2013 Anniversaries

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Found this list of 2013 anniversaries from The Telegraph - and yes, there are a lot of them. I'm guessing the picture of Henry VIII on this page with a caption about Henry IV is a mistake.

It's a page full of interesting bits and pieces - like, did you know it's the 100th anniversary of the birth of American runner Jesse Owens in 2013? Me neither.

I also didn't know that David Lloyd George was born in the Manchester area - I think the name and the Welsh nationalism had me fooled. I'm pretty sure you can still be counted as a Welshman if your parents were Welsh and you grew up in Wales - don't you think?

There's more about Lloyd George here if you're interested.

It's always nice to think about finding someone notable in your British family tree, but the lives of ordinary people can be just as interesting - not least because they're related to you.