My birthday in history

Nancy tagged me...


For this meme, you go to Wikipedia and check your birthday - then post 3 events, 2 births, and a holiday. And, of course, tag 5 people


August 18:


events:

1. 293 BC - The oldest known Roman temple to Venus (mythology) was founded, starting the institution of Vinalia Rustica


2. 1775 - The Spanish established a presidio (fort) and the town came to be called Tucson, Arizona.


3. 1868 - French astronomer Pierre Jules César Janssen discovers helium.


4. 1938 - The Thousand Islands Bridge, connecting New York State, United States with Ontario, Canada over the St. Lawrence River, is dedicated by U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt.


5. 1941 - Adolf Hitler orders a temporary halt to Nazi Germany's systematic euthanasia of mentally ill and handicapped due to protests.


6. 1969 - Jimi Hendrix plays the unofficial last day of Woodstock.


7. 2005 - Dennis Rader is sentenced to 175 years in prison for the BTK serial killings.


8. 2005 - Massive power blackout hits the Indonesian island of Java, affecting almost 100 million people.

Births:

1. 1587 - Virginia Dare, first English child born in North America (d. 1588)
2. 1750 - Antonio Salieri, Italian composer (d. 1825) (if you saw the Mozart movie, he was the movie narator)
3. 1992 - Frances Bean Cobain, daughter Kurt Cobain and Courtney Love

celebration:

1. saint of the day: August 18 St. Jane Frances de Chantal (1562-1641) but according to wiki it's Roman Catholic Saints - Saint Helena of Constantinople, and Saint Alberto Hurtado


2. Australia - Long Tan Day (also called Vietnam Veterans' Day) named after the Battle of Long Tan


3. Buhe in the Ethiopian Orthodox Church

euh, sorry i couldn't help myeslf and went overboard hehe, it was interresting and ...
woah, good thing blogger started saving drafts automaticaly... i would've lost everything. for some odd reason, my computer crashed.