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fleagirl:
Go to Wikipedia and look up your birthday, minus the year. Post three events, two births and one death that have occurred in history on that date. Just for giggles, add any other pertinent factoids which strike your fancy!
Events:
1888 - The poem "Casey at the Bat", by Ernest Lawrence Thayer, is published in the San Francisco Examiner.
1943 - A mob of 60 from the Los Angeles Naval Reserve Armory beats up everyone perceived to be Hispanic, starting a week-long race riot (see Zoot Suit Riots).
1969 - The science fiction television series Star Trek airs its final new episode after being canceled by NBC after a three-season run.
Births:
1808 - Jefferson Davis, President of the Confederate States of America (d. 1889)
1918 - Lili St. Cyr, American ecdysiast (d. 1999)
Death:
1989 - Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini, Iranian Shi'ite leader (b. 1900)
but nobody noticed 'cause the Chinese were busy stomping the protestors in Tiananmen Square.
Trivia:
On this date, Billy Joe McAllister is alleged to have jumped off the Tallahatchee Bridge. (in 1953, according to the movie Ode to Billy Joe.)
Celebrated as a holiday (either Jefferson Davis Day or Confederate Memorial Day) in eight of the former Confederate states. (Alabama and Mississippi make a three-day weekend of Jefferson Davis Day, rather than necessarily celebrating on the day itself.)
fleagirl:Go to Wikipedia and look up your birthday, minus the year. Post three events, two births and one death that have occurred in history on that date. Just for giggles, add any other pertinent factoids which strike your fancy!
Events:
1888 - The poem "Casey at the Bat", by Ernest Lawrence Thayer, is published in the San Francisco Examiner.
1943 - A mob of 60 from the Los Angeles Naval Reserve Armory beats up everyone perceived to be Hispanic, starting a week-long race riot (see Zoot Suit Riots).
1969 - The science fiction television series Star Trek airs its final new episode after being canceled by NBC after a three-season run.
Births:
1808 - Jefferson Davis, President of the Confederate States of America (d. 1889)
1918 - Lili St. Cyr, American ecdysiast (d. 1999)
Death:
1989 - Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini, Iranian Shi'ite leader (b. 1900)
but nobody noticed 'cause the Chinese were busy stomping the protestors in Tiananmen Square.
Trivia:
On this date, Billy Joe McAllister is alleged to have jumped off the Tallahatchee Bridge. (in 1953, according to the movie Ode to Billy Joe.)
Celebrated as a holiday (either Jefferson Davis Day or Confederate Memorial Day) in eight of the former Confederate states. (Alabama and Mississippi make a three-day weekend of Jefferson Davis Day, rather than necessarily celebrating on the day itself.)