Wiki date meme
Apr. 7th, 2006 08:41 amGo to Wikipedia, enter in your birthdate (sans year), post three events, two births and one death.
OK then...
Events
I'm having five, because I liked all these.
1605 - The controversial play Eastward Hoe by Ben Jonson, George Chapman, and John Marston is performed, landing two of the authors in prison.
1607 - Bank of Genoa fails after announcement of national bankruptcy in Spain.
1625 - John Milton, 16, is admitted to Christ's College, Cambridge.
1854 - The accordion is patented by Anthony Faas.
1938 - Church of England accepts theory of evolution.
Births
1926 - Michael Bond, British writer
1926 - Carolyn Gold Heilbrun, American feminist author (d. 2003)
Deaths
1941 - James Joyce, Irish writer (b. 1882)
OK then...
Events
I'm having five, because I liked all these.
1605 - The controversial play Eastward Hoe by Ben Jonson, George Chapman, and John Marston is performed, landing two of the authors in prison.
1607 - Bank of Genoa fails after announcement of national bankruptcy in Spain.
1625 - John Milton, 16, is admitted to Christ's College, Cambridge.
1854 - The accordion is patented by Anthony Faas.
1938 - Church of England accepts theory of evolution.
Births
1926 - Michael Bond, British writer
1926 - Carolyn Gold Heilbrun, American feminist author (d. 2003)
Deaths
1941 - James Joyce, Irish writer (b. 1882)