Memed! the birthday edition
I was tagged by the dyspeptic one. Here are the rules:
1) Go to Wikipedia.
2) In the search box, type your birth month and day but not the year.
3) List three events that happened on your birthday.
4) List two important birthdays and one death.
5) One holiday or observance (if any).
Three events:
-- 1152: Henry II marries Eleanor of Aquitaine.
-- 1268 - The Principality of Antioch, a crusader state, falls to the Mamluk Sultan Baibars in the Battle of Antioch; Baibars' destruction of the city of Antioch was so great as to permanently negate the city's importance.
-- 1863 - American Civil War: The Siege of Vicksburg begins, ending on July 4.
Two important birthdays...
-- Karol Józef Wojtyła
-- Chow Yun-Fat
...and one death:
-- Leroy Anderson, American composer
One holiday or observance:
-- Festival of the god Pan in Ancient Greece
-- feast of Pope St John I
TAG:
The Summas, Coucoumelle, and anyone else who wants to participate.