February 17th Throughout the Years

Today is my boyfriends birthday! Happy Birthday Ryan!!!

This is the super yummy cake we made on Sunday with the "Perfectly Chocolate" Hershey's recipes! You can make the same super yummy cake here!

Annnnd in honor of his birthday I thought it would be fun to list off some exciting (or not so exciting) things that have happened on February 17th over the years!

• It is the 48th day of the year 
• 1801 – An electoral tie between Thomas Jefferson and Aaron Burr is resolved when Jefferson is elected President of the United States and Burr, Vice President by the United States House of Representatives
• 1854 – The United Kingdom recognizes the independence of the Orange Free State.
• 1863 – A group of citizens of Geneva founded an International Committee for Relief to the Wounded, which later became known as theInternational Committee of the Red Cross.
• 1933 - Newsweek is published for the first time. 
• 1968 – In Springfield, Massachusetts, the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame opens.
• 1972 – Cumulative sales of the Volkswagen Beetle exceed those of the Ford Model T.
• 1974 – Robert K. Preston, a disgruntled U.S. Army private, buzzes the White House in a stolen helicopter.
• Paris Hilton (1981), Ed Sheeran (1991) Bonnie Wright (1991 - Ginny from Harry Potter Movies) were all born on February 17th!  

So those are just some of the events that have happened today over the years! To read about other events, birthdays & deaths that occurred on February 17th over the years go …. here!!! Happy Birthday Ryan and anyone else out there that is celebrating! <3 WC