Purloined from Newsbitch:
Instructions:
1. Go to Wikipedia.
2. In the Search box, type your birth month and day (but not year).
3. List three events that happened on your birthday.
4. List two important birthdays and one interesting death.
5. One holiday or observance (if any).
6. Tag 5 more people - Nah. Everyone who reads it should do this meme.
Right then. Let us begin.
January 26
Events:
1837 - Michigan is admitted as the 26th U.S. state.
1861 - The state of Louisiana secedes from the Union.
1870 - American Civil War: Virginia rejoins the Union.
Birthdays:
1880 - Douglas MacArthur, American general (d. 1964)
1958 - Ellen DeGeneres, American actress, comedian, and talk show host
Death:
1962 - Lucky Luciano, American mobster (b. 1897)
Holiday/Observance:
Australia Day is Australia's official national day, January 26. It commemorates the landing of the First Fleet in Sydney Cove on that day in 1788.
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OK I am actually commenting because I saw your comment on heather-anne.com… and anyone who would list Pam from the office kicks ass in my book because
a) you actually watch the office
b) you get why she is so cool
crap - but your comments are only letting me use my crappy blogger account! :-) AdJunky
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I love Jenna Fisher.
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WOW. So it was almost a year to the day of knowing you that I bought a house in Florida.
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