How fitting...
That I clicked on CCW's blog to find a birthday meme. Why not, since its my birfday! *does a little jig...waves to colleague passing by*
What you do is go to Wikipedia, enter your birthday in the search (month and day only), and pick 3 events, 2 birthdays, and a holiday, then tag 5 others.
August 20
Events:
1882- Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky's 1812 Overture debuts in Moscow.
1938 - Lou Gehrig hits his 23rd career grand slam - a record that still stands.
1998 - The Supreme Court of Canada states Quebec cannot legally secede from Canada without the federal government's approval.
Birthdays:
1946 - Connie Chung, American journalist (cool!)
1948 - Robert Plant, English singer (Led Zeppelin) (coooool!)
Holiday:
Hungary - St. Stephen's day, the main national holiday in Hungary.
Tagged:
Meh, I hate tagging...do it if you wish!
What you do is go to Wikipedia, enter your birthday in the search (month and day only), and pick 3 events, 2 birthdays, and a holiday, then tag 5 others.
August 20
Events:
1882- Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky's 1812 Overture debuts in Moscow.
1938 - Lou Gehrig hits his 23rd career grand slam - a record that still stands.
1998 - The Supreme Court of Canada states Quebec cannot legally secede from Canada without the federal government's approval.
Birthdays:
1946 - Connie Chung, American journalist (cool!)
1948 - Robert Plant, English singer (Led Zeppelin) (coooool!)
Holiday:
Hungary - St. Stephen's day, the main national holiday in Hungary.
Tagged:
Meh, I hate tagging...do it if you wish!
Labels: Moi
posted by Tanya at 08:45
6 Comments:
Happy Birthday! :D
You're on Facebook? Me too!
thanks!
and aren't all the cool kids? ;)
Robert Plant is much cooler than Justice Scalia.
Happy Birthday!!!
Happy Birthday to you-uuuu!
I tried the wikipedia thingie: March 5th
1496 - England King Henry VII issues letters patent to John Cabot and his sons, authorizing them to explore unknown lands. (interesting since Sir John "discovered" Nfld, my birth place)
1933 - Great Depression: President Franklin D. Roosevelt declares a "bank holiday", closing all United States banks and freezing all financial transactions. (I wonder if I can do that to all of those bill payments coming out of my account?)
1955 - Elvis Presley appears on television for the first time.
Births
1974 - Eva Mendes, American actress
Deaths
1963 - Patsy Cline, American singer (b. 1932)
1982 - John Belushi, American actor (b. 1949)
Happy belated birthday!
My ex has that same birthday. I'm sure you're way cooler than he is. And you're probably on a par with Robert Plant.
ccw, i was pretty tickled to see robert plant on there!
donna, that john cabot thing is neat! but i was an explorer junkie in school. WHAT? my parents thot i was cool...
alison, thank you! i'm sure i'm cooler too. haha!
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