Here's a tag from my friend Kim
1. Go to Wikipedia and type in your birthday month and day only.
2. List 3 events that occurred on that day.
3. List 2 important birthdays.
4. List 1 death.
5. List a holiday or observance. (if any)
6. Tag 5 other bloggers.
Here are my results for my birthday,
November 19:
Events:
1493 - Christopher Columbus goes ashore on an island he first saw the day before. He names it San Juan Bautista (later renamed Puerto Rico).
1863 - American Civil War: Union President Abraham Lincoln delivers the Gettysburg
Address at the military cemetery dedication ceremony in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania.
1954 - Sammy Davis, Jr., loses his left eye in an automobile accident in San Bernardino, California.
Birthdays:
1600 - King Charles I of England (d. 1649)
1942 - Calvin Klein, American clothing designer
Death:
1772 - William Nelson, American colonial governor of Virginia (b. 1711)
Holiday or Observance:
Puerto Rico - Discovery of Puerto Rico (1493) I know I was only to post 1, but this was an obvious one since it was also one of my "events".
World Toilet Day (I'm so proud!)
I tag:
Yolanda
Angela Marie
Wanda
Leah
Trisha
Thanks for playing along! Funny - your birthday is the same as another blogger I know who did this, Brilliant Donkey. He also was quite proud that it was World Toilet Day!
ReplyDeleteThis was really fun and informative! Thanks for tagging me!
ReplyDeleteI am going to go back and check it out again!