Wikipedia Challenge
here is something kind of fun to kill time that i found on When Irish Eyes are Smiling. go to wikipedia and search your birthday minus the year. then post three events, three births, and three deaths from your birthday.
three events
-1493 - Christopher Columbus leaves the New World, ending his first journey.
-1951 - Korean War: Chinese and North Korean forces capture Seoul.
-1989 - A pair of Libyan MiG-23 "Floggers" are shot down by a pair of US Navy F-14 Tomcats during an air-to-air confrontation.
three births
-1643 - Sir Isaac Newton, English physicist, mathematician, astronomer, alchemist, inventor, and natural philosopher (d. 1727)
-1953 - George Tenet, American Central Intelligence Agency director
-1963 - Dave Foley, Canadian comedian and actor
three deaths
-1965 - T. S. Eliot, American-born writer, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1888)
-2005 - Bud Poile, Canadian hockey player (b. 1924)
-2006 - Maktoum bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Prime Minister of the United Arab Republics and Ruler of Dubai (b. 1946)
three events
-1493 - Christopher Columbus leaves the New World, ending his first journey.
-1951 - Korean War: Chinese and North Korean forces capture Seoul.
-1989 - A pair of Libyan MiG-23 "Floggers" are shot down by a pair of US Navy F-14 Tomcats during an air-to-air confrontation.
three births
-1643 - Sir Isaac Newton, English physicist, mathematician, astronomer, alchemist, inventor, and natural philosopher (d. 1727)
-1953 - George Tenet, American Central Intelligence Agency director
-1963 - Dave Foley, Canadian comedian and actor
three deaths
-1965 - T. S. Eliot, American-born writer, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1888)
-2005 - Bud Poile, Canadian hockey player (b. 1924)
-2006 - Maktoum bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Prime Minister of the United Arab Republics and Ruler of Dubai (b. 1946)
posted by Ross at 05:36
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