John's Blog: Wacky Wiki Meme Thingy

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Friday, April 14, 2006

Wacky Wiki Meme Thingy

Although I usually resist memes, aka_Monty just did this one, and was nice enough NOT to tag anybody, thereby making it impossible to resist playing along! "Go to Wikipedia, and type in your birth date (minus the year) in the search box. From the lists displayed, pick 3 interesting events, 2 births, and 1 death which occurred on the same day as your birthday, and show the year."
Three interesting events...

1908 - A long-distance radio message is sent from the Eiffel Tower for the first time.

1966 - Batman the TV series debuts on ABC.

1969 - Super Bowl III: New York Jets upset the Baltimore Colts, 16-7. (Odd, I picked events relating to radio or TV. This is because many BAD things took place on this date)
Two births...

1737 - John Hancock, American statesman (d. 1793)

1876 - Jack London, American author (d. 1916)
One death...

1976 - Agatha Christie, English writer (b. 1890)

Anybody who wants to run with this, knock your socks off...

|| JM, 12:01 AM