Wikipedia…

More fluff, I know…but it’s interesting!

Go to Wikipedia. In the "search" box type your birth month and day (but not year). Then come back to your diary and post a few results.

My birthday is September 18…
Events

• 1437 – Farmer uprising in Transylvania
• 1502 – Christopher Columbus lands at Costa Rica on his fourth, and final, voyage.
• 1789 – American government takes out first ever loan, a total of $191,608.81.
• 1830 – A horse beats the first U.S.-made locomotive near Baltimore.
• 1895 – Booker T Washington delivers "Atlanta Compromise" address.
• 1919 – Fritz Pollard becomes the first African-American to play professional football for a major team, the Akron Indians.
• 1928 – Walt Disney’s "Mickey Mouse" trademark application is granted.
• 1945 – In Gary, Indiana, 1000 whites walk out of schools to protest integration.
• 1948 – Ralph Bunche confirmed as acting UN mediator in Palestine.
• 1970 – Jimi Hendrix dies of a sleeping pill overdose.
• 1977 – US Voyager I takes 1st space photograph of Earth & Moon together.
• 1990 – 500 lb Hershey’s Kiss is displayed at Times Square.

Births
1905 – Greta Garbo, Swedish actress (d. 1990)
1961 – James Gandolfini, American actor
1971 – Lance Armstrong, American cyclist
1971 – Jada Pinkett Smith, American model and actress
1973 – James Marsden, American actor

Deaths
96 – Domitian, Roman Emperor (b. 51)
1180 – King Louis VII of France (b. 1120)
1675 – Charles IV, Duke of Lorraine (b. 1604)
1860 – Joseph Locke, English railway builder and civil engineer (b. 1805)
1970 – Jimi Hendrix, American musician (b. 1942)
2003 – Emil Fackenheim, German Holocaust survivor and philosopher (b. 1916)