I've been tagged by my good friend Heather P.
Here goes...
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Directions:
1) Go to Wikipedia.
2) In the search box, type your birth month and day but not the year.
3) List three events that happened on your birthday.
4) List two important birthdays and one death.
5) One holiday or observance (if any).
My birthday is May 17th.
Events:
1792 - The New York Stock Exchange is formed.
1846 - The saxophone is patented by Adolphe Sax.
1954 - The United States Supreme Court hands down a unanimous decision in Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka, Kansas.
Birthdays:
1682 - Bartholomew Roberts, AKA Black Bart, Notorious Welsh Pirate (d. 1722)
1868 - Horace Elgin Dodge, American automobile manufacturer (d. 1920)
1936 - Dennis Hopper, American actor and director
Death:
1886 - John Deere, American blacksmith and manufacturer (b. 1804)
Holiday or Observance:
International Chocolate Day Since 1980
Well I have to say that The International Chocolate Day explains a lot! :-)
TAG!!!
Heather W. and Amber D.
The Mom With Brownies
1 comment:
Now why doesn't that surprise me that you were born on the International Chocolate Day?!! You ARE the Mom with Brownies and the friend with like 12 shots of Mocha in her Decaf Soy Mocha! LOL! We chocoholics must stick together :-)
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