Aug. 16th, 2008

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Niffled from [livejournal.com profile] allisnow:

Go to Wikipedia. Enter your date of birth, then pick six events, three births, two deaths, and one holiday.

Events:
1. 1111 - Henry V is crowned Holy Roman Emperor.
2. 1829 - The British Parliament grants freedom of religion to Roman Catholics.
3. 1943 - The Jefferson Memorial is dedicated in Washington, D.C., on the 200th anniversary of Thomas Jefferson's birth.
4. 1970 - An oxygen tank aboard Apollo 13 explodes, putting the crew in great danger and causing major damage to the spacecraft while en route to the Moon.
5. 1997 - Tiger Woods becomes the youngest golfer to win golf's Masters Tournament.
6. 2002 - Pedro Carmona, interim president of Venezuela, resigns one day after taking office.

Births:
1. 1519 - Catherine de' Medici, wife of Henry II of France (d. 1589)
2. 1743 - Thomas Jefferson, 3rd President of the United States (d. 1826)
3. 1935 - Lyle Waggoner, American actor

Deaths:
1. 1911 - John McLane, American politician (b. 1852)
2. 1997 - Dorothy Frooks, American author and military figure (b. 1896)

Holiday:
1. Feast Day of St. Martin the Confessor in the Greek Orthodox Church

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