Birthday Meme

Its my birthday tomorrow! 39 and still goovy!

We take off on the ferry to Rottnest early in the morning to have a few days time out but for now here’s a great birthday meme!

The instructions:

1) Go to Wikipedia

2) In the search box, type your birth month and day but not the year.

3) List three events that happened on your birthday

4) List two important birthdays and one death

5) One holiday or observance (if any)


Here are mine:

Three things that happened on my birthday

1189 - Richard the Lionheart is crowned King of England.

1535 - Sir Thomas More, author of Utopia and one time Lord Chancellor of England, is executed for treason by King Henry VIII after refusing to agree to Henry's decision to separate the English church from the Roman Catholic church.

1942 - Anne Frank and her family went into hiding in the "Secret Annexe" above her father's office in an Amsterdam warehouse.


Two important birthdays and one death

1865 - Emile Jaques-Dalcroze, Swiss musician (d. 1865)

1936 - Dave Allen, Irish comedian (d. 2005)

1958 - Jennifer Saunders, English actress


Holidays and Observations

Roman festivals: Ludi Apollinares, games in honour of Apollo (since 208 BC) began today.

Feast day of St Maria Goretti.

Feast day of Romulus of Fiesole

Comments

+ Alan said…
Happy belated birthday mate. I'm picking up on your meme at my blog - probably later tonight or tomorrow. Peace.
7:09 AM
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