Birthday

It's my birthday so I am doing the birthday meme: Go to wiki, search on your birth date, then list 3 events, 2 births, 1 holiday that happened on the same day.

3 Events:

• 1253 - Nichiren, a Japanese Buddhist monk, propounds Nam Myoho Renge Kyo for the first time and declares it to be the essence of Buddhism, in effect founding Nichiren Buddhism.
• 1789 - Mutiny on the Bounty, Captain William Bligh and 18 sailors are set adrift and the rebel crew returns to Tahiti briefly and then sets sail for Pitcairn Island.
• 1945 - Benito Mussolini and his mistress Clara Petacci are executed by a firing squad consisting of members of the Italian resistance movement.

2 Births (I love stuff like this, I couldn't just pick two)

• 1758 - James Monroe, 5th President of the United States
• 1878 - Lionel Barrymore, American actor
• 1908 - Oskar Schindler, Austrian businessman
• 1916 - Ferruccio Lamborghini, Italian automobile manufacturer
• 1926 - Harper Lee, American author
• 1937 - Saddam Hussein, President of Iraq
• 1941 - Ann-Margret, Swedish-born actress
• 1950 - Jay Leno, American comedian and television host
• 1973 - Elisabeth Röhm, American actress
• 1974 - Penélope Cruz, Spanish actress
• 1981 - Jessica Alba, American actress

1 Holiday
Roman Empire - first day of the Floralia in honor of Flora.
(you should follow that Floralia link just to see the use of the term "inflatable recreation". Wha?)

P.S. Happy Birthday to Buddy Pants too!