Wikipedia meme

[icewolf]

Three events, two births, and a death, huh?

Facts

1444 - Battle of Varna: The crusading forces of King Ladislaus III of Poland (or Ulaszlo I of Hungary) are crushed by the Turks under Sultan Murad II and Ladislaus is killed.

1940 - Walt Disney begins serving as an informer for the Los Angeles office of the FBI; his job is to report back information on Hollywood "subversives". (Wow that's just depressing.)

1969 - National Educational Television (the predecessor to the Public Broadcasting Service) in the United States debuts the children's television program Sesame Street.

Birthdays

Besides the really famous ones (Winston Churchill and Martin Luther), we have...

1960 - Neil Gaiman, English writer

745 - Musa al-Kazim, Shia Imam (d. 799)

Death

627 - Justus, Archbishop of Canterbury



ETA: One word meme.

1. Yourself: Lyn
2. Your Lover: Tor
3. Your Hair: brown
4. Your Mother: formidable
5. Your Father: holy
6. Your Favorite Item: Honeycup[1]
7. Your Dream Last Night: dark
8. Your Favorite Drink: tea
9. Your Dream Home: storage
10. The Room You Are In: office
11. Your Pet: Darcy
12. Who You Are Now: tired
13. Who You Want to be in Ten Years: Mama
14. What You Want to be in Ten Years: teacher
15. What You're Not: quiet
16. Your Best Friend: Cheryl
17. One of Your Wishlist Items: time
18. Your Gender: female
19. The Last Thing You Did: teach
20. What You Are Wearing: white
21. Your Favorite Weather: sunny
22. Your Favorite Book: funny
23. The Last Thing You Ate: muffin
24. Your Life: extraordinary
25. Your Mood: content