Thursday, August 2, 2007

Wikipedia meme

I just got this idea from Anna's Musings and thought it would be fun to do. If any one wants to join the fun just go here and type in your birthday.

My birthday was July 1st.

Some events were...

1858 - The joint reading of Charles Darwin and Alfred Russel Wallace's papers on evolution to the Linnean Society. (too bad we don't have a time machine to change things a little )

1862 - American Civil War: The Battle of Malvern Hill takes place, the final battle in the Seven Days Campaign, part of the George B. McClellan's Peninsula Campaign.

1963 - ZIP Codes are introduced for United States mail.

1979 - Sony introduces the Walkman.

Some things on the list I was not happy to share my birthday with.


Some births on that day were...

1867 - Canada, A Country

1906 - Estée Lauder, American entrepreneur (d. 2004)

1961 - Diana, Princess of Wales (d. 1997)

1977 - Liv Tyler, American actress

Holidays and observances...


Canada Day (formerly Dominion Day) - national holiday of Canada.
Moving Day in the province of Québec
Memorial Day in the province of Newfoundland and Labrador.

Surinam Keti Koti (Breaking of Chains) Day of Liberty; On July 1, 1863 slavery was abolished.

Bulgaria, July Morning tradition.


How about you?

1 comment:

Mrs. Anna T said...

Thanks for participating! I had no idea Princess Diana and Liv Tyler were born on the same day.