Friday, July 7, 2006

Fun meme from Sarah, ‘cause, I can’t come up with anything original.

Search Wikipedia for your birth day and month, but not year.
1. List 3 events, 2 births, 1 death and a holiday, if there is one.
2. Encourage others to play.

June 4th – a lot of bad stuff happened and a lot of religious stuff. Plus, yay Tonga!

Events:
1039 - Henry III becomes the Holy Roman Emperor.

(Here’s a happy one) 1939 - “The SS St. Louis, a ship carrying 963 Jewish refugees, is denied permission to land in Florida, United States, after already having been turned away from Cuba. Forced to return to Europe, most of its passengers later died in Nazi concentration camps.”

1998 - Terry Nichols is sentenced to life in prison for his role in the Oklahoma City bombing.

Births:
470 BC - Socrates
1738 - King George III of Great Britain.

Deaths:
1039 - Conrad II, Holy Roman Emperor.

Holiday:
Tonga’s National Day. Yay Tonga!

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