The wikimeme

[zhie]

Go to Wikipedia (http://www.wikipedia.org/). Type in your birth date (but not year). List three events that happened on your birthday. List two important birthdays and one interesting death. Post this in your journal.

Events

1787 - In Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, delegates convene a Constitutional Convention to write a new Constitution for the United States. George Washington presides.

1895 - Playwright, poet and novelist Oscar Wilde is convicted of "commiting acts of gross indecency with other male persons" and sentenced to serve two years in prison.

1979 - American Airlines Flight 191: In Chicago, Illinois, a DC-10 crashes during takeoff at O'Hare International Airport killing 271 on board and two people on the ground.

[I suppose I should have done 1977 and pulled up the Star Wars opening, however, 1979 was the year I was born, and that crash happened an hour and ten minutes after I made my debut. It was, until 9-11, the worst US crash. Er, the airline flight, not my birth...]

Births

1939 - Ian McKellen, English actor

1944 - Frank Oz, English-born puppeteer and director

Death

1452 - John Stafford, Archbishop of Canterbury

Comments

[aglarien1.livejournal.com]

1979? Damn! Now I feel really old! I was married in 1978.