I'm back baby!
I was tagged last week by Keb
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).
On March 21:
Events:
• 1928 - Charles Lindbergh is presented the Medal of Honor for his first trans-Atlantic flight.
1965 - Martin Luther King Jr leads 3,200 people on the start of the third and finally successful civil rights march from Selma to Montgomery, Alabama.
1980 - On the season finale of the soap opera Dallas, the infamous character J.R. Ewing is shot by an unseen assailant, leading to the catchphrase "Who Shot JR?"
Birthdays:
1685 - Johann Sebastian Bach, German composer (d. 1750)
1978 - Kevin Federline, American dancer/hip hop artist
(kinda ironic, eh?)
Death:
1617 - Pocahontas, Native American, daughter of Powhatan (b. c. 1595)
Holiday/Observance:
Astrology: First day of star sign Aries.
I know that quite a few people here have already done this. So I’m tagging anyone who hasn’t. And if you leave me a comment that you’ve done it, I’ll add your link.
posted by ƒåυνέ @ 8:57 AM
4 Comments:
On October 7th:
Events:
1737 - 40 foot waves sink 20,000 small craft and kill 300,000 (Bengal, India).
1942 - U.S. and British government announce establishment of United Nations.
1957 - Dick Clark's "American Bandstand" debuts.
Birthdays:
1931 - Desmond Tutu, South African archbishop and Nobel Laureate
1976 - Taylor Hicks, American singer and 2006 American Idol winner
Death:
1849 - Edgar Allan Poe, American writer (b. 1809)
Holiday/Observance:
East Germany – Republic Day
By the way, hope your vacation was fun!
You have to tell us what happened on your date with Eduardo!! I am living vicariously through you, so don't keep me in suspense!
I posted mine at my site.
Very fun little post.
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