So, here’s the deal. It’s not a Google meme this time, but rather a Wikipedia meme. Cute, no?

The Rules:
1. Type in your birthday (minus the year) in the search bar at Wikipedia.org
2. List three interesting facts, two births, and one death that happened on your birthday.

Righto. Let’s see… “March 8” gives us such interesting tidbits as…

Events:

1782 – Gnadenhütten massacre: Almost 100 Native Americans in Gnadenhutten, Ohio had their skulls crushed with a mallet by Pennsylvanian militiamen in a mass murder.
1911 – International Women’s Day is celebrated for the first time.
1948 – The United States Supreme Court rules that religious instruction in public schools violated the Constitution.

(I was tempted to go with all three of the massacres available, but, no.)

Births:

1918 – Alan Hale, Jr., American actor
1969 – Andrea Parker, American actress, ballet dancer

(The Skipper and Miss Parker. Go figure.)

Death:

1999 – Joe DiMaggio, baseball player

(Thus answering the immortal question from that Simon And Garfunkel song, I suppose.)