I'm It

I got tagged by Annie a couple of posts ago, so here's the crack...

Take your Birthday in the format DD Month and look it up in Wikipedia. Then post 3 events, 2 birthdays, 1 death and 1 holiday.

Here goes...

3 Events

1752 - The British Empire adopts the Gregorian calendar, skipping eleven days (the previous day was September 2).

A fitting selection as this is a chronological entry and I'm a Brit. Plus where did those eleven days go? Did people miss a birthday that year?

1814 - Francis Scott Key writes The Star-Spangled Banner.

A little tribute to my American friends ;)

1959 - The Soviet probe Luna 2 crashes onto the Moon, becoming the first man-made object to reach it.

Now that’s just cool. Nothing crafted by the hand of man had touched that place before. Neat. And Kruschev had the cheek to commerate the landing by giving a gift to Eisenhower. LOL

2 Births

1849 - Ivan Pavlov, Russian scientist, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (d. 1936)

Best known for his experiments in conditioning... remember Pavlov's dog?

1910 - Jack Hawkins, British actor (d. 1973)

As a child raised on War films I remember him well for his part in the film The Cruel Sea.

1 Death

1982 - Princess Grace of Monaco, American actress (b. 1929)

I didn't know that and I didn't remember it either, I was probably more interested in playing D&D at the time...

1 Holiday

In ancient Greece, the first day of the Eleusinian Mysteries, during which the sacred objects were brought from Eleusis to Athens.

Being of no fixed belief I sided with the polytheist ancients on this selection.

Now if you wanna have a go just do it and I shall be picking on some unsuspecting souls in a short while... OK... My BBFK is first on the list, followed by Mummy/Crit and er... I know, Brom man. Oh sod it, I'll pick on Rebekah too.