I have always made too much of my birthday:

[erinthegreat]

July 15---

Events:
1799 - Rosetta Stone is found in the Egyptian village of Rosetta, by French Captain Pierre-François Bouchard.
1815 - Napoléon Bonaparte surrenders from aboard HMS Bellerophon
2005 - Jack Nicklaus plays his last hole of competitive golf during The Open Championship at Hole 18 at St Andrews, finishing with a birdie.

Births (the interesting ones):
1353 - Vladimir the Bold, Russian prince (d. 1410)
1606 - Rembrandt, Dutch artist (d. 1669)
1850 - Mother Cabrini, Italian-born Catholic saint (d. 1917)
1942 - Mil Mascaras, Mexican professional wrestler
1946 - Linda Ronstadt, American singer
1951 - Jesse Ventura, professional wrestler and former Governor of Minnesota
1953 - Jean-Bertrand Aristide, President of Haiti

Deaths:
1274 - Bonaventure, Italian theologian and saint (b. 1221)
1904 - Anton Chekhov, Russian writer (b. 1860)
1997 - Gianni Versace, Italian fashion designer (b. 1946)

Holidays:
Saint Vladimir the Great's day (Eastern Orthodox; Roman Catholic)
Brazil - International Men's Day

Remind me not to go to Brazil for my birthday.

I guess its too hot for many interesting things to happen in the middle of July.

Until me.

Hehe.