Thursday, May 10, 2007

November 24

  1. Go to Wikipedia and put in your birthday (without the year) in the search bar.
  2. List on your blog 3 events, 2 births, 1 death and 1 holiday that happens(ed) on your birthday.

Three Events:

  1. 1859 - Charles Darwin publishes The Origin of Species.
  2. 1932 - In Washington, D.C., the FBI Scientific Crime Detection Laboratory (better known as the FBI Crime Lab) officially opens.
  3. 1951 - The Broadway play Gigi opens with a then unknown actress by the name of Audrey Hepburn in the title role.
  4. 1963 - John F. Kennedy assassination: Alleged assassin Lee Harvey Oswald is mortally shot by Jack Ruby in Dallas, Texas on live national television.
  5. 1966 - New York City experiences the smoggiest day in that city's history.
(So I added a few... I thought they were neat.)

Two Births:

  1. 1946 - Ted Bundy, American serial killer (d. 1989)
  2. 1955 - Elvis Ramone, American drummer (The Ramones)

One Death:

  1. 1991 - Freddie Mercury, Zanzibar-born singer (Queen) (b. 1946)

One Holiday:

  1. Teacher's Day in Turkey (and sometimes Thanksgiving)

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