my birthday in history
Go to Wikipedia and type in your birthday (month and day). Then you write down 3 events, 3 births, 3 deaths, and 3 holidays.
August 18th
Three Events
1587 - Virginia Dare, granddaughter of governor John White of the Colony of Roanoke, becomes the first English child born in the Americas.
1903 - German engineer Karl Jatho allegedly flies his self-made, motored gliding airplane four months before the first flight of the Wright Brothers.
1920 - The Nineteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution is ratified, guaranteeing women's suffrage.
Three Births
1952 - Patrick Swayze, American actor (d. 2009)
1969 - Christian Slater, American actor
1970 - Malcolm-Jamal Warner, American actor
Three Deaths
1503 - Pope Alexander VI (b. 1431)
1919 - Joseph E. Seagram, Canadian distillery founder (b. 1841)
1992 - Christopher McCandless, subject of the book Into the Wild (b. 1968)
Three Holidays
Christian Feast Day
Long Tan Day, also called Vietnam Veterans' Day (Australia)
National Science Day (Thailand)
August 18th
Three Events
1587 - Virginia Dare, granddaughter of governor John White of the Colony of Roanoke, becomes the first English child born in the Americas.
1903 - German engineer Karl Jatho allegedly flies his self-made, motored gliding airplane four months before the first flight of the Wright Brothers.
1920 - The Nineteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution is ratified, guaranteeing women's suffrage.
Three Births
1952 - Patrick Swayze, American actor (d. 2009)
1969 - Christian Slater, American actor
1970 - Malcolm-Jamal Warner, American actor
Three Deaths
1503 - Pope Alexander VI (b. 1431)
1919 - Joseph E. Seagram, Canadian distillery founder (b. 1841)
1992 - Christopher McCandless, subject of the book Into the Wild (b. 1968)
Three Holidays
Christian Feast Day
Long Tan Day, also called Vietnam Veterans' Day (Australia)
National Science Day (Thailand)