Thirteen Random Things That Happened On My Birthday

Aside from a number of military "massacres", natural disasters and random plane crashes that happened on my birthday (Hmm, is there a pattern there?) Nov. 29 is a fairly quiet day in history! :) It was interesting to find out the birthdays of some famous writers fall on this day:

1. Louisa May Alcott born, 1831

2. C.S. Lewis born, 1898

3. Madeleine L’Engle born, 1918

4. Margaret Tudor, English princess and Queen of James IV was born, 1489. The daughter of Henry VII of England, she became the wife of James in a political marriage known as the "Union of the Thistle and the Rose". It was through her bloodline that King James VI of Scotland was able to base his claim to the English crown on the death of his cousin, Elizabeth I.

5. Admiral Richard Byrd first to fly over South Pole, 1929

6. Thomas Edison demonstrates hand-cranked phonograph for the first time, 1877

7. Bonnie Prince Charlie’s troops occupy Carlisle and move into Manchester, 1745

8. U.S. rations coffee; Scotland rations petrol, 1942

9. Beatles release “I Want to Hold Your Hand”, 1963

10. Bill Gates coins the term “Micro-Soft” in a letter to Paul Allan, 1975.

Also this Month, pretty darned near my birthday:

11. Blackbeard killed off coast of North Carolina, Nov. 22, 1718

12. St. Andrew’s Day, Nov. 30. Patron saint of Scotland.

13. Stone of Destiny, stolen from Scone by King Edward I of England in 1296, returned to Scotland and installed in Edinburgh Castle. Nov. 30. 1996.

Bonus: It’s National Raisin Bread Month!