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lollardfish) wrote2006-04-10 05:42 pm
lollardfish) wrote2006-04-10 05:42 pm
That birthday Meme
Things that amuse me, and an old post re-read. Still is good.
On May 25th ...
- Towel Day, in memory of Douglas Adams, is observed
- 1895 - Playwright, poet and novelist Oscar Wilde is convicted of "commiting acts of gross indecency with other male persons" and sentenced to serve two years in prison.
- 1085 - Alfonso VI of Castile takes Toledo back from the Moors. (Note from me: This was a pretty important historical event, marking the end of a phase of the reconquista, and enabling a new focus on the Levant).
Birthdays:
- 1803 - Ralph Waldo Emerson, American essayist and philosopher (d. 1882)
- 1878 - Bill "Bojangles" Robinson, African American entertainer (d. 1949)
- 1976 - Jonny Wilkinson, English rugby player. The best thing I ever wrote on LJ included quite a lot on Mr. Wilkinson. You can read all about it in my post on watching the Rugby World Cup finals in Venice.
Death:
- 1085 - Pope Gregory VII
Go to Wikipedia (http://www.wikipedia.org/). Type in your birth date (but not year). List three events that happened on your birthday. List two important birthdays and one interesting death. Post this in your journal.
On May 25th ...
- Towel Day, in memory of Douglas Adams, is observed
- 1895 - Playwright, poet and novelist Oscar Wilde is convicted of "commiting acts of gross indecency with other male persons" and sentenced to serve two years in prison.
- 1085 - Alfonso VI of Castile takes Toledo back from the Moors. (Note from me: This was a pretty important historical event, marking the end of a phase of the reconquista, and enabling a new focus on the Levant).
Birthdays:
- 1803 - Ralph Waldo Emerson, American essayist and philosopher (d. 1882)
- 1878 - Bill "Bojangles" Robinson, African American entertainer (d. 1949)
- 1976 - Jonny Wilkinson, English rugby player. The best thing I ever wrote on LJ included quite a lot on Mr. Wilkinson. You can read all about it in my post on watching the Rugby World Cup finals in Venice.
Death:
- 1085 - Pope Gregory VII
Go to Wikipedia (http://www.wikipedia.org/). Type in your birth date (but not year). List three events that happened on your birthday. List two important birthdays and one interesting death. Post this in your journal.