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Mar 26, 2007 18:54

1. Go to Wikipedia and type in your Birthday Month and day only.
2. List 3 Events that occurred that day.
3. List 2 important Birth days.
4. List 1 Death.
5. List a Holiday or Observance. (if any)

1609 - Galileo Galilei demonstrates his first telescope to Venetian lawmakers.

1814 - Washington, D.C. is burned and White House is destroyed by British forces during the War of 1812.
1894 - Shibasaburo Kitasato discovers the infectious agent of the bubonic plague and publishes his findings in The Lancet.

1930 - Sir Sean Connery, British actor

1958 - Tim Burton, American film director, producer, and screenwriter

1900 - Friedrich Nietzsche, German philosopher (b. 1844)

  • Roman festivals - Opiconsivia held in honor of Ops.
  • Roman Catholic Saints - Genesius of Arles, Saint Louis IX of France, Saint Joseph Calasanz.
  • Uruguay - National Day (independence from Brazil in 1825).
  • Philippines - National Heroes' Day.

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