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Apr 10, 2006 22:34

Go to Wikipedia. Type in your birth date (but not year). List three events that happened on your birthday. List two important birthdays and one interesting death. Post this in your journal.

Events

527 - Byzantine Emperor Justin I names his nephew Justinian I as co-ruler and successor to the throne.
1789 - In New York City, the United States House of Representatives holds its first quorum and elects Frederick Muhlenberg of Pennsylvania as its first House Speaker
1867 - Singapore becomes a British crown colony.

Births

1815 - Otto von Bismarck, German politician (d. 1898)
1950 - Samuel Alito, Associate Justice of the United States Supreme Court

Death

1984 - Marvin Gaye, American singer (b. 1939)
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