Tribulations of a birthday game?

Rules:
1. Go to Wikipedia.
2. In the Search box (which happens to be on the left handside frame), type your birth month and day (but not year).
3. List three events that happened on your birthday.
4. List two important birthdays and one interesting death.
5. One holiday or observance (if any).

August 19

Events:
293 BC - Oldest known Roman temple to Venus Libitina founded on the Esquiline Hill; institution of Vinalia Rustica begins.

1692 - Salem Witch Trials: In Salem, Massachusetts five women and a clergyman are executed after being convicted of witchcraft.

1960 - Sputnik program: The Soviet Union launches Sputnik 5 with the dogs Belka and Strelka, 40 mice, 2 rats and a variety of plants.

Side note: out of 32 listed events, 21 either had to do with war or terrorism or death.

Births:
1871 - Orville Wright, American aviation pioneer (d. 1948)
1921 - Gene Roddenberry, American television producer (d. 1991)

Side note: Diana Muldaur (Dr. Katherine Pulaski in STNG, Miranda Jones & Lt. Comdr. Ann Mulhall, both characters in the original ST) and Jonathan Frakes (Cmdr. William Riker in STNG) also share this birthday.

Death:
1980 - Otto Frank, German writer and father of Anne Frank (b. 1889)

Side note: A lot of mathematicians and scientists died on this date, whoa….

Observance:
National Aviation Day, USA

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