Meme

[vixalicious]

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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December 14th

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December 14th

3 events:

867 - Adrian II becomes Pope; 872 - John VIII becomes Pope - this counts as one. But why in the heck do I have so many popes on my birthday????

2000 - The "Texas 7" rob a Radio Shack store in Pearland, Texas, stealing police radio scanners.

2004 - The Millau viaduct, the highest bridge in the world, spanning the valley of the River Tarn near Millau, France and designed by British architect Lord Foster in collaboration with French bridge engineer Michel Virlogeux, is officially opened.

Births (I am in good company):

1503 - Nostradamus, French astrologer (d. 1566)

1985 - Tom Smith, Welsh Rugby Union Player (hmm.. random enough?)

1 Deaths:

1799 - George Washington, first President of the United States (b. 1732)