{"id":3793,"date":"2006-05-03T15:58:55","date_gmt":"2006-05-03T22:58:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2006\/05\/03\/wikipedia-birthday-meme\/"},"modified":"2019-12-20T10:10:17","modified_gmt":"2019-12-20T18:10:17","slug":"wikipedia-birthday-meme","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2006\/05\/03\/wikipedia-birthday-meme\/","title":{"rendered":"Wikipedia Birthday Meme"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class='__iawmlf-post-loop-links' style='display:none;' data-iawmlf-post-links='[{&quot;id&quot;:6586,&quot;href&quot;:&quot;http:\\\/\\\/www.google.com\\\/search?client=safari&amp;rls=en&amp;q=wikipedia+birthday+meme&amp;ie=UTF-8&amp;oe=UTF-8&quot;,&quot;archived_href&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;redirect_href&quot;:&quot;http:\\\/\\\/www.google.com\\\/webhp?client=safari&quot;,&quot;checks&quot;:[],&quot;broken&quot;:false,&quot;last_checked&quot;:null,&quot;process&quot;:&quot;done&quot;},{&quot;id&quot;:5585,&quot;href&quot;:&quot;http:\\\/\\\/en.wikipedia.org&quot;,&quot;archived_href&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/web-wp.archive.org\\\/web\\\/20250629080603\\\/https:\\\/\\\/en.wikipedia.org\\\/&quot;,&quot;redirect_href&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;checks&quot;:[{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-03-08 11:10:48&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-04-05 10:50:54&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-04-09 16:00:01&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200}],&quot;broken&quot;:false,&quot;last_checked&quot;:{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-04-09 16:00:01&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200},&quot;process&quot;:&quot;done&quot;},{&quot;id&quot;:6587,&quot;href&quot;:&quot;http:\\\/\\\/en.wikipedia.org\\\/wiki\\\/May_3&quot;,&quot;archived_href&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/web-wp.archive.org\\\/web\\\/20260309073015\\\/https:\\\/\\\/en.wikipedia.org\\\/wiki\\\/May_3&quot;,&quot;redirect_href&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/en.wikipedia.org\\\/wiki\\\/May_3&quot;,&quot;checks&quot;:[{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-04-06 14:26:50&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200}],&quot;broken&quot;:false,&quot;last_checked&quot;:{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-04-06 14:26:50&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200},&quot;process&quot;:&quot;done&quot;}]'><\/div>\n<p>Earlier this month there was a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.google.com\/search?client=safari&amp;rls=en&amp;q=wikipedia+birthday+meme&amp;ie=UTF-8&amp;oe=UTF-8\" title=\"Google for 'wikipedia birthday meme'\">Wikipedia Birthday Meme<\/a> running around that, given its subject and the proximity to my own birthday, I figured I&#8217;d just hold off on playing with for a bit.<\/p>\n<p>So, three weeks or so after everyone else, it&#8217;s my turn!<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\n  Go to <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/\" title=\"Wikipedia\">Wikipedia<\/a> and look up your birth day (excluding the year). List three neat facts, two births and one death in your journal, including the year.\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/May_3\" title=\"Wikipedia: May 3rd\">May 3rd<\/a>:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Three &#8216;neat things&#8217;:\n<ol>\n<li>1937 &#8211; Gone with the Wind, a novel by Margaret Mitchell, wins the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction.<\/li>\n<li>1959 &#8211; The first Grammy Awards are announced.<\/li>\n<li>1971 &#8211; All Things Considered, National Public Radio&#8217;s flagship news program, broadcasts for the first time.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/li>\n<li>Two births:\n<ol>\n<li>1933 &#8211; James Brown, American singer<\/li>\n<li>1959 &#8211; David Ball, British musician (Soft Cell)<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/li>\n<li>One death:\n<ol>\n<li>1758 &#8211; Pope Benedict XIV (b. 1675)<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/click.linksynergy.com\/fs-bin\/click?id=xLsJkztrnNY&amp; offerid=78941.10000170&amp;type=4&amp;subid=0\" title=\"Get iTunes\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"iTunes\" border=\"0\" width=\"61\" height=\"15\" src=\"http:\/\/images.apple.com\/itunesaffiliates\/logos\/iTunes_sm_bdg61x15.png\" \/><\/a><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" border=\"0\" width=\"1\" height=\"1\" src=\"http:\/\/ad.linksynergy.com\/fs-bin\/show?id= xLsJkztrnNY&amp;bids=78941.10000170&amp;type=4&amp;subid=0\" alt=\"\" \/> &#8220;<a href=\"http:\/\/click.linksynergy.com\/fs-bin\/stat?id=xLsJkztrnNY&amp; offerid=78941&amp;type=3&amp;subid=0&amp;tmpid=1826&amp;RD_PARM1=itms %253A%252F%252Fphobos.apple.com%252FWebObjects%252FMZSearch.woa%252Fwa %252Fcom.apple.jingle.search.DirectAction%252FadvancedSearchResults%253F artistTerm%253DSydney Symphony Orchestra (Jose Serebrier)%2526songTerm=Coriolan Overture Op. 62%26partnerId%3D30\" title=\"Search for 'Coriolan Overture Op. 62' on the iTMS\">Coriolan Overture Op. 62<\/a>&#8221; by <a href=\"http:\/\/click.linksynergy.com\/fs-bin\/ stat?id=xLsJkztrnNY&amp;offerid=78941&amp;type=3&amp;subid=0&amp;tmpid= 1826&amp;RD_PARM1=itms%253A%252F%252Fphobos.apple.com%252FWebObjects%252F MZSearch.woa%252Fwa%252Fcom.apple.jingle.search.DirectAction%252Fadvanced SearchResults%253FartistTerm%253DSydney Symphony Orchestra (Jose Serebrier)%26partnerId%3D30\" title=\"Search for 'Sydney Symphony Orchestra (Jose Serebrier)' on the iTMS\">Sydney Symphony Orchestra (Jose Serebrier)<\/a> from the album <em><a href=\"http:\/\/click. linksynergy.com\/fs-bin\/stat?id=xLsJkztrnNY&amp;offerid=78941&amp;type= 3&amp;subid=0&amp;tmpid=1826&amp;RD_PARM1=itms%253A%252F%252Fphobos.apple. com%252FWebObjects%252FMZSearch.woa%252Fwa%252Fcom.apple.jingle.search. 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