The Wikipedia Thing... Finally
Apr. 14th, 2006 03:43 amEnter birth date, select three events, two births, one death, etcetc, yay-
EVENTS:
1836 - Edgar Allan Poe marries his 13-year-old cousin Virginia.
1866 - Charles Elmer Hires invents root beer.
1929 - In Hollywood, California, the first Academy Awards are handed out.
(I went for random, okay?
though this one is also sort've cool:
1920 - In Rome, Pope Benedict XV canonizes Joan of Arc as a saint.)
BIRTHS:
1966 - Janet Jackson, American singer (I knew of this one!)
1971 - David Boreanaz, American actor
DEATH:
1984 - Andy Kaufman, American comedian (b. 1949)
EVENTS:
1836 - Edgar Allan Poe marries his 13-year-old cousin Virginia.
1866 - Charles Elmer Hires invents root beer.
1929 - In Hollywood, California, the first Academy Awards are handed out.
(I went for random, okay?
though this one is also sort've cool:
1920 - In Rome, Pope Benedict XV canonizes Joan of Arc as a saint.)
BIRTHS:
1966 - Janet Jackson, American singer (I knew of this one!)
1971 - David Boreanaz, American actor
DEATH:
1984 - Andy Kaufman, American comedian (b. 1949)