04.05.07

Wikipedia Meme

Posted in Meme at 9:41 am by Meg

I’ve seen this at Ron’s, Carrie’s, and Paradise Found - I thought I’d play.

Go to Wikipedia and type in your Birthday month and day only.

July 8

List 3 Events that occurred that day:

1776 - The Liberty Bell was rung to summon citizens of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania for the reading of the Declaration of Independence by the Continental Congress.

1898 - The shooting death of crime boss Soapy Smith releases Skagway, Alaska from his iron grip.

1947 - Reports are broadcast that a UFO has crash landed in Roswell, New Mexico.

List 2 Important Birthdays:

1838 - Ferdinand Graf von Zeppelin, German inventor (d. 1917)

1958 - Kevin Bacon, American actor

List 1 Death:

1898 - Soapy Smith, American con artist (b. 1860)

List a Holiday or Observance. (if any):

Annual Soapy Smith wake, held each year in Skagway, Alaska in the Gold Rush Cemetery and in Hollywood, California at the Magic Castle

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