By the command of my Austin friend, Tara Hacker:
1. Go to Wikipedia.
2. In the Search box, type your birth month and day (but not year).
3. List three events that happened on your birthday.
4. List two important birthdays and one interesting death.
5. List any holidays
6. Post it.
July 28 - Three Events
1914 - World War I begins
1945 - A US Army B-25 bomber accidentally crashes into the 79th floor of the Empire State Building
2002 - Nine coal miners trapped in the flooded Quecreek Mine in Somerset County, Pennsylvania, were rescued after 77 hours underground.
July 28 - Two Births, One Death
1929 - (b) Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis, First Lady of the United States
1954 - (b) Hugo Chávez, President of Venezuela
1750 - (d) Johann Sebastian Bach
July 28 - Holidays
Canada - Commemoration of the deportation of the Acadians
San Marino - Fall of the Fascist Government
Now go my Loyal Cruft Readers and spread the meme.
Posted by michael at January 08, 2007 10:45 AM