Wikipedia Meme
Here's a meme I came across on Claire's blog . She's a sweet British lass with a great love of music, both live and recorded. Rules: 1. Go to Wikipedia 2. In the search box, type your birth month and day (but not year) 3. Choose 3 events that happened on your birthday 4. Choose 2 important births and 1 interesting death 5. Post it! So, my birthday is May 17th: Events: 1590 - Anne of Denmark is crowned Queen of Scotland. 1814 - The Constitution of Norway is signed and the Danish Crown Prince Christian Frederik is elected King of Norway by the Norwegian Constituent Assembly. ...and for a big change in theme... 2004 - Massachusetts becomes the first state in the United States to legalize Same-sex marriage Births: 1682 - Bartholomew Roberts, AKA Black Bart, Notorious Welsh Pirate (d. 1722) 1903 - Cool Papa Bell, baseball player (d. 1991) ...and me! Death: 1987 - Gunnar Myrdal, Swedish economist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1898)