Go to Wikipedia and type your birthday in the search box (not the year). Find 1 significant death, 2 significant births, an interesting event or two, and a holiday/observance.
Death
Maria Pia de Saxe-Coburg-Gotha-Braganca (b. 1907)
(Maria Pia bo bia bananafana fo fia fe fi mo mia, Pia.)
Births
1868 - Gaston Leroux, French writer (d. 1927)
(I just like the name Gaston. It makes me go "Hoh Hoh Hoh" in a terrible French accent.)
1574 - Pope Innocent X (d. 1655)
Interesting Event or Two
1937 - Hindenburg disaster: The German zeppelin Hindenburg catches fire and is destroyed within a minute while attempting to dock at Lakehurst, New Jersey. Thirty-six people are killed.
(This is the one event I tend to work into conversations about birthdays.)
1954 - Roger Bannister becomes the first person to run the mile in under four minutes.
(Why?)
Holiday/Observance
St. John in Oil Feast day.
(No idea who St. John in Oil is, but he sounds fun.)
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Thanks I needed a lift me up. I was born the same day a Wyatt Earp. Cool.
ReplyDeleteHi, Sherry! Jody here--here's what I found on my birthday (Nov 29):
ReplyDelete1 death - George Harrison from the Beatles died on that date in 2001.
2 births--Louisa May Alcott--author of "Little Woman" and actress Kim Delaney, who actually was born the same year as I was! WOO HOO!
2 interesting events--in 1944, the first surgery on a human to correct blue baby syndrome was performed (EW!) and in 1981, Actress Natalie Wood drowns in a boating accident.
That was fun! Enjoyed reading yours too! Take care
Jody in Miss.