10 April 2007

Birthday Wiki

Snagged from Emily...

1. Go to Wikipedia and type in your birthday (month and day only): November 8


2. List events that occurred on that day of interest to you:

  • 1519 - Hernán Cortés enters Tenochtitlán and Aztec ruler Moctezuma welcomes him with great pomp as would befit a returning god.
  • 1793 - In Paris, the French Revolutionary government opens the Louvre to the public as a museum.
  • 1864 - U.S. presidential election, 1864: Abraham Lincoln is reelected in an overwhelming victory over George McClellan.
    1889 - Montana is admitted as the 41st U.S. state.
  • 1917 - People's Commissars gives authority to Lenin, Trotsky and Stalin
    1923 - Beer Hall Putsch: In Munich, Adolf Hitler leads the Nazis in an unsuccessful attempt to overthrow the German government.
  • 1989 - Hong Kong's MTR Lam Tin Station came into service.
3. List a few birthdays:
  • 1656 (N.S.) - Edmond Halley, British astronomer and mathematician (d. 1742)
  • 1836 - Milton Bradley, American game manufacturer (d. 1911)
  • 1847 - Bram Stoker, Irish novelist (d. 1912)
  • 1900 - Margaret Mitchell, American author (d. 1949)
  • 1961 - Leif Garrett, American singer
  • 1966 - Gordon Ramsay, British chef
  • 1968 - Parker Posey, American actress
  • 1975 - Tara Reid, American actress
  • 1985 - Jack Osbourne, American television star
4. List a death:
  • 1978 - Norman Rockwell, American illustrator (b. 1894)
5. List a holiday or observance (if any):
  • Saint Michael's Day in Greece and Cyprus and to those of Greek Orthodox faith worldwide
  • Saint Demetrius Day (Mitrovdan) in Bosnia and Herzegovina

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