Wikipedia Birthday Meme

From jaltok

Go to Wikipedia. In the Search box, type your birth month and day (but not year). List three events that happened on your birthday. List two important birthdays, two interesting deaths, and one intriguing holiday or observance. Post this in your journal.

August 23

Events
1541 - French explorer Jacques Cartier lands near Québec City on his third voyage to Canada.
1833 - Slavery abolished in the British colonies.
1968 - Ringo Starr temporarily quits The Beatles.

Birthdays
1912 - Gene Kelly, American dancer and actor (d. 1996)
1970 - River Phoenix, American actor (d. 1993)

Deaths
1591 - Luis Ponce de León, Spanish poet and mystic (b. 1527)
1960 - Oscar Hammerstein II, American lyricist (b. 1895)

Holiday/Observance
Roman festivals - Vulcanalia
(It also says it's the last day of Leo, which it isn't always. As you know, I am a Virgo.)



...why yes, I am avoiding a final project. SILENCE.

(no subject)

http://www.leafdigital.com/NakedElves/

Not sure how good the link is, but I think it's worth following up on... ;)