Comments on: Wikimeme http://www.willhowells.org.uk/blog/2006/04/07/wikimeme/ Wed, 10 Mar 2010 13:39:20 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Jules http://www.willhowells.org.uk/blog/2006/04/07/wikimeme/comment-page-1/#comment-4265 Jules Fri, 14 Apr 2006 19:56:58 +0000 http://www.willhowells.org.uk/blog/2006/04/07/wikimeme/#comment-4265 Date: 8th July Events 1680 - The first confirmed tornado in America kills a servant at Cambridge, Massachusetts. 1947 - Reports are broadcast that a UFO has crash landed in Roswell, New Mexico. 1990 - At 12:34:56 (both AM and PM) the time and date by US reckoning was 12:34:56 7/8/90. Births 1838 - Ferdinand Graf von Zeppelin, German inventor (d. 1917) 1958 - Kevin Bacon, American actor Death 1822 - Percy Bysshe Shelley, English poet (b. 1792) Date: 8th July

Events

1680 – The first confirmed tornado in America kills a servant at Cambridge, Massachusetts.

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

1990 – At 12:34:56 (both AM and PM) the time and date by US reckoning was 12:34:56 7/8/90.

Births

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

1958 – Kevin Bacon, American actor

Death

1822 – Percy Bysshe Shelley, English poet (b. 1792)

]]> By: Quaequam Blog! » Wikimeme http://www.willhowells.org.uk/blog/2006/04/07/wikimeme/comment-page-1/#comment-4102 Quaequam Blog! » Wikimeme Mon, 10 Apr 2006 11:37:43 +0000 http://www.willhowells.org.uk/blog/2006/04/07/wikimeme/#comment-4102 [...] Okay Will and Jonathan, I’ll bite (on the basis that, unlike most memes, this one doesn’t involve me having an opinion about stuff): [...] [...] Okay Will and Jonathan, I’ll bite (on the basis that, unlike most memes, this one doesn’t involve me having an opinion about stuff): [...]

]]> By: Matt http://www.willhowells.org.uk/blog/2006/04/07/wikimeme/comment-page-1/#comment-4083 Matt Sat, 08 Apr 2006 21:04:05 +0000 http://www.willhowells.org.uk/blog/2006/04/07/wikimeme/#comment-4083 Oops, that's all "things that happened on February 17th". Yasser Arafat was meant to share my birthday, but according to Wikipedia he was born in August 1929. Oops, that’s all “things that happened on February 17th”. Yasser Arafat was meant to share my birthday, but according to Wikipedia he was born in August 1929.

]]> By: Matt http://www.willhowells.org.uk/blog/2006/04/07/wikimeme/comment-page-1/#comment-4082 Matt Sat, 08 Apr 2006 21:02:21 +0000 http://www.willhowells.org.uk/blog/2006/04/07/wikimeme/#comment-4082 Interesting. The chandelier disaster at the Paris Opera House was presumably an inspiration for The Phantom of the Opera. Events 1867 - The first ship passes through the Suez Canal. 1933 - The end of prohibition in the USA. Mine's a pint. 1958 - Saint Clare of Assisi is made the Patron Saint of Television by the Pope, on the basis that when she was too ill to attend mass she miraculously saw it on the wall of her room (the flash cow must've had a plasma screen, probably with 5.1 surround, though why she'd want to watch Songs of Praise on it instead of, say, Revenge of the Sith is quite beyond me). Births Rene Russo (slaver), 1954 Paris Hilton (shudder), 1981 Death Thelonius Monk, 1982 Matt Interesting. The chandelier disaster at the Paris Opera House was presumably an inspiration for The Phantom of the Opera.

Events
1867 – The first ship passes through the Suez Canal.
1933 – The end of prohibition in the USA. Mine’s a pint.
1958 – Saint Clare of Assisi is made the Patron Saint of Television by the Pope, on the basis that when she was too ill to attend mass she miraculously saw it on the wall of her room (the flash cow must’ve had a plasma screen, probably with 5.1 surround, though why she’d want to watch Songs of Praise on it instead of, say, Revenge of the Sith is quite beyond me).

Births
Rene Russo (slaver), 1954
Paris Hilton (shudder), 1981

Death
Thelonius Monk, 1982

Matt

]]> By: The Current Outlook :: The Wikipedia birthday meme :: April :: 2006 http://www.willhowells.org.uk/blog/2006/04/07/wikimeme/comment-page-1/#comment-4071 The Current Outlook :: The Wikipedia birthday meme :: April :: 2006 Sat, 08 Apr 2006 16:55:33 +0000 http://www.willhowells.org.uk/blog/2006/04/07/wikimeme/#comment-4071 [...] An interesting meme comes via Will Howells’ blog. [...] [...] An interesting meme comes via Will Howells’ blog. [...]

]]> By: Hapless band of staff and regulars http://www.willhowells.org.uk/blog/2006/04/07/wikimeme/comment-page-1/#comment-4065 Hapless band of staff and regulars Sat, 08 Apr 2006 09:42:36 +0000 http://www.willhowells.org.uk/blog/2006/04/07/wikimeme/#comment-4065 <strong>Wikimeme</strong> An interesting meme via Will: Go to Wikipedia (http://www.wikipedia.org/). Type in your birth date (but not year). List three events that happened on your birthday. List two important birthdays and one interesting death. Post this in your journal ..... Wikimeme

An interesting meme via Will:
Go to Wikipedia (http://www.wikipedia.org/). Type in your birth date (but not year). List three events that happened on your birthday. List two important birthdays and one interesting death. Post this in your journal …..

]]> By: the sandals are off » Blog Archive » Wikimeme http://www.willhowells.org.uk/blog/2006/04/07/wikimeme/comment-page-1/#comment-4061 the sandals are off » Blog Archive » Wikimeme Fri, 07 Apr 2006 22:12:06 +0000 http://www.willhowells.org.uk/blog/2006/04/07/wikimeme/#comment-4061 [...] No geek is an island » Blog Archive » Wikimeme [...] [...] No geek is an island » Blog Archive » Wikimeme [...]

]]> By: Jackie http://www.willhowells.org.uk/blog/2006/04/07/wikimeme/comment-page-1/#comment-4060 Jackie Fri, 07 Apr 2006 21:40:30 +0000 http://www.willhowells.org.uk/blog/2006/04/07/wikimeme/#comment-4060 Well, I can live with Augustus Ceaser and Kaublai Khan. I had no idea that my birthday was International Bisexuality Day. I have learned. Well, I can live with Augustus Ceaser and Kaublai Khan. I had no idea that my birthday was International Bisexuality Day. I have learned.

]]> By: Niles’s Blog » On this Day http://www.willhowells.org.uk/blog/2006/04/07/wikimeme/comment-page-1/#comment-4059 Niles’s Blog » On this Day Fri, 07 Apr 2006 20:34:24 +0000 http://www.willhowells.org.uk/blog/2006/04/07/wikimeme/#comment-4059 [...] Will has a rather nifty meme to take Wikipedia’s ‘On this Day’ function and find out things about your birthday. Go to Wikipedia (http://www.wikipedia.org/). Type in your birth date (but not year). List three events that happened on your birthday. List two important birthdays and one interesting death. Post this in your journal. [...] [...] Will has a rather nifty meme to take Wikipedia’s ‘On this Day’ function and find out things about your birthday. Go to Wikipedia (http://www.wikipedia.org/). Type in your birth date (but not year). List three events that happened on your birthday. List two important birthdays and one interesting death. Post this in your journal. [...]

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