Birthday meme
Go to Wikipedia. Enter your date of birth, then pick 4 events, 3 births, two deaths, and one holiday.
EVENTS:
1. 306 - Maxentius is proclaimed Roman Emperor. (Nevermind whibbly dating systems! I'm using it :-p)
2. 1636 - A vote of the Great and General Court of the Massachusetts Bay Colony establishes the first college in what would become the United States, today known as Harvard University. (Oh, lah!)
3. 1886 - In New York Harbor, President Grover Cleveland dedicates the Statue of Liberty. (Always sort of proud of this one.)
4. 1965 - Nostra Aetate, the "Declaration on the Relation of the Church with Non-Christian Religions" of the Second Vatican Council, is promulgated by Pope Paul VI; it absolves the Jews of the alleged killing of Jesus, reversing Innocent III's declaration from 760 years ago. In short, Pope Paul VI announces that the ecumenical council has decided that Jews are not collectively responsible for the killing of Christ.
BIRTHS:
1. 1914 - Jonas Salk, American medical scientist (d. 1995)
2. 1955 - Bill Gates, American software executive
3. 1974 - Joaquin Phoenix, Puerto Rican-born actor
DEATHS:
1. 312 - Maxentius, Roman emperor (b. c. 278) (Oh, fakey-fake date dead Roman dude! You just love my b-day!)
2. 1704 - John Locke, English philosopher (b. 1632) (resident_geek will find this funny.
HOLIDAY:
1. Charlotte, North Carolina - Stephen Colbert Day (S'right, bitches. I was going to pick Oxi Day, but then I decided, nah. Stephen Colbert is more betterer. Or at least more culturally relevant for an American.)
EVENTS:
1. 306 - Maxentius is proclaimed Roman Emperor. (Nevermind whibbly dating systems! I'm using it :-p)
2. 1636 - A vote of the Great and General Court of the Massachusetts Bay Colony establishes the first college in what would become the United States, today known as Harvard University. (Oh, lah!)
3. 1886 - In New York Harbor, President Grover Cleveland dedicates the Statue of Liberty. (Always sort of proud of this one.)
4. 1965 - Nostra Aetate, the "Declaration on the Relation of the Church with Non-Christian Religions" of the Second Vatican Council, is promulgated by Pope Paul VI; it absolves the Jews of the alleged killing of Jesus, reversing Innocent III's declaration from 760 years ago. In short, Pope Paul VI announces that the ecumenical council has decided that Jews are not collectively responsible for the killing of Christ.
BIRTHS:
1. 1914 - Jonas Salk, American medical scientist (d. 1995)
2. 1955 - Bill Gates, American software executive
3. 1974 - Joaquin Phoenix, Puerto Rican-born actor
DEATHS:
1. 312 - Maxentius, Roman emperor (b. c. 278) (Oh, fakey-fake date dead Roman dude! You just love my b-day!)
2. 1704 - John Locke, English philosopher (b. 1632) (resident_geek will find this funny.
HOLIDAY:
1. Charlotte, North Carolina - Stephen Colbert Day (S'right, bitches. I was going to pick Oxi Day, but then I decided, nah. Stephen Colbert is more betterer. Or at least more culturally relevant for an American.)