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nlbarber ([personal profile] nlbarber) wrote2006-04-07 12:04 am
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Wiki birthday meme

Gacked from [livejournal.com profile] allyra:
Go to Wikipedia, enter in your birthdate (sans year), post three events, two births and one death.

Events:
1864 - Battle of Kennesaw Mountain in the American Civil War.
1898 - The first solo circumnavigation of the globe is completed by Joshua Slocum from Briar Island, Nova Scotia.
1967 - The world's first ATM is installed in Enfield, London.

Births:
1880 - Helen Keller, American spokeswoman for the deaf and blind (d. 1968)
1927 - Bob Keeshan, American actor (d. 2004)

Death:
1829 - James Smithson, English founder of the Smithsonian Institute (b. 1765)