Wednesday, February 04, 2009

The Birthday Meme

Having reached the significant milestone of being a Quarter-Of-The-Century-Old as dear friends have kindly put it (lol), what better way than to do the following meme =)

Type your birthday, sans birthyear, into Wikipedia. Record 3 events, 3 births, and 3 deaths.

4 February

960 - The coronation of Zhao Kuangyin as Emperor Taizu of Song, initiating the Song Dynasty period of China that would last more than three centuries.

1789 - George Washington is unanimously elected as the first President of the United States by the U.S. Electoral College.

And of course, the most important one,
2004 - Facebook, a mainstream online social network is founded by Mark Zuckerberg. =)

Births:
1677 - Johann Ludwig Bach, German composer (d. 1731)
1953 - Kitaro, Japanese composer
1902 - Charles Lindbergh, American pilot (d. 1974)
1961 - Alice Cooper (putting this in because it's COOL =))
Interestingly, the list was heavily populated with writers, actors, artists, and various scientists. Never politicians. LOL

Deaths:
211 - Septimius Severus, Emperor of Rome (b. 146) --> i think i just found out where snape's name came from...
1983 - Karen Carpenter, American singer and drummer (The Carpenters) (b. 1950)
1615 - Giovanni Battista della Porta, Italian scholar, polymath and child prodogy (b. 1535) --> O_O what's a polymath O_o

and because it's interesting..

Holidays:
Ancient Latvia - Biezputras Diena observed.
Biezputras Diena ("Porridge day") was celebrated on February 4. It was held on the Sunday before Meteņi. On this day, uneaten porridge is supposedly taken into the hills to feed the shepherds all summer. The porridge is actually replaced with water. A new shepherd is initiated by bringing the crock of "porridge" to the hills, then being doused in the water.

Across the Universe Day --> as of today, the 41st anniversary of the recording of this Beatles track. Incidentally also one of my favourites, because the lyrical imagery is pretty =)

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