October 27
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jinjiforeOkay, I'm game for a meme.
The wikipedia meme, gakked from![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
pktheater
Instructions:
1. Type your birthday (minus the year) in the Wikipedia search bar.
2. List three historical events, two births, and one death that happened on your birthday.
Historical Events
1946 - First commercially-sponsored television program airs (Geographically Speaking, sponsored by Bristol-Myers).
1997 - Stock markets around the world crash because of fears of a global economic meltdown. The Dow Jones Industrial Average plummets 554.26 points to 7,161.15. For the first time, the New York Stock Exchange activated their "circuit breakers" twice during the day eventually making the controversial move of closing the Exchange early (see October 27, 1997 mini-crash).
2004 - End of the Curse of the Bambino: At approximately 11:41 P.M. EST Major League Baseball's Boston Red Sox won Game 4 of the World Series 3-0, sweeping the series in 4 games over the St. Louis Cardinals on a night featuring a full lunar eclipse, becoming champions for the first time since 1918.
Births
1728 - James Cook, British naval captain and explorer (d. 1779)
1873 - Emily Post, etiquette author (d. 1960)
1939 - John Cleese, British actor and writer
Deaths
1975 - Rex Stout, American novelist (b. 1886)
The wikipedia meme, gakked from
pktheaterInstructions:
1. Type your birthday (minus the year) in the Wikipedia search bar.
2. List three historical events, two births, and one death that happened on your birthday.
Historical Events
1946 - First commercially-sponsored television program airs (Geographically Speaking, sponsored by Bristol-Myers).
1997 - Stock markets around the world crash because of fears of a global economic meltdown. The Dow Jones Industrial Average plummets 554.26 points to 7,161.15. For the first time, the New York Stock Exchange activated their "circuit breakers" twice during the day eventually making the controversial move of closing the Exchange early (see October 27, 1997 mini-crash).
2004 - End of the Curse of the Bambino: At approximately 11:41 P.M. EST Major League Baseball's Boston Red Sox won Game 4 of the World Series 3-0, sweeping the series in 4 games over the St. Louis Cardinals on a night featuring a full lunar eclipse, becoming champions for the first time since 1918.
Births
1728 - James Cook, British naval captain and explorer (d. 1779)
1873 - Emily Post, etiquette author (d. 1960)
1939 - John Cleese, British actor and writer
Deaths
1975 - Rex Stout, American novelist (b. 1886)
