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1. Type in your birthday (minus the year) in the search bar at Wikipedia.org
2. List three interesting facts, two births, and one death that happened on your birthday.
1. 1877 - U.S. presidential election, 1876: The U.S. Congress declares Rutherford B. Hayes the winner of the election even though Samuel J. Tilden had won the popular vote on November 7, 1876 (Reconstruction ends).
2. 1939 - Cardinal Eugenio Pacelli is elected Pope and takes the name Pius XII.
3. 1995 - Yahoo! is incorporated, establishing the Internet Portal as a model.
1. 1459 - Pope Adrian VI (d. 1523)
2. 1810 - Pope Leo XIII, (d. 1903)
*1876 - Pope Pius XII, (d. 1958)*
1. 1730 - Pope Benedict XIII (b. 1649)
*I had to do three birthdays to cover all the popes!
You are all about the popes! And you share a birthday with my favorite search engine.
I posted the Yahoo! cuz of you, my dear
The Wikipedia birthday meme
As swiped from Phoebe Gleeson: 1. Type in your birthday (minus the year) in the search bar at Wikipedia.org 2. List three interesting facts, two births, and one death that…
[…] The Wikipedia Birthday Meme The idea is swiped from Phoebe Gleeson: 1. Type in your birthday (minus the year) in the search bar at Wikipedia.org2. List three interesting facts, two births, and one death that happened on your birthday.For example: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1_January Published Saturday, 08 April, 2006 6:30 AM by dmcourtn […]