September 4, 2007

The Birthday Meme - What Happened On September 4th?

Today IS my birthday...so what better day to do The Birthday Meme than on my birthday! I was tagged double tagged for this meme by both Danielle and Bucky.

The rules of the meme are simple:

1. Go to Wikipedia and type in your birthday (month and day).
2. Write down 3 events, 2 births, 1 holiday and tag 5 friends.
3. There are five slots in the Birthday Meme. As you are tagged, you have to remove the name in the first slot and bump everyone up so that your name can be added to the bottom.

So with no further ado, here are a few things that happened on my birthday...

Events That Occurred On September 4th

• 476 - Romulus Augustus, last emperor of the Western Roman Empire, is deposed when Odoacer proclaims himself King of Italy.
• 1888 - George Eastman registers the trademark Kodak, and receives a patent for his camera which uses roll film.
• 1956 - The IBM RAMAC 305, the first commercial computer that used magnetic disk storage, was introduced.

People Born On September 4th

• 1917 - Henry Ford II, American industrialist (died in 1987). Interestingly, September 4th is also the day on which the Ford Motor Company introduced the Edsel back in 1957 ("E Day"). The Edsel was named in honor of his father Edsel Ford.
• 1241 - Alexander III of Scotland, King of Scots (died in 1286).

A Holiday Celebrated On September 4th

• Roman festivals - start of the Ludi Romani a.k.a. Ludi Magni, until September 19th.

Bloggers who've completed this meme (minus one):
Janice | Mariuca | Mike| Bucky | Aaron

I'm tagging these awesome bloggers for The Birthday Meme:

Confessing7Girl
Mark Base
Bobby Revell
Bush Mackel
JesseTheCat

13 comments:

  1. Happy Birthday!!!

    Enjoy your chocolate cake. :)

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  2. BTW good call on holding off on this meme until "the time was right" ;)

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  3. HAPPY BIRTHDAY AARON!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
    Thanks for the tag my friend:)

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  4. Thanks Danielle! :) And yeah, I had hoped to get to it sooner, but in the end, the timing turned out to be just right. It was really extra fun being able to do it exactly on my birthday. :)

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  5. Thanks so much Bobby!!! And you're welcome. :)

    Shine on,
    Aaron

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  6. I hope you had a fabulous birthday, Aaron! :)

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  7. I sure did. Thanks so much Tish! :)

    Shine on,
    Aaron

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  8. wowowowowow happy birthday!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! im not doing any tags now but ill open one exception cause i never did this tag before! but not this week its way busy! thanks for remembering me! :)

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  9. Thanks for the happy wishes Confessing7Girl! :) And you're quite welcome. I'll look forward to it.

    Shine on,
    Aaron

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  10. Oh cool! You're a Virgo too! Happy belated Birthday Aaron! :):):)

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  11. Thanks Mariuca! That made my day! :)

    Shine on,
    Aaron

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