It's my birthday today and these are some events that happened on this day in history!
1527 – The Florentines drive out the Medici for a second time and Florence re-establishes itself as a republic. PEACE OUT MEDICIS.
1822 – Greek War of Independence: The Turks capture the Greek town of Souli.
Depiction of this by Delacroix
1836 – Edgar Allan Poe marries his 13-year-old cousin Virginia. WOO INCEST!
1866 – Charles Elmer Hires invents root beer. Mmmm yeah!
1920 – In Rome, Pope Benedict XV canonizes Joan of Arc as a saint. GIRL POWER.
1929 – In Hollywood, California, the first Academy Awards are handed out. How cultural.
1965 – The Campbell Soup Company introduces SpaghettiOs under its Franco-American brand. UH OH, SPAGHETTIOS!
1966 – The Communist Party of China issues the 'May 16 Notice', marking the beginning of the Cultural Revolution. Ruined parts of my family's bonds....(betrayal)
2005 – Kuwait permits women's suffrage in a 35-23 National Assembly vote. BOO FRICKITY YA.
Birthdays!
1845 – Ilya Ilyich Mechnikov, Russian microbiologist, Nobel laureate. WOO microbiology!
1860 – Herman Webster Mudgett, American Serial Killer CREEPY CREEPY
1951 – Christian Lacroix, French fashion designer....YEAHHH how lucky is that?
1966 – Janet Jackson, American singer...fucked up
1973 – Tori Spelling, American actress..Beverly Hills 90210!
1979 – McKenzie Lee, English pornographic actress. HAHAHAHAH OMG lovely.
1981 – Jim Sturgess, English actor. HAWT.
1986 – Megan Fox, American actress. SUPER HAWT.
1998 – Ariel Waller, Canadian child actress. LIFE WITH FUCKIING DEREK.
Saturday, May 16, 2009
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