Seventeen

Sooooo, today is my birthday! In honor of today, I thought I'd let you know some of the things that have happened on 17 February.

• 1653- Corelli, the composer, is born.
• In 1753, Sweden switched from the Julian calendar to the Gregorian calendar and went from 17 February to 1 March! 
• 1864- The H.L. Hunley became the first submarine to engage and sink a warship.
• Madame Butterfly premieres in Milan.
• The Blaine Act, in 1933, ends prohibition.
• Newsweek is first published in 1933.
• Rene Russo is born in 1954
• 1962- Lou Diamond Phillips was born!
• 1963- Michael Jordan was born. 
• 1971- Denise Richards born.
• 1972- Billie Joe Armstrong of Green Day and Taylor Hawkins of Foo Fighters are both born!
• 1980- I was born! 
• 1981- Both Joseph Gordon-Levitt and Paris Hilton are born.
• 1982- Thelonius Monk died:( Listen to some jazz in his honor. 
• 1991- The birth of two gingers: Ed Sheeran and Bonnie Wright
• In 1992, Jeffrey Dahmer is jailed for life for murder.
• 1996- Sasha Pieterse was born. She is on Pretty Little Liars.
• 2014- Scarlet has a great birthday!