Sunday Stealing – They Say It's Your Birthday

 

Sunday Stealing – They Say It's Your Birthday

                                   


Sparky Duck at Philly Transplant learned a little something with this meme, which he stole from his blogging buddy Wylie. Here's how to play. Search for your birthday (month and day only) at Wikipedia and then share what else happened that day.

Wikipedia Meme

First, what is your birthday (month/day)?  September 9th

Now, go to Wikipedia and list:

1) Four historic events

• 1543 – Mary Stuart, at nine months old, is crowned "Queen of Scots" in the central Scottish town of Stirling.
• 1791 – Washington, D.C., the capital of the United States, is named after President George Washington.
• 1956 – Elvis Presley appears on The Ed Sullivan Show for the first time.
• 2015 – Elizabeth II becomes the longest reigning monarch of the United Kingdom.

 

2) Three births

• 1828 – Leo Tolstoy, Russian author and playwright
• 1960 – Hugh Grant, English actor and producer
• 1975 – Michael Bublé, Canadian singer-songwriter and actor

3) Two deaths

1815 – John Singleton Copley, American-English colonial and painter

1901 – Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec, French painter and illustrator

1) One holiday or observance

• California Admission Day (California, United States^[153])
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