As most of you know, Friday was my birthday. I decided to look up stuff that happened on my birthday, cause, why not? Here's some things that were interesting to me:
Events
1508 - Sir Francis Drake circumnavigates the globe.
1789 - Thomas Jefferson is appointed the first United States Secretary of State, John Jay is appointed the first Chief Justice of the United States, Samuel Osgood is appointed the first United States Postmaster General, and Edmund Randolph is appointed the first United States Attorney General.
1908 - Ed Reulbach becomes the first and only pitcher to throw two shutouts in one day against the Brooklyn Dodgers.
1914 - The US Federal Trade Commission (FTC) is established by the Federal Trade Commission Act.
1973 - Concorde makes its first non-stop crossing of the Atlantic in record-breaking time.
1981 - Baseball: Nolan Ryan sets a Major League record by throwing his fifth no-hitter. (The exact day of my birth!)
Births
1774 - Johnny Appleseed, American environmentalist (d. 1847)
1888 - T. S. Eliot, American-born British writer and poet, Nobel laureate (d. 1965)
1914 - Jack LaLanne, American fitness, exercise and nutritional expert
1948 - Olivia Newton-John, English-born Australian singer and actress
1966 - Jillian Barberie, Canadian actress and television hostess
1968 - James Caviezel, American actor
1976 - Michael Ballack, German footballer
1981 - Serena Williams, American tennis player (The exact day of my birth!)
1981 - Christina Milian, American actress and singer (The exact day of my birth!)
Deaths
1902 - Levi Strauss, American clothing manufacturer (b. 1829)
2006 - Byron Nelson, American golfer (b. 1912)
2008 - Paul Newman, American actor (b. 1925)
2 comments:
Happy Birthday Eric
So did Drake circle the globe in one day or what? That's pretty impressive.
Also, I thought Johnny Appleseed was a mythical figure--like paul Bunyan
Yeah, crazy huh? They later found out that Drake had a highly sophisticated motorboat that was able to achieve speeds somewhere near Mach 2, or even faster. No one has ever been able to duplicate his success to this day. Rumor has it that no one can figure out what this mysterious "Flux Capacitor" is all about.
Or the more obvious answer... if you would click on the links I provided! :) ...you find this:
"...Plymouth, England where he returned to on September 26, 1580 after circumnavigating the world."
Here's the low-down on Johnny Appleseed (I thought he was a made up character too):
"Johnny Appleseed, born John Chapman (September 26, 1774 – February 18, 1845), was an American pioneer nurseryman who introduced apples to large parts of Ohio, Indiana, and Illinois, mainly Ohio. He became an American legend while still alive, largely because of his kind and generous ways, his great leadership in conservation, and the symbolic importance of apples."
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