No, it’s not my birthday, but I picked up this interesting meme from the blog of author David McIntee. Let’s give it a try…
“Look up your birthday in Wikipedia, and pick the following: 4 events, 3 births, 2 deaths, and 1 holiday.”
Ladies and gentlemen, here is a glimpse of things that have occured on my birthday: May 24th…
(1) 1218 - The Fifth Crusade leaves Acre for Egypt
(2) 1830 - “Mary Had a Little Lamb” by Sarah Josepha Hale is published
(3) 1883 - The Brooklyn Bridge in NY is opened to traffic after 14 years of construction
(4) 2004 - North Korea bans mobile phones
(1) 1743 - Jean-Paul Marat, French revolutionary
(2) 1819 - Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom
(3) 1941 - Bob Dylan, American singer and songwriter
(1) 1543 - Nicolaus Copernicus, Polish astronomer
(2) 1999 - Owen Hart, Professional Wrestler
(1) Saints Cyril and Methodius Day, in Eastern Orthodox tradition
