Saw this over at Melli’s and thought it looked like fun. The instructions are:

The rules are:

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)
6) Tag 5 other bloggers to complete

Three events:

• 1841 – The Venetian blind is first patented in the United States by John Hampson.
• 1858 – The Lincoln–Douglas debates begin.
• 1959 – President Dwight D. Eisenhower signs an executive order proclaiming Hawaii the 50th state of the union.

Two Birthdays:

• 1921 – Winnie-the-Pooh, a (fictional) bear of small brain belonging to Christopher Robin
• 1936 – Wilt Chamberlain, American basketball player (d. 1999)

One death:

• 1940 – Leon Trotsky, Russian revolutionary (b. 1879)

One holiday or observance:

• Orthodox – Thaddaeus.

Five tags:

• Carol @ She Lives
• Jen at Joyful Notes
• Bet at Dappled Things
• Linda @ 2nd cup of coffee
• Laurel @ Laurel Wreath
• And anyone else who’d like to