Saw this while visiting a commenter’s blog on Brian McCrorie’s Easter Bunny thread and thought it’d be something fun for today’s post, even though (to my knowledge) I’ve not been “tagged” by anyone out there in the blogosphere.

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 and one death
5) One holiday or observance (if any)
6) Tag 5 other bloggers to complete

So, let’s look at the history of April 24

Events:

1800 – The United States Library of Congress is established when President John Adams signs legislation to appropriate $5,000 to purchase “such books as may be necessary for the use of Congress“.

1980 - Eight U.S. servicemen died in Operation Eagle Claw as they attempted to end the Iran hostage crisis.

2005 – Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger is inaugurated as the 265th Pope of the Roman Catholic Church taking the name Pope Benedict XVI.

Birthdays:

1533 – William I of Orange (d. 1584)

1882 – Hugh Dowding, Scottish fighter pilot (d. 1970)

Death:

1974 – Bud Abbott, American actor and comedian (b. 1895)

Holiday/Observance:

Australia – Kapyong Day a day of remembrance for Korean War veterans, named after the Battle of Kapyong in 1951

Tag! You’re it:

• Any of the Leavells
• Tieki Rae
• Neil Simpson
• Anyone else that wants to!