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Go to Wikipedia and look up your birthday (excluding the year). List three events, two births and one death in your journal, including the year.
June 17
Events:
1579 - Sir Francis Drake claims a land he calls Nova Albion (modern California) for England
1885 - The Statue of Liberty arrives in New York Harbor
1987 - Apartheid: The South African Parliament repeals the Population Regisgtration Act, which had required all racial classification of all South Africans at birth.
Births:
1882 - Igor Stravinsky, Russian composer
1943 - Barry Manilow, American musician
Death:
2005 - Karl Mueller, American bassist (Soul Asylum) (b. 1962)
June 17
Events:
1579 - Sir Francis Drake claims a land he calls Nova Albion (modern California) for England
1885 - The Statue of Liberty arrives in New York Harbor
1987 - Apartheid: The South African Parliament repeals the Population Regisgtration Act, which had required all racial classification of all South Africans at birth.
Births:
1882 - Igor Stravinsky, Russian composer
1943 - Barry Manilow, American musician
Death:
2005 - Karl Mueller, American bassist (Soul Asylum) (b. 1962)