Saturday, April 15, 2006

my birthday trivia post (everyone else's doin' it)

snatched this from Vee

the 25th of October can also be remembered as....

the day...

1917 - The Bolshevik Revolution commences (according to the Julian calendar, which Russia used at the time of the Revolution. On the Gregorian calendar, the date was November 7).
1936 - Adolf Hitler and Benito Mussolini create the Rome-Berlin Axis.
1986 - The New York Mets defeat the Boston Red Sox due to Bill Buckner's famous error in Game 6 of the World Series and go on to win the championship two days later.

the birthday of...
1881 - Pablo Picasso, Spanish painter and sculptor (d. 1973)
1940 - Bobby Knight, American basketball coach
1971 - Pedro Martínez, Dominican Major League Baseball player

the death of...
1999 - Payne Stewart, American golfer (b. 1957)

is also celebrated as...
Virgin Islands - Thanksgiving Day : end of the hurricane season

whew!

1 comment:

manonica said...

This meme is sooo interesting, yes? Whee!