This wikipedia thing is going around, thought I'd contribute:
Go to Wikipedia and look up your birth day (excluding the year). List three facts, two births and one death in your blog, including the year.
Events on my birthday (September 17)
- 1787 - The United States Constitution is adopted by the Constitutional Convention in Philadelphia.
- 1920 - National Football League is organized in Canton, Ohio, United States.
- 1967 - Jim Morrison and The Doors defy CBS censors on The Ed Sullivan Show. Morrison sang the lyrics, "Girl, we couldn't get much higher" from the song, Light My Fire when asked not to.
Births (other than me of course!)
- 1923 - Hank Williams, American musician (d. 1953)
- 1948 - John Ritter, American actor (d. 2003)
Death
- 1179 - Hildegard of Bingen, German abbess, mystic writer, and composer (b. 1098)
Oh my gosh, I actually learned something from this! Hildegard von Bingen died on my birthday! After music history this will be a name that is forever burned in my brain and this is the only reason that is significant to me...I already knew about Hank Williams and John Ritter sharing a birthday with me. I think I knew about the Constitution thing too. I was aware of the Jim Morrison incident but not necessarily that it happened on my on that day. A fun fact about the Nation Football League is I've visited the National Football Hall of Fame in Canton, even for a non-football fan it was a pretty neat place to go.
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