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alonewiththemoon) wrote2006-04-07 11:49 am
alonewiththemoon) wrote2006-04-07 11:49 am
birthdate meme
1. Type in your birthday (minus the year) in the search bar at http://wikipedia.org/
2. List three interesting events, two births, and one death that happened on your birthday.
Events:
1187 - Saladin begins the Seige of Jerusalem
1519 - Ferdinand Magellan sets sail from Sanlucar de barrameda with about 270 men on his expedition to circumnavigate the globe.
1973 - Billie Jean King beats Bobby Riggs in battle-of-sexes tennis match
Births:
1934, Sophia Lauren, Italian actress
1973, Asia Argento, Italian actress
(clearly I was born in the wrong country and have pursued the wrong profession)
Death:
1863 - Jacob Grimm, German folklorist (b. 1785)
2. List three interesting events, two births, and one death that happened on your birthday.
Events:
1187 - Saladin begins the Seige of Jerusalem
1519 - Ferdinand Magellan sets sail from Sanlucar de barrameda with about 270 men on his expedition to circumnavigate the globe.
1973 - Billie Jean King beats Bobby Riggs in battle-of-sexes tennis match
Births:
1934, Sophia Lauren, Italian actress
1973, Asia Argento, Italian actress
(clearly I was born in the wrong country and have pursued the wrong profession)
Death:
1863 - Jacob Grimm, German folklorist (b. 1785)