3.18.2009

Birthday Meme

Look up your birthday (that would be today :P) in Wikipedia. Pick 4 events, 3 births, 2 deaths, and 1 holiday.

Events
37 - The Roman Senate annuls Tiberius' will and proclaims Caligula emperor

1906 - Traian Vuia flies the first self-propelled heavier-than-air aircraft in Europe

1959 - President Dwight D. Eisenhower signs a bill into law allowing for Hawaiian statehood, which would become official on August 21.

1989 - In Egypt, a 4,400-year-old mummy is found nearby the Pyramid of Cheops.

Births

1395 - John Holland, 2nd Duke of Exeter, English military leader (d. 1447)

1972 - Dane Cook, American comedian and actor

1979 - Adam Levine, American singer (Maroon 5)

Deaths

1314 - Jacques DeMolay, Frankish noble, the 23rd Grand Master of the Knights Templar (b. 1244

1984 - Charlie Lau, American baseball player (b. 1933)

Holiday

Saint Alexander of Jerusalem

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