Courtesy of Geoffrey where you can still vote for the Top Ten Caribbean Novels, with a twist however as we are using the blog’s birthday.

1. Go to Wikipedia and type in your birthday, month and day only
2. List 3 events that occurred on that day
3. List 2 important birthdays
4. List one notable transition
5. List a holiday or observance (if any)
6. Tag friends of the blog.

January 28th

3 Events
1754 - Horace Walpole, in a letter to Horace Mann, coins the word serendipity.
1813 - Pride and Prejudice is first published in the United Kingdom.
1986 - Space Shuttle program: STS-51-L mission (Space Shuttle Challenger disaster) - Space Shuttle Challenger breaks apart 73 seconds after liftoff killing all seven astronauts onboard, including Christa McAuliffe, who was supposed to be the first teacher in space. Failure blamed on leaking Space Shuttle Solid Rocket Booster.

2 Important Birthdays
1457 - King Henry VII of England (d. 1509)
1978 - Papa Bouba Diop, Senegalese footballer

1 Transition
2007 - Emma Tillman, the world’s oldest living person from January 24-28, 2007

Holiday
Catholicism - Feast day of St. Thomas Aquinas

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