This day in history quiz (or not)
Normally I make a quiz about events that happened on my birthday. However, I have been informed that this is lame. So I will just make a list of events for you. In no particular order:
1927: Sacco and Vanzetti, anarchists convicted of murder during a bank robbery, are executed
1914: Japan declared war on Germany (WWI)
1926: Rudolph Valentino died
1939: Soviet Union and Germany sign a non-aggression pact (they broke it later)
1904: Hard D. Weed patented the first snow-chain for tires
1305: William Wallace (Braveheart) was hanged, drawn, beheaded and quartered
1821: Spain grants independence to Mexico
1859: the 5th Ave hotel in New York puts the first elevator into operation
1959: character "Sally" (Charlie Brown's sister?) debuts in peanuts comic
Birthdays
1754: King Louis XVI born in Versailles, France
1949: Rick Springfield
1970: Comedian Jay Mohr
1978: Kobe Bryant, son of WNBA L.A. Sparks coach Joe "Jellybean" Bryant (I think he plays somewhere too)
1912: Gene Kelly
1946: Keith Moon, drummer for The Who
1951: Jimi Jamison, lead singer - Survivor
1970: River Phoenix
1933: former CA gov. Pete Wilson
Also, because I was born on August 23rd I am a Virgo on the cusp of Leo. Virgoes are modest and shy, meticulous and reliable, practical and diligent, intelligent and analytical as well as perfectionists and argumentative.
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2 comments:
Shouldn't you be getting ready to clean the apartment?? lol Its near 3pm.
If Braveheart was beheaded and then quartered, wouldn't that make him into fifths? Drawn and fifthed? I guess it doesn't sound right. Have you ever noticed how many movies Mel Gibson is tortured in? Lethal Weapon, Braveheart, Conspiracy Theory...Then he directed the torture and snuff film known as The Passion of the Christ. You think he's kinky in bed? What a sicky.
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