Wikipedia Meme

April 4, 2007 Categories: Memes & Quizzes | 3 Comments  

I know, I know – another meme. But I saw this at Paradise Found and it looked like fun. We’re on Spring Break, so I shouldn’t have to do anything that requires too much mental work, right?

Go to Wikipedia and type in your Birthday month and day only.

November 7

List 3 Events that occurred that day:

1) 1492 – The Ensisheim Meteorite, the oldest meteorite with a known date of impact, struck the earth around noon in a wheat field outside the village of Ensisheim, Alsace, France.

2) 1893 – Women in the U.S. state of Colorado are granted the right to vote.

3) 1929 – In New York City, the Museum of Modern Art opens to the public.

List 2 Important Birthdays:

1) 1879 – Leon Trotsky, Russian revolutionary (d. 1940)

2) 1918 – Billy Graham, American evangelist

List 1 Death:

1910 (O.S.) – Leo Tolstoy, Russian novelist (b. 1828)

List a Holiday or Observance. (if any):

Northern Catalonia – National Day, after Treaty of Pyrenees.

Let me know if you play along!

3 Comments

  1. Ron

    I did it :)

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  3. Sherry

    Amen to Mr. Baldwin’s editorial.