Meme Wednesday: Wikipedia

via Cruft.

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. List any holidays
6. Post it.

March 19 - 3 Events

1279 - A Mongolian victory in the Battle of Yamen ends the Song Dynasty in China.

1863 - The SS Georgiana, described as the most powerful Confederate cruiser and said to have been owned by the real Rhett Butler, was destroyed on her maiden voyage, while attempting to run the blockade into Charleston, South Carolina. Lost to history, the wreck was discovered on the same day and month, exactly 102 years later by then teenage diver and adventurer E. Lee Spence.

1962 - Bob Dylan releases his first, self-titled album.

March 19 - 2 Important Births and 1 Interesting Death

Wyatt Earp, American policeman and gunfighter

Vida Guerra, Cuban-American swimsuit model

John De Lorean, American automobile engineer

March 19 - Holidays

The first day of Quinquatria in ancient Rome, held in honor of Minerva.

The swallows return to Mission San Juan Capistrano in California.

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