My Birthday Wishlist & This Day in History... April 14th

Hooray!! It's my birthday!!

 One of the things that everyone gets asked close to their birthday is "what do you want?"  So, I thought I'd share with you some of the things that are on my wishlist!

1) the newest by Mercedes Lackey - I have the rest of the 500 Kingdom series on my book case and I totally love it.  This one would bring me up to date with the series!

2) & 3) again another series that I love the "Sugar Maple" series by Barbara Bretton.  This is a paranormal romance with a mystery twist.

4) this goes along with my Titanic obsession.  I've been eyeing this book for months on Amazon.

5) it's Julia Quinn!! Enough Said!

Yeah so I have a thing for historical romances.... LOL

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I love history, so I thought it would be fun over the course of the next few days to share with you some of the fascinating things that happened on this day in history!

(via Wikipedia)  

• 1028 – Henry III, son of Conrad, is elected king of the Germans.

• 1471 – In England, the Yorkists under Edward IV defeat the Lancastrians under the Earl of Warwick at the Battle of Barnet; the Earl is killed and Edward IV resumes the throne.

• 1578 – Philip III of Spain is born (d. 1621)

• 1860 – The first Pony Express rider reaches Sacramento, California.

• 1865 – U.S. President Abraham Lincoln is assassinated in Ford's Theatre by John Wilkes Booth.

• 1866 – Anne Sullivan, American teacher, instructor and companion of Helen Keller (d. 1936)

• 1894 – The first ever commercial motion picture house opened in New York City using ten Kinetoscopes, a device for peep-show viewing of films.

• 1912 – The British passenger liner RMS Titanic hits an iceberg in the North Atlantic at 11:40pm. The ship sinks the following morning with the loss of 1,517 lives.

•  1939 – The Grapes of Wrath, by American author John Steinbeck is first published by the Viking Press.

• 1956 – In Chicago, Illinois, videotape is first demonstrated.

• 1977 – Sarah Michelle Gellar is born, American actress

• 1981 – STS-1 – The first operational space shuttle, Columbia (OV-102) completes its first test flight.

To see more events and birthdays for today click HERE.

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As part of this week's Mega Birthday Extravaganza - I'm over at Book Soulmates today!

Sharing my favorite indies!