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

Birthday, Anniversary, Anniversary

Well, today is my birthday. Woo hoo! Thanks Valentin for the humorous birthday wishes. :) Aside from being my birthday, today is also the two-year anniversary of my quitting smoking. Yep, exactly two years ago to the day I quit, cold turkey...and I never looked back!

But on a sad note, today is also the one-year anniversary of Steve Irwin's untimely death. May we always remember the joy and energy his love of wildlife brought to so many. Few naturalists have had such a strong and wonderful impact on the world as he did. He is certainly missed.

Steve Irwin, The Crocodile Hunter
February 22, 1962 - September 4, 2006

According to BBC News, Irwin's widow Terri and their two children, Bindi and Bob, will spend the first anniversary of his death in private. The family plans to celebrate his life and achievements on "Steve Irwin Day", which will be held on November 15th.

Miss South Carolina Teen USA Tries To Make Sense

In case you haven't seen it yet...

Miss South Caroline Teen USA
What The Heck Did She Just Say?!

Miss South Carolina Teen USA Lauren Caitlin Upton: "I personally believe that U.S. Americans are unable to do so because uhh, some people out there in our nation don't have maps and uhh I believe that our education like such as South Africa and uhh, the Iraq everywhere like such as, and I believe that they should uhh, our education over HERE in the U.S. should help the U.S. er er should help South Africa and should help the Iraq and the Asian countries so we will be able to build up our future for our children."

Truth is, all have our moments! In any case, I was able to locate the U.S. on a map, thanks to my trusty world atlass atlas...