Memeilicious!

{mood: chilly (brrrr stupid Buffalo)}

I do what my friends tell me to do. *meep*

So, courtesy of Jade, here's a fun little exercise for you:

Instructions:
1. Go to Wikipedia.
2. In the Search box, type your birth month and day (but not year).
3. List three events that happened on your birthday.
4. List two important birthdays and one interesting death.
5. One holiday or observance (if any).

My birthday: October 9 (don't you forget)

Events:

1871 The Great Chicago Fire was brought under control

1888 The Washington Monument officially opens to the general public.

1992 A 13 kilogram (est.) meteorite lands in the driveway of the Knapp residence in Peekskill, New York, destroying the family's 1980 Chevrolet Malibu.

Births: (now here's some perspective for you)

1940 John Lennon, British musician and songwriter (The Beatles) (d. 1980)

1941 Trent Lott, American politician

Death:

1967 Che Guevara, Argentine revolutionary and guerilla leader (executed) (b. 1928)

Holiday:

Leif Erikson Day - in United States, Iceland and Norway: celebrating the first European landing in North America (holy cow, SpongeBob wasn't making it up!)