Saturday, May 19, 2007

Not crafty, but fun anyhow

I don't do a lot of memes, but I found this at http://crankyprof.blogspot.com.

1. Go to Wikipedia and put in your birthday, without the year, in the search bar.

2. List on your blog 3 events, 2 births, 1 death and 1 holiday that happens(ed) on your birthday.

3. Then tag 5 more friends to do it!

I knew some of the things that had happened on my birthday, but others were a surprise. Like the cranky prof, I'm not tagging anyone, but if you do it, leave me a note in the comments so I can see yours. Enjoy!


3 events
1891- A New immigration depot is opened on Ellis Island, New York
1904-The first New Year's Eve celebration is held in Times Square, then known as Longacre Square
1923- The chines of Big Ben are broadcast in radio for the first time by the BBC

2 births
1908 Simon Wiesenthal, Austrian Holocaust survivor, (d. 2005)
1937 Anthony Hopkins, Welsh actor

one death
1997-Michael Kennedy
one holiday
New Year's Eve on the Gregorian calendar

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