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Go to Wikipedia. In the Search box, type your birth month and day (but not year). List three events that happened on your birthday. List two important birthdays and one interesting death. Post this in your journal.
August 19
1692 - Salem Witch Trials: In Salem, Massachusetts five women and a clergyman are executed after being convicted of witchcraft.
1934 - The first All-American Soap Box Derby is held in Dayton, Ohio.
1960 - Sputnik program: The Soviet Union launches Sputnik 5 with the dogs Belka and Strelka, 40 mice, 2 rats and a variety of plants.
1963 - John Stamos, American actor
1969 - Matthew Perry, Canadian actor
1982 - August Neo, Estonian wrestler (b.1908)...........August died in August
August 19
1692 - Salem Witch Trials: In Salem, Massachusetts five women and a clergyman are executed after being convicted of witchcraft.
1934 - The first All-American Soap Box Derby is held in Dayton, Ohio.
1960 - Sputnik program: The Soviet Union launches Sputnik 5 with the dogs Belka and Strelka, 40 mice, 2 rats and a variety of plants.
1963 - John Stamos, American actor
1969 - Matthew Perry, Canadian actor
1982 - August Neo, Estonian wrestler (b.1908)...........August died in August