On this day in 455 the Vandals sacked Rome.
On this day in 1692 Bridget Bishop is the first person to go on trial in the Salem witch trials.
On this day in 1835 Barnum and his circus start their first tour of America.
But on this day in 1950 the world was introduced to a baby boy named Nigel, a lad who would raise the bar for what it means to be born on June 2.

Happy birthday, Sir Nigel D!

You share a birthday with…

• Marquis de Sade (1740)
• Pope Pius X (1835)
• Thomas Hardy (1840)
• and King Constantine II of Greece (1940)

This explains why you’re a powerful and prolific pope who gets pleasure from punishing people.