On My Birthday.....

Every morning yahoo.com lists historical facts that happened on that current day. Since today is my birthday I thought I'd see what they were.

-On June 20, 1893, a jury in New Bedford, Mass., found Lizzie Borden not guilty of the ax murders of her father and stepmother.

-In 1782, Congress approved the Great Seal of the United States.

-In 1863, West Virginia became the 35th state

-In 1943, race-related rioting erupted in Detroit; federal troops were sent in two days later to quell the violence that resulted in more than 30 deaths

-In 1947, Benjamin "Bugsy" Siegel was shot dead at the Beverly Hills, Calif., mansion of his girlfriend, Virginia Hill, apparently at the order of mob associates

-In 1967, boxer Muhammad Ali was convicted in Houston of violating Selective Service laws by refusing to be drafted. (Ali's conviction was ultimately overturned by the Supreme Court).

-In 1979, ABC News correspondent Bill Stewart was shot to death in Managua, Nicaragua, by a member of President Anastasio Somoza's national guard

-Five years ago: Houston resident Andrea Yates drowned her five children in the family bathtub, then called police

Hmm for the most part my birthday is full of not good times.

I do share my birthday with: Bob Vila from this Old House, Tina Sinatra, John Goodman, Nicole Kidman, Director Robert Rodriguez, John Lucas....and of course the one...the only.........



LIONEL RICHIE!!!