Flendon's Journal: The Birthday meme

helicobacter has started a new meme. The steps are simple. Go to Wikipedia and in the search box type in your day and month of birth. Leave off the year. Hit search. Post in your journal 3 events, 2 births, and 1 death that are of particular interest to you.

EVENTS
1610 - Galileo Galilei observes the four largest moons of Jupiter for the first time. He named them and in turn the four are called the Galilean moons.
1953 - President Harry Truman announces that the United States has developed a hydrogen bomb.
1999 - The impeachment trial of President Bill Clinton begins.

BIRTHS
# 1 BC (O.S.) - Jesus of Nazareth, central figure of Christianity, date celebrated by Eastern Orthodox churches as Christmas (d. circa 30) interestingly enough helicobacter's original meme also lists Jesus' birthday though on a different date
1964 - Nicolas Cage, American actor Sure he isn't in the same league with Jesus, but his was one of the few names that stuck out from the list

DEATHS
# 1536 - Catherine of Aragon, first wife of Henry VIII of England (b. 1485) Hell I guess my birthday just wasn't a very eventful one after the birth of Jesus. At least until I came around.