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Go to Wikipedia and look up your birthday (excluding the year). List three neat facts, two births and one death in your journal, including the year.
However, a ton of (I think) neat stuff happened on my birthday, so I'm cheating a little.
February 20th
1472 - Orkney and Shetland are returned by Norway to Scotland, due to a defaulted dowry payment.
1792 - The Postal Service Act, establishing the United States Post Office Department, is signed by President George Washington.
1931 - California gets the go-ahead by the U.S. Congress to build the San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge.
1962 - Mercury program: While aboard Friendship 7, John Glenn orbits the earth three times in 4 hours, 55 minutes, becoming the first American to orbit the earth.
Births:
1757 - John 'Mad Jack' Fuller, English philanthropist (d. 1834)
1904 - Alexei Kosygin, Premier of the Soviet Union (d. 1980)
1972 - Brent Gretzky, Canadian hockey player; brother of Wayne Gretzky
Deaths:
1171 - Conan IV, Duke of Brittany (b. 1138)
CONAN!
Go to Wikipedia and look up your birthday (excluding the year). List three neat facts, two births and one death in your journal, including the year.
However, a ton of (I think) neat stuff happened on my birthday, so I'm cheating a little.
February 20th
1472 - Orkney and Shetland are returned by Norway to Scotland, due to a defaulted dowry payment.
1792 - The Postal Service Act, establishing the United States Post Office Department, is signed by President George Washington.
1931 - California gets the go-ahead by the U.S. Congress to build the San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge.
1962 - Mercury program: While aboard Friendship 7, John Glenn orbits the earth three times in 4 hours, 55 minutes, becoming the first American to orbit the earth.
Births:
1757 - John 'Mad Jack' Fuller, English philanthropist (d. 1834)
1904 - Alexei Kosygin, Premier of the Soviet Union (d. 1980)
1972 - Brent Gretzky, Canadian hockey player; brother of Wayne Gretzky
Deaths:
1171 - Conan IV, Duke of Brittany (b. 1138)
CONAN!
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April 20
Date: 2006-04-07 02:33 pm (UTC)April 20
1657 - Jews of New Amsterdam (later New York City) granted freedom of religion.
1972 - Apollo 16 lands on the Moon.
1999 - Eric Harris and Dylan Klebold kill 12 students and a teacher before turning their guns on themselves in the Columbine High School massacre.
Births:
570 - Muhammad, Founder of Islam (d. 632)
1889 - Adolf Hitler, Austrian-born German dictator (d. 1945)
2000 - Funny Cide, dual classic winner racehorse
Deaths:
1912 - Bram Stoker, Irish author (b. 1847)
Holidays/Oberservances:
April 20 (4/20) is associated with 420 (cannabis culture)
Re: April 20
Date: 2006-04-07 02:38 pm (UTC)Whut?
no subject
Date: 2006-04-07 09:11 pm (UTC)