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[frualeydis]

I most recently got this from liadethornegge. One should go to Wikipedia and search for the date of one's birthday, without the year. Then post three neat facts, two births and one death.

Neat facts:

1. November 28th 1095 - On the last day of the Council of Clermont, Pope Urban II appoints Bishop Adhemar of Le Puy and Count Raymond IV of Toulouse to lead the First Crusade to the Holy Land.

2. November 28th 1582 - In Stratford-upon-Avon, William Shakespeare and Anne Hathaway pay a £40 bond for their marriage licence.

3. November 28th 1919 - Lady Astor is elected to be the first female member of parliament in the UK.

Births:

1. November 28th 1489 - Margaret Tudor, wife of James IV of Scotland.

2. November 28th 1820 - Friedrich Engels, German philosopher (d. 1895).

Deaths:

28th of November 1290 - Eleanor of Castile, Queen of Edward I of England (b. 1241).

Comments

A historic Fact.

[billy-oblivionx.livejournal.com]

Lady Astor wasn't the first women to be elected to Parliament. Countess Constance Markiewicz was elected in 1918 but refused to take her seat as a protest against British policy in Ireland (she was a Sinn Fein MP). Lady Astor was elected a year later and was the first female MP to take her seat.

Re: A historic Fact.

[frualeydis.livejournal.com]

OK. So it was wrong in Wikipedia. Maybe I have to choose another interesting fact :)

Eva

Re: A historic Fact.

[billy-oblivionx.livejournal.com]

I'm a boring old know-all; I can't help it.
Billy O.

Re: A historic Fact.

[frualeydis.livejournal.com]

I like that. I like to learn new things.

Eva

Re: A historic Fact.

[billy-oblivionx.livejournal.com]

It's mistake that's always being made, I've seen it in books, magazines, tv shows etc. Countess Markiewicz is a good fact to know if it ever comes up in a quiz though.