Monday, April 16, 2007

History Tag

I was just tagged by Tristi at her blog with this history meme. You know me, I love these things. After I'm done, I'll tag five more bloggers. Here we go:
1. Go to Wikipedia and type in your birth date only -without the year.
February 4
2. List 3 events that occurred that day:
1789 - George Washington is unanimously elected to be the first President of the United States by the U. S. Electoral College. (I love George.)
1933 - Senator Huey Long of Louisiana gets the Governor to declare a bank holiday. The reason cited in the holiday declarationwas that the US broke diplomatic relations with German on February 3 and February 4 in 1917. February 3 was not declared a bank holiday. (What happened to this very important holiday?? I think both the 3rd and the 4th should continue to be banking holidays. Please write your congressman.)
1974 - The Symbionese Liberation Army kidnaps Patty Hearst in Berkley, California. (And to think I let getting a promise ring on my 18th birthday take precedence over this!!)
3. List 2 important birthdays:
1677 - Johann Ludwig Bach, German composer d. 1731 (Ahh, Bach)
1947 - Dan Qayle, 44th Vice President of the United States
1948 - Alice Cooper, American musician ( I cheated and picked three, but I really liked the contrast between Quayle and Cooper)
4. List 1 death:
2006 - Betty Friedan, American feminist, b. 1921 (Interestingly, she was also born on Feb 4. So is it her lucky day or not?)
5. List a holiday or observance:
World Cancer Day (Odd sort of holiday, isn't it? Let's call it "Day of the Framed" instead.)
Now I get to tag five other bloggers. Hmmmm, let's go with:
If I didn't tag you, please feel free to take part anyway. Thanks, Tristi, this was fun

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5 comments:

  1. Cardine17/4/07 8:24 AM

    That was a fun read. I'll update mine later this week.

    (You got a promise ring on your 18th birthday? Cool. I was still but a child and would have scoffed at the idea.)

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  2. Alyson17/4/07 10:44 AM

    That's cool. I would have done this along time ago, but never thought about typing in my birthdate on wikipedia to find out what happened that day. I'm going straight to my blog to do this meme.

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  3. Framed18/4/07 7:20 PM

    Cardine, what can I say. I was young and stupid. And foolishly married the man four years later. But I did get two gread kids out of the deal.

    Alyson, I'll be over to see your post posthaste. (giggle)

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  4. alisonwonderland21/4/07 6:40 PM

    this is a fun meme, isn't it?

    i like the juxtaposition of Dan Quayle and Alice Cooper too. :o)

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  5. julie22/4/07 3:54 PM

    I just got back home, so I haven't been able to do this yet, but I will soon. Sometime this week, promise! It's a fun idea.

    Oh, and I loved the MASH quote!

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