Wiki-Me

A fun task when you're not feeling top notch...or when you are....thanks Scatterville!

Do a Wikipedia search of your birth date, minus the year; list three interesting events, three people who were born, and three people who died on that day.

Events:

1. 5509 BC - The world was created, according to the Byzantine Empire.


2. 1960-Disgruntled railroad workers effectively halt operations of the Pennsylvania Railroad, marking the first shutdown in the history of the company.


3. 1975-The last original episode of the American television series Gunsmoke airs on CBS after a record 20-year run

Births:

1. 1923 - Rocky Marciano, American boxer (d. 1969)


2. 1976 - Erik Morales, Mexican boxer


3. 1984 - Joseph Trohman, American Guitarist for Fall Out Boy

Deaths:

1. 1715 - François Girardon, French sculptor (b. 1628)


2. 1988 - Luis Alvarez, American physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1911)


3. 2004 - Ahmed Kuftaro, Grand Mufti of Syria (b. 1915)