birthdays, from (of course)
nounsandverbs:
Instructions: Go over to Wikipedia and enter the day you were born [such as "March 27"] and then pick 3 events, 2 births and 1 holiday that occurred on your birthday.
Events:
# 3761 BC - The epoch (origin) of the modern Hebrew calendar (Proleptic Julian calendar).
# 1919 - KLM of the Netherlands was founded. It is the oldest airline still operating under its original name.
# 1982 - Cats opens on Broadway and runs for nearly 18 years before closing on September 10, 2000. (Filthy liars... it was supposed to be "Now and forever, not now until 2000. Pout.)
Births (I know, more than 2, shush):
# 1931 - Desmond Tutu, South African archbishop and Nobel Laureate
# 1951 - John Mellencamp, American singer
# 1952 - Vladimir Putin, Russian politician
# 1955 - Yo-Yo Ma, French-born cellist
# 1964 - Dan Savage, American sex-columnist and author
# 1966 - Toni Braxton, American singer
Deaths (added because this was amusing):
# 1849 - Edgar Allan Poe, American writer (b. 1809)
Holiday:
Brazil - Composer Day
Instructions: Go over to Wikipedia and enter the day you were born [such as "March 27"] and then pick 3 events, 2 births and 1 holiday that occurred on your birthday.
Events:
# 3761 BC - The epoch (origin) of the modern Hebrew calendar (Proleptic Julian calendar).
# 1919 - KLM of the Netherlands was founded. It is the oldest airline still operating under its original name.
# 1982 - Cats opens on Broadway and runs for nearly 18 years before closing on September 10, 2000. (Filthy liars... it was supposed to be "Now and forever, not now until 2000. Pout.)
Births (I know, more than 2, shush):
# 1931 - Desmond Tutu, South African archbishop and Nobel Laureate
# 1951 - John Mellencamp, American singer
# 1952 - Vladimir Putin, Russian politician
# 1955 - Yo-Yo Ma, French-born cellist
# 1964 - Dan Savage, American sex-columnist and author
# 1966 - Toni Braxton, American singer
Deaths (added because this was amusing):
# 1849 - Edgar Allan Poe, American writer (b. 1809)
Holiday:
Brazil - Composer Day