Mindless fun

Posted on Sunday, August 17th, 2008 at 7:30 am

Because it’s also educational :)
From TM

Wikipedia your birthday and pick 4 events, 3 births, 2 deaths, and 1 holiday:
Events:

    1640 - The Treaty of Ripon is signed, restoring peace between Scotland and Charles I of England.
    1881 - The Gunfight at the O.K. Corral takes place at Tombstone, Arizona.
    1936 - The first electric generator at Hoover Dam went into full operation.
    1947 - The British Military Occupation ends in Iraq.

Births:

    1609 - William Sprague, English co-founder of Charlestown, Massachusetts
    1694 - Johan Helmich Roman, Swedish composer
    1959 - Brian Bovell, British actor

Deaths:

    899 - Alfred the Great, king of Wessex
    1675 - William Sprague, English co-founder of Charlestown, Massachusetts (found this one interesting, he died on the same day he was born - oct. 26)
    1945 - Alexei Krylov, Russian engineer and mathematician

Holiday:

    Austria - National Day: Anniversary of the Declaration of Neutrality (1955)

I now know more than I did yesterday :)

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3 Responses to “Mindless fun”

  1. -d MonsterID Icon -d on August 17, 2008 8:21 pm

    It’s my job to educate the masses…. LOL
    -d

  2. Paladin MonsterID Icon Paladin on August 19, 2008 2:03 pm

    Wikipedia … 2 deaths….

    899 - Alfred the Great
    1675 - William Sprague
    1945 - Alexei Krylov

    Hmmmm….. Might have figured you’d get carried away with the deaths….

  3. Lynne MonsterID Icon Lynne on August 19, 2008 4:10 pm

    lol, didn’t notice

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