The annoying birthday meme

Ramblings / August 13, 2008 / John / 0

I don’t know what this is supposed to be about, but it’s on Dogwood Tales, Red’s Ramblings, and deKay’s Blog so I’d be a freakish outcast if I didn’t slavishly follow along with it.

Look up your birthday in Wikipedia. Pick 4 events, 3 births, 2 deaths, and 1 holiday.

July 4th

Events

1054 – A supernova is observed by the Chinese, the Arabs and possibly Amerindians near the star ζ Tauri. For several months it remains bright enough to be seen during the day. Its remnants form the Crab Nebula.

1862 - Lewis Carroll tells Alice Liddell a story that would grow into Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland and its sequels.

1950 – The first broadcast by Radio Free Europe.

1976 - Israeli commandos raid Entebbe airport in Uganda, rescuing all but four of the passengers and crew of an Air France jetliner seized by Palestinian terrorists.

Births

1944 - Ray Meagher, Australian actor

1961 - Richard Garriott, English video game designer

1971 - Koko, sign-language gorilla

Deaths

1623 - William Byrd, English composer

1971 - August Derleth, American writer and editor (b. 1909)

Holiday

In astronomy, the approximate date of Earth‘s aphelion.

John

UNIX geek, wannabe cook, musician, book-lover, and all round good-guy.