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Wikipedia Meme
Apr. 7th, 2006 04:31 pmHaving arisen from the dead (at least on LJ), I am sucked in by the wikipedia meme --
Enter your birthdate (minus year) into Wikipedia and select 3 births, 3 deaths and 3 events:
October 21
3 Births:
1833 - Alfred Nobel, Swedish inventor and founder of the Nobel Prize (d. 1896)
1914 - Martin Gardner, American mathematician and writer (I love his stuff)
1929 - Ursula K. Le Guin, American author (Hers, too)
3 Deaths:
1775 - Peyton Randolph, American president of the Continental Congress (b. 1721)
1805 - Horatio Nelson, British admiral (mortally wounded in battle) (b. 1758)
1984 - François Truffaut, French film director (b. 1932)
3 Events:
1879 - Using a filament of carbonized thread, Thomas Edison tests the first practical electric incandescent light bulb (it lasted 13 1/2 hours before burning out).
1954 - The first part of JRR Tolkien's The Lord of the Rings, the The Fellowship of the Ring is published in the U.S.A.
1967 - Vietnam War: More than 100,000 war protesters gather in Washington, DC. A peaceful rally at the Lincoln Memorial is followed by a march to The Pentagon and clashes with soldiers and United States Marshals protecting the facility (event lasts until October 23; 683 people will be arrested). Similar demonstrations occurred simultaneously in Japan and Western Europe. (I remember this one.)
and 1 fictional event:
In the comic novel Good Omens by Neil Gaiman and Terry Pratchett, the Earth was born on this day in 4004 BC, within a quarter of an hour of 9 in the morning. This was supposedly because God liked to get things over with early.
Enter your birthdate (minus year) into Wikipedia and select 3 births, 3 deaths and 3 events:
October 21
3 Births:
1833 - Alfred Nobel, Swedish inventor and founder of the Nobel Prize (d. 1896)
1914 - Martin Gardner, American mathematician and writer (I love his stuff)
1929 - Ursula K. Le Guin, American author (Hers, too)
3 Deaths:
1775 - Peyton Randolph, American president of the Continental Congress (b. 1721)
1805 - Horatio Nelson, British admiral (mortally wounded in battle) (b. 1758)
1984 - François Truffaut, French film director (b. 1932)
3 Events:
1879 - Using a filament of carbonized thread, Thomas Edison tests the first practical electric incandescent light bulb (it lasted 13 1/2 hours before burning out).
1954 - The first part of JRR Tolkien's The Lord of the Rings, the The Fellowship of the Ring is published in the U.S.A.
1967 - Vietnam War: More than 100,000 war protesters gather in Washington, DC. A peaceful rally at the Lincoln Memorial is followed by a march to The Pentagon and clashes with soldiers and United States Marshals protecting the facility (event lasts until October 23; 683 people will be arrested). Similar demonstrations occurred simultaneously in Japan and Western Europe. (I remember this one.)
and 1 fictional event:
In the comic novel Good Omens by Neil Gaiman and Terry Pratchett, the Earth was born on this day in 4004 BC, within a quarter of an hour of 9 in the morning. This was supposedly because God liked to get things over with early.
