Interesting things

This is an interesting meme :) Welshy did it and didn't tag me (grrr) but I thought that I'd do it anyway! On my Birthday (but not year, I'm not THAT old) these things happened... Events 1653 - English Interregnum: The Protectorate - Oliver Cromwell becomes Lord Protector of the Commonwealth of England, Scotland and Ireland. 1773 - American Revolution: Boston Tea Party - Members of the Sons of Liberty disguised as Mohawks dump crates of tea into Boston harbor as a protest against the Tea Act. 1850 - History of New Zealand: The Charlotte-Jane and the Randolph bring the first of the Canterbury Pilgrims to Lyttelton. Births 1485 - Catherine of Aragon, Queen of England (d. 1536) 1770 - Ludwig van Beethoven, German composer (d. 1827) 1775 - Jane Austen, British writer (d. 1817) 1899 - Sir Noel Coward, British playwright, actor and composer (d. 1973) 1917 - Sir Arthur C. Clarke, British writer 1928 - Philip K. Dick, American writer (d. 1982) Deaths 1859 - Wilhelm Grimm, German writer and folklorist (b. 1786) 1916 - Grigori Rasputin, Russian monk (b. 1869) 1921 - Camille Saint-Saëns, French composer (b. 1835) All you have to do is type your birthday (as it April 14 or March 23) into Wikipedia. There were lots and lots of people and informations but only one person was actually born on the exact same day and year that I was that it knew about and I'd never heard of them. Grr. Anyway, Welshy, if you're reading this I hope you like the first entry! Altogether now 'O-o-oliver Crromwell, Lord Protector of England (Puritan!)...) :) I'm not going to tag people, but if you're reading this, and you do it, please let me know!