Random Meme

Today's meme, courtesy of a friend on LJ. You're supposed to go to Wikipedia and enter your birth date (month/day) and then pick 3 events, 2 births and 1 holiday that occurred on the day of your birthday.

Here's mine: August 13th

Events:
3114 BC - According to the Lounsbury correlation, the start of the Maya calendar.
1553 - Michael Servetus is arrested by John Calvin in Geneva as a heretic.
1940 - World War II: Battle of Britain begins - the Luftwaffe launches a series of attacks on British fighter bases and radar installations.

Births;
1899 - Alfred Hitchcock, English film director (d. 1980)
1935 - Mudcat Grant, American baseball player

Holiday:
Roman festivals - Vertumnalia in honor of Vertumnus and Diana, on the Aventine hill.