Wednesday, March 14, 2007

Birthday Meme

Well, since my birthday is a week from tomorrow I figured I'd do this lil meme, so enjoy.

Notable Historic Events
1765 - The Parliament of Great Britain passed the Stamp Act, which introduced a tax to be levied directly on its American colonies.
1933 - President Franklin Delano Roosevelt signs into law a bill legalizing the sale of beer and wine.
1993 - The Intel Corporation ships the first Pentium chips (80586), featuring a 60 MHz clock speed, 100+ MIPS, and a 64 bit data path.

Notable Births
1931 - William Shatner, Canadian actor
1948 - Andrew Lloyd Webber, British composer
1952 - Bob Costas, American sports commentator

Notable Deaths
1322 - Thomas, 2nd Earl of Lancaster, English politician
1685 - Emperor Go-Sai of Japan
1832 - Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, German writer

Notable Holidays
The fourth day of Quinquatria in ancient Rome, held in honor of Minerva.
World Water Day.

1 comment:

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