That Wikipedia Birthday thing
Events
1294 - Saint Celestine V abdicates the papacy after only five months; Celestine hoped to return to his previous life as an ascetic hermit.
1545 - Council of Trent begins.
1577 - Sir Francis Drake sets out from Plymouth, England, on his round-the-world voyage.
1978 - The first Susan B. Anthony dollar enters circulation.
2000 - American Vice President Al Gore delivers his concession speech ending his hopes of becoming the 43rd President of the United States.
2003 - Former Iraqi President Saddam Hussein is captured near his home town of Tikrit (see Operation Red Dawn).
The Last two are my favorite
Births
1925 - Dick Van Dyke, American actor and comedian
1927 - Christopher Plummer, Canadian actor
1948 - Ted Nugent, American guitarist
1957 - Steve Buscemi, American actor
1967 - Jamie Foxx, American actor
1969 - Sergei Fedorov, Russian hockey player
Deaths
1466 - Donatello (Donato di Niccolò di Betto Bardi), Florentine artist and sculptor (b. 1386)
It seems that people like to be born on Dec. 13th, yet they don't like to die.
1294 - Saint Celestine V abdicates the papacy after only five months; Celestine hoped to return to his previous life as an ascetic hermit.
1545 - Council of Trent begins.
1577 - Sir Francis Drake sets out from Plymouth, England, on his round-the-world voyage.
1978 - The first Susan B. Anthony dollar enters circulation.
2000 - American Vice President Al Gore delivers his concession speech ending his hopes of becoming the 43rd President of the United States.
2003 - Former Iraqi President Saddam Hussein is captured near his home town of Tikrit (see Operation Red Dawn).
The Last two are my favorite
Births
1925 - Dick Van Dyke, American actor and comedian
1927 - Christopher Plummer, Canadian actor
1948 - Ted Nugent, American guitarist
1957 - Steve Buscemi, American actor
1967 - Jamie Foxx, American actor
1969 - Sergei Fedorov, Russian hockey player
Deaths
1466 - Donatello (Donato di Niccolò di Betto Bardi), Florentine artist and sculptor (b. 1386)
It seems that people like to be born on Dec. 13th, yet they don't like to die.