In celebration of my fabulous birthday (remember, remember the 24th of November), here are some interesting facts from history...
▪ 1190 – Conrad of Montferrat became de facto King of Jerusalem after marrying Queen Isabella.
▪ 1859 – On the Origin of Species by British naturalist Charles Darwin (pictured) was first published, and sold out its initial print run on the first day.
▪ 1922 – Irish Civil War: Author and Irish nationalist Robert Erskine Childers was executed by firing squad by the Irish Free State for illegally carrying an automatic pistol.
▪ 1971 – After collecting a ransom payout of US$200,000, "D. B. Cooper" leaped out of the rear stairway of the airplane he had hijacked over the Pacific Northwest and disappeared.
▪ 1974 – The 3.2-million-year-old skeleton of an Australopithecus afarensis, nicknamed "Lucy" after The Beatles song "Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds", was discovered in the Afar Depression in Ethiopia.
▪ 1985 - Alisha Lynn Davis was born, who would grow up to be known as "Gepr" or "Green Eyed Partner" to to her resemblance to her father.
Yay for November 24th!
