27 April 2006

From Whizgidget's blog...

Go to Wikipedia and look up your birth day (excluding the year). List three neat facts, two births and one death in your journal, including the year.

Events
1784 - John Wesley charters the Methodist Church
1983 - The final episode of M*A*S*H is broadcast in the USA, becoming the most watched television episode in history, with 106–125 million viewers in the U.S. (estimate varies by source).
1993 - Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms agents raid the Branch Davidian compound in Waco, Texas with a warrant to arrest cult leader David Koresh. Four BATF agents and five Davidians die in the initial raid, starting a 51-day standoff.
And one closer to home...
1850 - The University of Utah opens in Salt Lake City, Utah.

Births
1939 - Tommy Tune, American dancer, choreographer, and actor
1940 - Mario Andretti, American race car driver
1942 - Brian Jones, English musician (The Rolling Stones) (d. 1969)


Deaths
1916 - Henry James, American writer (b.1843) - - The writer who wrote like a psychologist....

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