A birthday for singer Taylor Swift (1989)
Taylor Alison Swift is an American singer-songwriter. Her narrative lyricism, which often takes inspiration from her personal life and experiences, has received widespread critical praise and media coverage.
- Her lucky number is 13. …
- She used to live on a Christmas tree farm. …
- She used to want to act on Broadway. …
- To help her break into country music, her family relocated to Tennessee. …
- She was inspired by Shania Twain’s songs. …
- Her early attempts to break into country music were unsuccessful.
Anniversary of:
• Dutch explorer Abel Tasman’s sighting the South Island of present-day New Zealand (initially he calls it Staten Landt but changes it a year later to Nieuw Zeeland) (1642)
• League of Nations establishing the International Court of Justice in The Hague (1920)
• the capture of Iraq President Saddam Hussein (2003)