Harry S. Truman had his moods. His birthplace is the only tourist attraction in America where you don't see Japanese with cameras.
World records aren't broken in practice, and competitive environments and adversity are the birthplace of champions.
The birthplace of 'Western' civilization is generally agreed to be Greece, and its birth date is generally agreed to be some time during the 6th century B.C.E. Obviously, there is not one single dramatic moment that definitively started the whole thing.
The Midwest is a musical melting pot and the source and birthplace of several musical genres.
Although Omaha is my birthplace and the place I grew up, I don't see myself spending extended amounts of time there. I feel almost more comfortable and more at peace in New York.
I grew up in Cincinnati, the birthplace of the creamiest and most delicious ice cream with the hugest chocolate chips. Graeter's used to be available only regionally, but an extravagant thing you could do was overnight-ship six pints to another state, in dry ice.