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vixalicious ([personal profile] vixalicious) wrote2006-04-08 12:38 am
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Meme

Because I am sheep, hear me baaaaaa

:D

Go to Wikipedia and look up your birthday (excluding the year).
List three neat facts.
Two births.
One death.
Be sure to include the year with each factoid.

August 26

3 Events

  • 55 BC - Julius Caesar invades Britain

  • 1883 - Eruption of Mount Krakatoa.

  • 1920 - 19th amendment to U.S. Constitution gives women the right to vote.



2 Births

  • Albert Sabin - a renowned Jewish Polish-American medical researcher who is best-known for having developed the hugely successful oral vaccine for Polio.

  • Geraldine Ferraro - the first (and, to date, only) woman to be so nominated on a major party ticket, and is the best-known woman to have run for the Vice Presidency.



1 Death

  • Louis-Philippe of France (October 6, 1773–August 26, 1850) reigned as the "Orléanist" king of the French from 1830 to 1848. He was France's last king.


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