Wiki Meme

[spacebabie]

ganked from sabledrake

Go to wikipedia and look up your birthday (excluding the year). List 3 neat facts, 2 births and one death in your journal including the year.




1493 - Christopher Columbus first sights the island of Dominica in the Caribbean Sea.

1913 - The USA introduces an income tax.

1957 - Sputnik program: The Soviet Union launches Sputnik 2. On board is the first animal to enter orbit: a dog named Laika.


1718 - John Montagu, 4th Earl of Sandwich, English statesman (d. 1792)

1954 - Adam Ant, English singer


1926 - Annie Oakley, American sharp-shooter (b. 1860)

Comments

[sabledrake.livejournal.com]

Pretty cool, eh? And that Sputnik day, that was a pivotal moment in the life of Stephen King!

-- C.

[spacebabie.livejournal.com]

I find it really interesting is the fact that I share the birthday with the guy who inveted sandwiches...and I make sandwiches at work.

[slai.livejournal.com]

Hi Michele,

Without looking, I know Boy George was born on the same day as I was ;b.

[spacebabie.livejournal.com]

I sorta already know about Adam Ant as well, thanks to Pop Up Video.