The Birthday Meme
My birthday is February 21, 1968.
Events:
- 1925 - The New Yorker publishes its first issue.
- 1965 - Malcolm X is assassinated at the Audubon Ballroom in New York City by members of the Nation of Islam.
- 1981 - Charles Rocket, portraying the gunshot victim in a Saturday Night Live parody of the "Who Shot J.R." plot on the program Dallas, said, "I'd like to know who the fuck did it," during the live feed of the "goodnights" segment. Afterward, everyone except Eddie Murphy and Joe Piscopo was fired.
Birthdays:
- 1621 - Rebecca Nurse, American accused witch (d. 1692)
- 1893 - Andrés Segovia, Spanish guitarist (d. 1987)
- 1936 - Barbara Jordan, American politician (d. 1996)
Deaths:
- 1677 - Baruch Spinoza, Dutch philosopher (b. 1632) (I just LOVE his stuff)
- See Malcolm X above.
- Language Martyrs' Day - A day celebrated by Bengali speaking people for gaining right of mother tongue.
- Jewish Mothers Martyrs Day - A day that is really not that important so don't go making a fuss.
Comments
Charles Rocket sure showed them! Look how big he got and where are Eddie Murphy and Saturday Night Live now?!?
Truly a momentous occasion on your birthday.
Interesting, we share the same birthday, although I was born in 1970.
God. Another one of you who is younger than me. Andrew was bad enough. Will this never end?