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primroseburrows ([personal profile] primroseburrows) wrote2006-04-06 05:07 pm
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in a town known as wheeling, west virginia, rode a boy with a six-gun in his hand

Meme from [livejournal.com profile] taradiane:

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.


I did four, three, and two because I couldn't decide between the last two births and was tired of wibbling and because I'm a bleeding rebel.

FACTS

1851 - Harriet Beecher Stowe's anti-slavery serial, Uncle Tom's Cabin or, Life Among the Lowly starts a ten-month run in the National Era abolitionist newspaper.

1956 - Elvis Presley introduces his new single, "Hound Dog", on The Milton Berle Show, scandalizing the audience with his suggestive hip movements.

1968 - U.S. presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy is shot at the Ambassador Hotel in Los Angeles, California by Sirhan Sirhan. (He dies on June 6). Yep, we lost one who could have changed the world.

1977 - The Apple II, the first practical personal computer, goes on sale.

1981 - The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention report that five homosexual men in Los Angeles, California, have a rare form of pneumonia seen only in patients with weakened immune systems.



BIRTHS

1850 - Pat Garrett, American Western lawman (d. 1908)
1919 - Richard Scarry, American children's author (d. 1994)
1971 - Mark Wahlberg, American singer and actor (Yeah, that's right. Marky Mark was born on my tenth birthday. Deal with it.
1980 - Draco Malfoy, heir to the Malfoy Fortune.



DEATHS

2002 - Dee Dee Ramone, American bassist (The Ramones) (b. 1952)
2004 - Ronald Reagan, former President of the United States (b. 1911)


Trivia!

If anyone knows what my current music has to do with the content of the meme, I'll write something for you. Something small. More than a sentence, less than a book. Yeah, I know. You're all overcome with joy.

[identity profile] eltonroo.livejournal.com 2006-04-07 11:31 pm (UTC)(link)
Well he and Elton are the two greatest piano playing song writers of all time in my humble opinion. I love some of his lesser known songs such as "Great Suburban Showdown" and "James".
And of course some of his classics like "Goodnight Saigon". Glad your daughter likes him. My daughter is not into Elton or Billy but atleast likes the Beatles so there is some hope.
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[identity profile] primroseburrows.livejournal.com 2006-04-08 01:40 am (UTC)(link)
I discovered "James" on WEEI-FM in Boston when it first came out. That was a great station. I mean, this station played "Snow Queen." How obscure can you get? Now it's a sports station, which is lovely from April to October, but in winter? Alas, earwax.

[identity profile] eltonroo.livejournal.com 2006-04-08 02:06 am (UTC)(link)
Speaking of sports. My Jays just blew a 6-0 lead and lose 9-8 to Tampa of all teams. Vernon Wells hits two homers in a losing cause. Sure hope AJ Burnett gets healthy quick.
p.s. Jays go into Boston next Tuesday for an afternoon game. Lucky for you that Josh Towers is pitching. He got rocked by Minnesota on Wednesday.
*sighs*