How bored am I?
Aug. 15th, 2008 01:41 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
monkeybardStill, it is a fun and educational meme that I have nicked from brightbeak .
Go over to Wikipedia and enter your birth date (month/day) and then pick 3 events, 2 births and 1 holiday that occurred on the day of your birthday.
Events:
Birthdays:
Holiday:
I'm not sure why the occasion of someone's beheading would be commemorated by a feast day, but I have never pretended to understand martyrdom.
brightbeak .Go over to Wikipedia and enter your birth date (month/day) and then pick 3 events, 2 births and 1 holiday that occurred on the day of your birthday.
Events:
- 1606 - The Charter of the Virginia Company of London is established by royal charter by James I of England with the purpose of establishing colonial settlements in North America.
- 1710 - The first law regulating copyright is issued in Great Britain.
- 1866 - The American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (ASPCA) is founded in New York City by Henry Bergh.
- Bonus event: 1912 - The RMS Titanic leaves port in Southampton, England for her first and only voyage.
Birthdays:
- 1915 - Harry Morgan, American actor
- 1950 - Ken Griffey, Sr., American baseball player
Holiday:
I'm not sure why the occasion of someone's beheading would be commemorated by a feast day, but I have never pretended to understand martyrdom.
