| LJ birthday meme |
[Apr. 8th, 2006|08:40 pm] |
Go to http://en.wikipedia.org/ and look up your birth day (excluding the year). List three events, three births and three deaths in your journal, including the year.
Events:
-338 BC - Rise of Macedon: Philip II of Macedon crushes Athens and Thebes in the Battle of Chaeronea.
- 1934 - Gleichschaltung: Adolf Hitler becomes Führer of Germany.
- 1955 - Velcro is patented.
Births:
1924 - James Baldwin, American author (d. 1987)
1939 - Wes Craven, American film director
1970 - Kevin Smith, American actor, director, and screenwriter
Deaths:
1922 - Alexander Graham Bell, Scottish-born inventor (b. 1847)
1976 - Fritz Lang, Austrian film director (b. 1890)
1997 - William S. Burroughs, American writer (b. 1914) |
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| Comments: |
Alright! Velcro! When I was little, I wanted to wear velcro shoes forever and never have to learn to tie them.
My first two historical acts were so concerned with mass death, I thought I needed something happier = )
Well, it made me pretty happy. | |
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