Birthday meme

Meme: The term "meme" (IPA: /miːm/, rhyming with "theme") was coined in 1976 by the biologist Richard Dawkins to refer to a "unit of cultural information" which can propagate from one mind to another in a manner analogous to genes (i.e., the units of genetic information).

A Meme in today's world is a short list of curious questions that one "tags" a friend with; it propagates via blogs, email and web sites. This particular meme comes to me via The Bemused Muse: Ok Toni, I'm sorry I didn't ask permission before I lifted this.

Here are the rules:

1. Go to Wikipedia and type in your birthday, month and day only - or another history resource if your date has slim pickin's (like mine did)
2. List 3 events that occurred on that day.
3. List 2 important birthdays
4. List one notable death
5. List a holiday or observance (if any)
6. Tag five of your friends.

My birthdate - November 18th

Three events that occurred on this date:
1626: In Rome, St Peter's Church is consecrated
1883, four standard time zones for the continental U.S.A. were introduced at the instigation of the railroads.
1963: The Bell telephone company introduce the first push button telephones in the United State

Two people who share my birthdate are:
1909: Johnny Mercer, US composer
1923: Alan Shepard, First American astronaut in space - and my personal favorite along with Gus Grissom

List 1 death - there were a lot to choose from and this one struck me as most interesting
Gia Carangi, supermodel junkie, died of AIDS 1986

List a holiday or observance. (if any) - OK, it's not precisely a holiday, but it was listed as an observance and historically it was a rather big deal event. Not to mention, I think this is very cool.

Mickey Mouse debuted in Steamboat Willie at the Colony Theater in New York on Nov. 18, 1928.

And an additional Birthday just FYI -Minnie Mouse's Birthday is also November 18, 1928...same as Mickey Mouse's

Tag 5 other bloggers.
Tagging people seems to not work well for me. It's sort of like throwing a scrapbooking party or tupperware party and two people show up - Maybe. So, if this meme appeals to you (and it actually was pretty informative), consider yourself TAGGED