important facts
(via courtney)
Another meme:
1. Go to Wikipedia.
2. In the Search box, type your birth month and day (but not year).
3. List three events that happened on your birthday.
4. List two important birthdays and one interesting death.
5. Post it.
Three events:
1259 - Kings Louis IX of France and Henry III of England agree to the Treaty of Paris, in which Henry renounces his claims to French-controlled territory on continental Europe (including Normandy) in exchange for Louis withdrawing his support for English rebels.
1872 - The crewless American ship Mary Celeste is found by the British brig Dei Gratia (the ship was abandoned for 9 days but was only slightly damaged).
1945 - By a vote of 65 to 7, the United States Senate approves United States participation in the United Nations (the UN was established on October 24, 1945).
Two important births:
1849 - Crazy Horse, Oglala Sioux chief (d. 1877)
1934 - Wink Martindale, American game show host
One interesting death:
1642 - Armand Jean du Plessis, Cardinal Richelieu, French statesman (b. 1585)
And, as expected, I'm tagging Kelmeister.