3 posts tagged “birthday”

May 17, 1973

Watergate, of course. Blah.

Via Schomer.

On the day I was born, the number one song was "Tie a Yellow Ribbon Round the Old Oak Tree" by Tony Orlando and Dawn.

OMG. I'm going to cheat and pick the song that hit number one two days later: "You Are the Sunshine of My Life" by Stevie Wonder. Much better choice!

Stevie Wonder - You are the sunshine of my life

On my 21st birthday, the number one song was "The Sign" by Ace of Base, which I've never heard. I had already stopped listening to Top 40 radio by then.

Via everybody on Vox.

May 17

Events

1. 1846 - The saxophone is patented by Adolphe Sax.
2. 1954 - The United States Supreme Court hands down a unanimous decision in Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka, Kansas. (cool!)
3. 1973 - Watergate scandal: Hearings begin in the United States Senate and are televised. (d'oh - the very day I was born!)

Births

Nobody that really jumped out at me as a must-list, so I picked two at random

1. 1768 - Henry Paget, 1st Marquess of Anglesey, English general (d. 1854)
2. 1937 - Hazel R. O'Leary, United States Secretary of Energy

Death

Slim pickings here too

1. 1992 - Lawrence Welk, American musician (b. 1903)

Yes, I really did include that.

Holiday

International Day Against Homophobia aka IDAHO