Birthday Meme

April 26, 2007 /

I thought of saving this until my birthday, but with all of the spring cleaning and a third day of jury duty upon me (Py has Jury duty today too!  What are the chances?) and work craziness around here, it’s the perfect time to pull a few memes out and use them, right? So here we go.

1. Go to Wikipedia and type in your birth date only -without the year.

December 31st

2. List 3 events that occurred that day:

1879 – Thomas Edison demonstrates incandescent lighting to the public for the first time.
1946 – President Harry Truman officially proclaims the end of hostilities in World War II.
1997 – Quaker Oats settles a lawsuit involving the immoral use of child subjects in radioactivity experiments circa 1945-1956.

3. List 2 important birthdays:

1869 – Henri Matisse, French painter (d. 1954)
1942 – Andy Summers, British guitarist (The Police)

4. List 1 death:

1995- Last Calivin and Hobbes strip published “…let’s go exploring”

5. List a holiday or observance:

Hogmanay in Scotland (That’s just the Scottish way of saying New Year’s Eve, but just LOOKING at December 31st, you know it’s NYE, so I thought I’d throw you a curve ball.)

So far I’ve seen this meme on Ally Bean’s site, and Hello Melissa! so far. Plus, I already did it on Maya’s birthday last month. If you want us to see it on your blog, post away, and let me know! Fun!

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