Birthday Meme

Today is my BIRTHDAY. ^_^ Time for the MEME!

The instructions:

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
5. List one death
6. One holiday or observance (if any)

Three Events
1322 - Robert the Bruce of Scotland defeats King Edward II of England at Byland, forcing Edward to accept Scotland's independence. (I'm partly Scot)

1789 - George Washington proclaims the first Thanksgiving Day.

1867 - The 15th and last Shogun of the Tokugawa shogunate resigns in Japan.


Two Birthdays
1894 - E. E. Cummings, American poet (d. 1962)

1927 - Roger Moore, English actor (That's right, JAMES BOND bitches!)


One Death
1977 - Bing Crosby, American singer and actor (b. 1903) (Yay, Spokane!)


One Holiday/Observance
World Standards Day (A holiday for NERDS!)