Wikipedia meme
Apr. 10th, 2006 02:52 pm1. Type in your birthday (minus the year) in the search bar at http://wikipedia.org.
2. List three interesting facts, two births, and one death that happened on your birthday.
Facts:
1888 - Jack the Ripper kills his third and fourth victims, Elizabeth Stride and Catherine Eddowes.
1997 - Origin Systems Inc. releases Ultima Online, a massively multiplayer game, opening the door for a new video gaming genre.
2004 - The first images of a live giant squid in its natural habitat is taken 600 miles south of Tokyo.
Births:
1898 - Princess Charlotte of Monaco (d. 1977)
1953 - S.M. Stirling, Canadian-born author
Deaths:
420 - Saint Jerome, translator of the Vulgate Bible
.... interesting
EDIT: Actually I just realised for the Jack the Ripper thing... it means it happened EXACTLY 100 years before I was born....... scary O.o;
2. List three interesting facts, two births, and one death that happened on your birthday.
Facts:
1888 - Jack the Ripper kills his third and fourth victims, Elizabeth Stride and Catherine Eddowes.
1997 - Origin Systems Inc. releases Ultima Online, a massively multiplayer game, opening the door for a new video gaming genre.
2004 - The first images of a live giant squid in its natural habitat is taken 600 miles south of Tokyo.
Births:
1898 - Princess Charlotte of Monaco (d. 1977)
1953 - S.M. Stirling, Canadian-born author
Deaths:
420 - Saint Jerome, translator of the Vulgate Bible
.... interesting
EDIT: Actually I just realised for the Jack the Ripper thing... it means it happened EXACTLY 100 years before I was born....... scary O.o;