January 2

[the_siobhan]

I put my birth date into Wikipedia just for the hell of it.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/January_2

The results are kind of interesting. It was the date of the first successful heart transplant in 1967. Sid Vicious went on trial for the murder of Nancy Spungeon in 1979. Bosnia began peace talks in 1993. I share a birthday with Isaac Asimov, Jim Bakker and Cuba Gooding Jr. And it's the feast day of St. Basil the Great.

Neat.

Comments

[northbard.livejournal.com]

what?? Sid Vicious killed Nancy?

Man..I gotta start reading the papers...

[redbird]

I share mine with Sid Vicious and Screaming Lord Sutch. And, life being like that, I still can't go to Wikipedia without making an edit.

[timly.livejournal.com]

rich gannon, american football player is the only famous person i know anything about born on the same day as me.

now the deaths are much kooler: Sacagawea, John Steinbeck, Bobby Darin, Richard J. Daley, Carl Sagan, and Foster Brooks all died on my birthday.

that was fun!

[the-siobhan.livejournal.com]

Pretty educational, isn't it?

[melete.livejournal.com]

I agree on the neat. That was kinda fun. Among those that caught me eye on Feb. 26:

1944 - Shooting begins of the Nazi propaganda film, "The Fuhrer Gives a Village to the Jews" in Theresienstadt.

The title just got me.

[pfrank.livejournal.com]

hey neat, I share a birthday with NPR amongst others... (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/February_24)

[the-fury.livejournal.com]

On the 10th of April, 1970, I caused the Beatles to break up.

[the-siobhan.livejournal.com]

I think len9 owes you a drink.

[dandelion-diva.livejournal.com]

Oh, what a cool idea. Thanks.:)

Gessi

[serpentstar.livejournal.com]

I share a birthday with Isaac Asimov, Jim Bakker and Cuba Gooding Jr.... and me. :)

[the-siobhan.livejournal.com]

And you. :-)