Saturday Night Genealogy Fun

I have really enjoyed reading http://www.geneamusings.com blog, and have decided to join in on his Saturday Night Fun.

1. My Mama, E J C, was born on the 17th of June 1944. It was a Sunday. In fact it was Father's Day that year, so her birth certificate didn't get written and recorded until the next day! So legalities say she was born on the 18th. 
2. Some of the recorded happenings, on the 18th, in history are:

• 1923 - USA: the first Checker Cab was produced by the Checker Cab Manufacturing Company in Kalamazoo, Michigan.
• 1941 - France: British troops bombed the German occupied French coast with explosives during the night and early into the morning. World War II
• 1948 - USA: Columbia Records publicly unveiled it's new long-playing phonograph record (LP), the 33 1/3, in New York City.
• 1948 - World: the United Nations Commission on Human Rights adopted the International Declaration of Human Rights and a " Draft Declaration of Human Rights".
• 1976 - South Africa: Rioting in South Africa spreads throughout the country. The prime minister of the nation, John Vorster, recognized that the violence was an effort to cause panic and create a division with the black and white communities in the nation.

     3) Famous people born on June 18th:

• 1517 - Emperor Ogimachi of Japan (d. 1637)
• 1780 - Michael Henkel, composer
• 1908 - Maria E Vieira da Silva, Portuguese painter (Infinite Passage)
• 2006 - Countess Zaria of Orange-Nassau, Jonkvrouwe van Amsbe

I found the history and people information looking online and the first is part of My Family History

My mission this week is: Done

~Michelle