What Happened When...

Go to Wikipedia.  Type in your birthday month and day only.   Post 3 events, 2 births and one holiday that occurred on your birthday; tag 5 friends.

Events:

306 - Constantine I proclaimed Roman emperor by his troops.

1261 - The city of Constantinople is recaptured by Nicaean forces under the command of Michael VIII Palaeologus, thus re-establishing the Byzantine Empire. The Byzantines also succeed in capturing Thessalonica and the rest of the Latin Empire.

1977 - A supposed thunderbird is reported attacking a boy named Marlon Lowe.

Births:

1973 - Dani Filth, British singer (Cradle of Filth)

1976 - Tera Patrick, American pornographic actress

Holiday:

Inca festival in honor of the thunder god Ilyap'a

Tagging:

Beth

Grigorisgirl

Jess

Sarah

Veradee

...and anyone else who feels the need.

Comments

[Spacedlaw]

Nice meme.
I discovered that my birthday (28 November) is the name of an Argentinian city !

[carrie m]

at first i thought a thunderCAT had attacked the boy. then i realized that those were from a cartoon.

[MeBeth]

Ooh - fun meme - I'll get right on it! (Much more entertaining than cleaning my apartment.)