Wikipedia Meme
- Go to Wikipedia
- In the Search box, type your birth month and day (but not year). Click "Go"
- List three events that happened on your birthday.
- List two important birthdays and one interesting death.
- List any holidays
- Post it.
March 9
Events
- 1862 - American Civil War: The first battle between two ironclad warships - In a five-hour battle near Hampton Roads, Virginia the USS Monitor fights the CSS Virginia to a draw.
- 1933 - Great Depression: The U.S. Congress begins its first 100 days of enacting New Deal legislation. President Franklin D. Roosevelt submits the Emergency Banking Act to Congress.
- 1981 - Ketchup is declared a vegetable, to help public schools in the USA with the balanced meal plan.
Birthdays
- 1454 - Amerigo Vespucci, Italian explorer and cartographer (d. 1512)
- 1945 - Robin Trower, British rock musician
Deaths
- 1996 - George Burns, American actor and singer (b. 1896)
Holidays
- Belize - Baron Bliss Day.
Leave your answers in a comment if you like. Thanks to HeirOfGrace for this one.
1 comment:
Alright, you've got two blogs. Had me confused there for oh, about five minutes ;o)
I've got two blogs as well, so when I comment here my "other" blog will be at the other end of the link -- just in case you're out of good reading material and want to stop by.
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