I’ve been tagged by Laura to do the Birthday Meme. The rules are: Go to Wikipedia, look up your birthday and post 3 events, 2 birthday and a holiday; then tag 5 people. So, here goes (except I’m not tagging anyone because Laura already tagged everyone I would have tagged).

August 5

1305 - William Wallace, who led Scottish resistance to England, is captured by the English near Glasgow and transported to London for trial and execution.

1861 - The US Army abolished flogging.

1957 - American Bandstand debuts on ABC television.

Birthdays:

1850 - Guy de Maupassant

1930 - Neil Armstrong (and here I thought we just shared an alma mater)

Holiday:

Independence Day in Burkina Faso. (10 points to anyone who knows where Burkina Faso is without looking it up)

Fun! I’m sort of partial to This Day in History on the History Channel’s website. It doesn’t list all the births and deaths and holidays, but it does give good in-depth info on the big occurences on that day.