Friday 20 April 2007

Wikipedia

The rules are:
1) Go to
Wikipedia
2) In the search box, type your birth month and day but not the year.
3) List three events that happened on your birthday
4) List two important birthdays
5) List two deaths
6) One holiday or observance (if any)
7) Tag 5 other bloggers to complete

Three Events from January 1:
1660 - Samuel Pepys starts his diary.
1939 -
Sydney, Australia swelters in 45˚C (113˚F) heat, a record for the city.
1962 - Decca Records turn down The Beatles.

Two Important Birthdays (apart from mine!):
1975 - Eiichiro Oda, Japanese Manga artist
1943 - Jimmy Hart, wrestling manager

Two Deaths:

898 - Odo, Count of Paris (b. 860)

874 - Hasan al-Askari, eleventh Shia Imam (b. 846)

One Event

Roman Catholicism - Feast of the Circumcision (Old calendar).

Tagging 5 other Bloggers:

1. John Rees (cause there is nothing on your blog). Someone please tell him.

2. Joanna (It will be an easy way to start you new blog) ;)

3. Matthew

4. Larissa Rees

5. Lucas

3 comments:

Deb said...

why was Decca records working on New Years Day anyway? I guess there are consequences for trying to make good decisions when you are hung over.;...

Deb said...

LOL about the 'Feast of the Circumcision' - imagine if a church or person tried to invite people to a 'Feast of the Circumcision' event!!!

Joanna said...

noticed your comment re starting my own blog. i dont have time after i read everyone else's!
x jo