I've Been Tagged
Thanks, Debbie. This was actually a fun way to spend my morning while waiting for the cable guy to show. Everyone reading this, play along.
INSTRUCTIONS
1. Go to Wikipedia.
2. In the Search box, type your birth month and day (but not year).
3. List three events that happened on your birthday.
4. List two important birthdays and one interesting death.
5. One holiday or observance (if any).
MY EVENTS: (November 27)
1. 1924 - In New York City the first Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade is held.
2. 1934 - Bank robber Baby Face Nelson dies in a shoot-out with the FBI.
3. 1965 - Vietnam War: The Pentagon tells U.S. President Lyndon B. Johnson that if planned operations were to succeed, the number of American troops in Vietnam has to be increased from 120,000 to 400,000.
SHARING MY BIRTHDAY:
1. 1940 - Bruce Lee, American actor and martial artist (d. 1973)
2. 1942 - Jimi Hendrix, American singer, guitarist and songwriter (d. 1970)
DIED ON THAT DAY (besides Baby Face Nelson, as sited above):
1. 1953 - Eugene O'Neill, American writer and Nobel Prize laureate (b. *1955 - Arthur Honegger, French-born Swiss composer (b. 1892)
HOLIDAY:
Sometimes Thanksgiving
INSTRUCTIONS
1. Go to Wikipedia.
2. In the Search box, type your birth month and day (but not year).
3. List three events that happened on your birthday.
4. List two important birthdays and one interesting death.
5. One holiday or observance (if any).
MY EVENTS: (November 27)
1. 1924 - In New York City the first Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade is held.
2. 1934 - Bank robber Baby Face Nelson dies in a shoot-out with the FBI.
3. 1965 - Vietnam War: The Pentagon tells U.S. President Lyndon B. Johnson that if planned operations were to succeed, the number of American troops in Vietnam has to be increased from 120,000 to 400,000.
SHARING MY BIRTHDAY:
1. 1940 - Bruce Lee, American actor and martial artist (d. 1973)
2. 1942 - Jimi Hendrix, American singer, guitarist and songwriter (d. 1970)
DIED ON THAT DAY (besides Baby Face Nelson, as sited above):
1. 1953 - Eugene O'Neill, American writer and Nobel Prize laureate (b. *1955 - Arthur Honegger, French-born Swiss composer (b. 1892)
HOLIDAY:
Sometimes Thanksgiving
posted by Tracy at 7:21 AM
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August 14
Events:
1. 1893 - France introduces motor vehicle registration, which will later employ the lowest common denominator in a given society, and infuriate millions on a daily basis.
2. 1947 - Pakistan gains independence from the United Kingdom. We'll get them when we're done with Iran.
3. 1971 - Bahrain declares its independence from the United Kingdom. Geez those guys suck, no one wants to be their friend.
Same birthday:
1. 1945 - Steve Martin (NICE!!)
2. 1983 - Mila Kunis (purrrrrr)
Died on that day:
1. 1988 - Enzo Ferrari. Thanks for the cars, man.
Holiday:
1. USA - National Creamsicles Day. Yay.
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