Friday, June 08, 2007

Taking it easy

Shingles are all but healed, although still giving me stabbing pains every now and again. But I decided to take it easy for a while, eat healthily and give my immune system a chance to build up. I also walked back from North Camp station to home a few times just to keep a bit fitter. So not much in the way of news (although it's Southampton Beer Festival and Mary Jane tonight) - I did get rather drunk after choir on Monday though and decided I was everyone's kindred spirit! I'm sure they put something extra in the HSB at the Royal Oak...

Meanwhile here's a Wikipedia game - search Wikipedia for your birth date (day and month). Then post 3 events, 1 death, 2 birthdays (other than yours) and 1 holiday celebrated on that day.
Here's mine (6 November):

Events
355 - Roman Emperor Constantius II raises his cousin Julian to the rank of Caesar, entrusting him of the government of the Prefecture of the Gauls.
1935 - Before the New York section of the Institute of Radio Engineers, Edwin Armstrong presents his paper "A Method of Reducing Disturbances in Radio Signaling by a System of Frequency Modulation," i.e. FM radio.
1975 - The Sex Pistols play their first concert at St. Martin's School of Art in London

Birthdays
1494 - Suleiman the Magnificent, Ottoman Sultan (d. 1566)
1926 - Frank Carson, Northern Irish comedian

Death
1893 - Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky, Russian composer (b. 1840)

Holiday
Sweden - Death of King Gustavus Adolphus of Sweden and official flag day

1 comment:

TCA said...

27 January

Events:
1606 - Gunpowder Plot: The trial of Guy Fawkes and other conspirators begins, and ending in their execution on January 31.

1977 - Record company EMI sacks the controversial United Kingdom punk rock group the Sex Pistols.

1984 - Carl Lewis beats his own indoor world long jump record by 9¼ inches (23.5 centimeters) with a 28-foot, 10¼-inch (8.795-meter) jump.

Death
1910 - Thomas Crapper, English inventor (b. 1836)

Births
1756 - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Austrian composer (d. 1791)

1972 - Mark Owen, English pop singer

Holiday
Serbia — St. Sava Day

...do I get a prize?

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