretics in the Medieval Inquisition. Torture quickly gains widespread usage across Catholic Europe.
1902 - In a field outside Grass Valley, California, Lyman Gilmore reportedly becomes the first person to fly a powered airplane (a steam-powered glider).
1940 - Nylon stockings go on sale for the first time in the United States.

1856 - L. Frank Baum, American author (d. 1919)
1923 - Richard Avedon, American photographer (d. 2004)
1936 - Ralph Steadman, British cartoonist
1937 - Madeleine Albright, U.S. Secretary of State
1941 - K.T. Oslin, American musician
1948 - Brian Eno, English musician and record producer

1967 - Edward Hopper, American painter (b. 1882)

Comments

[vocalista001.livejournal.com]

I've been reading a book which describes some of Pope Innocent IV's (and some other's following him)horrible behavior.

Skeery stuff.

[aki-dreaming.livejournal.com]

3 facts

1562 - Over 1,000 Huguenots are massacred by Catholics in Wassy, France marking the start of the French Wars of Religion.
1872 - Yellowstone National Park is established as the world's first national park.
1990 - Steve Jackson Games is raided by the United States Secret Service, prompting the later formation of the Electronic Frontier Foundation.

2 births

1904 - Glenn Miller, American bandleader (d. 1944)
1945 - Dirk Benedict, American film and television actor

1 death

1244 - Gruffydd ap Llywelyn, son of Llywelyn the Great (b. 1200

[i.livejournal.com]

warren buffett and r. crumb were born on my birthday.

[sirreal13.livejournal.com]

You're in good company vis a vis creativity:

1856 - L. Frank Baum, American author (d. 1919)
1923 - Richard Avedon, American photographer (d. 2004)
1936 - Ralph Steadman, British cartoonist
1948 - Brian Eno, English musician and record producer
1967 - Edward Hopper, American

These are some of my favourite artisits/writers

[the-99th-aisle.livejournal.com]

History:
1305 - William Wallace, who led Scottish resistance to England, is captured by the English near Glasgow and transported to London for trial and execution.
1884 - The cornerstone for the Statue of Liberty is laid on Bedloe's Island in New York Harbor.
1944 - World War II: Possibly the biggest prison breakout in history occurs as 545 Japanese POWs attempt to escape outside the town of Cowra, NSW, Australia. Most are killed but many escape and later commit suicide. Five Australian guards also die.
1993 - Popular trading card game Magic: the Gathering is released. First trading card game to date.

Births:
1930 - Neil Armstrong, astronaut.
1956 - Maureen McCormick, American actress (Marsha Brady).

Deaths:
1895 - Friedrich Engels, German philosopher (of Communist Manifesto fame)
1962 - Marilyn Monroe, American actress
2000 - Sir Alec Guinness, British actor

Neato:
Independence Day of the Republic of Burkina Faso