Monday, April 16, 2007

Because Jenna Asked

1. Go to Wikipedia and enter your birthday without the year:
January 14th


2. List three events that occurred on that day:

a) 1129 -- Founding of the Order of Knights Templar at the council of Troyes

b) 1690 -- The clarinet is invented in Nuremburg, Germany

c) 1967 -- The Human Be-In takes place in San Francisco's Golden Gate Park, launching the Summer of Love


3. List two important birthdays:

a) 83 BC -- Marcus Antonius (Roman politician)

b) 1875 -- Albert Schweitzer


4. List one death:

1898 -- Lewis Carroll (sniff!)


5. List one holiday or observance:

Makar Sankranti in India -- celebrated by flying kites

1 comment:

Jenna said...

Whoa! Cool! I thought it was amazing that you were back in the 1100's, and then you threw in a BC just to show off. Very cool. See, aren't you glad you played?