(no subject)
Apr. 6th, 2006 01:19 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png)
Look, I could gripe about trivial things, or I can meme, okay?
From
mrgrumpybear (Or rather, MrNotnearlysogrumpyasheusedtobebear)
Go to Wikipedia and look up your birth day (excluding the year). List three neat facts, two births and one death in your journal, including the year.
SEPTEMBER 29
3 Neat Facts:
61 BC - Pompey the Great celebrates his third triumph, for victories over the pirates and the end of the Mithridatic Wars on his 45th birthday.
48 BC - Ptolemy XIII of Egypt had Pompey murdered and his head cut off on his 58th birthday. Pompey's head and ring were kept for Julius Caesar. (ironic, no?)
1939 - Poland is divided between Nazi Germany and the Soviet Union.
2 Births
2 BC - Jesus of Nazareth born in Bethlehem of Judea. (Luke 2:1-7)
1982 - Ariana Jollee, American porn actress and director
1 Death
1988 - Charles Addams, American cartoonist (b. 1912) *cries*
From
![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
Go to Wikipedia and look up your birth day (excluding the year). List three neat facts, two births and one death in your journal, including the year.
SEPTEMBER 29
3 Neat Facts:
61 BC - Pompey the Great celebrates his third triumph, for victories over the pirates and the end of the Mithridatic Wars on his 45th birthday.
48 BC - Ptolemy XIII of Egypt had Pompey murdered and his head cut off on his 58th birthday. Pompey's head and ring were kept for Julius Caesar. (ironic, no?)
1939 - Poland is divided between Nazi Germany and the Soviet Union.
2 Births
2 BC - Jesus of Nazareth born in Bethlehem of Judea. (Luke 2:1-7)
1982 - Ariana Jollee, American porn actress and director
1 Death
1988 - Charles Addams, American cartoonist (b. 1912) *cries*
no subject
Date: 2006-04-06 06:30 pm (UTC)AUGUST 19
Facts:
293 BC - Oldest known Roman temple to Venus Libitina founded on the Esquiline Hill; institution of Vinalia Rustica begins.
1692 - Salem Witch Trials: In Salem, Massachusetts five women and a clergyman are executed after being convicted of witchcraft.
1960 - Sputnik program: The Soviet Union launches Sputnik 5 with the dogs Belka and Strelka, 40 mice, 2 rats and a variety of plants.
Births:
1871 - Orville Wright, American aviation pioneer
1921 - Gene Roddenberry, American television producer
Death:
1977 - Groucho Marx, American comedian and actor