reposting from another blog...
Events
- 1600 - British East India Company is chartered.
- 1775 - American Revolutionary War: British forces repulse an attack by Continental Army generals Richard Montgomery and Benedict Arnold at the Battle of Quebec.
- 1879 - Thomas Edison demonstrates incandescent lighting to the public for the first time.
Important Birthdays
- 1491 - Jacques Cartier, French explorer
- 1738 - Charles Cornwallis, 1st Marquess Cornwallis
- 1926 - He-Who-Must-Not-Be-Named ;-)
Interesting* Death
- 1384 - John Wycliffe, English theologian and Bible translator
Holiday
- No way! This one would totally give it away!!
I'll let you guess as to my birthday.
You can play, too. Just pass this on....
The instructions:
1. Go to Wikipedia.
2. In the search box, type your birth month and day (but not year).
3. List three events that happened on your birthday.
4. List two important birthdays and one interesting* death.
5. List one holiday or observance (if any).
*What the heck is meant by "interesting death"? Um... death by spontaneous human combustion? drowning in molasses? Whatever...I'm going with "death of interesting person". ;-)
