Via Somechick
Go to wikipedia and put in your birth date. Don’t put in the year.
Post in your Blog with three events, two births, and two deaths and one holiday/observance in your
journal including the year (of the event, not your birth)
Februrary 17th:
Events:
# 1958 – Pope Pius XII declares Saint Clare of Assisi (1193~1253) the patron saint of television
# 1972 – Sales of the Volkswagen Beetle model exceed those of Ford Model-T.
# 1974 – Robert K. Preston, a disgruntled U.S. Army private, buzzes the White House with a stolen helicopter.
Births:
# 1962 – Lou Diamond Phillips, American actor
# 1971 – Denise Richards, American actress
Deaths:
# 1909 – Geronimo, Apache leader (b. 1829)
# 1982 – Thelonious Monk, American jazz pianist (b. 1917)
Holiday:
# World Cabbage Day
April 19th, 2006 at 9:06 am
And Paris Hilton. Pthhhhhb!
Also, in a Feb 17-Jul 27 pairing other than our own, Larry the Cable Guy (02.17) and Bill Engvall(07.27) comprise one half of the Blue Collar Comedy Troupe.
April 19th, 2006 at 6:19 pm
I detect a trend:
421: Constantius III becomes co-Emperor of the Western Roman Empire (ruling by committee). Except – I don’t think there was a February 8 in 421.
1587: Mary Queen of Scots is executed.
1949: Cardinal Mindszentry of Hungary is sentenced for treason. I’m thinking that probably didn’t turn out so well for him …
1851: Kate Chopin is born
1878: Martin Buber is born
412: Proclus is born (see note above)
1999 Iris Murdoch dies
2006 Akira Ifukube dies (the composer for Toho, maker of The seven Samurai and Godzilla …
HOLIDAY: Nirvana Day, annual Buddhist festival. I love this!