Wikipedia
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.
Events:
*1554-A year after claiming the throne of England for nine days, Lady Jane Grey is beheaded for Treason.
*2004 - On National Freedom to Marry Day, two days after Mayor Gavin Newsom of San Francisco, California, issued a directive to the county clerk, the City and County of San Franciso begins issuing marriage licenses to same-sex couples.
*2006 - Vice President Dick Cheney accidently shoots friend Harry Whittington in the face during a hunting trip in Kenedy County, Texas, becoming the first VIce President to shoot a man since Aaron Burr killed Alexander Hamilton.
Birthdays:
1809 - Charles Darwin, English Naturalist
1980 - Christina Ricci, American Actress
Deaths:
1554 - Lord Guilford Dudley, consort of Lady Jane Grey
Events:
*1554-A year after claiming the throne of England for nine days, Lady Jane Grey is beheaded for Treason.
*2004 - On National Freedom to Marry Day, two days after Mayor Gavin Newsom of San Francisco, California, issued a directive to the county clerk, the City and County of San Franciso begins issuing marriage licenses to same-sex couples.
*2006 - Vice President Dick Cheney accidently shoots friend Harry Whittington in the face during a hunting trip in Kenedy County, Texas, becoming the first VIce President to shoot a man since Aaron Burr killed Alexander Hamilton.
Birthdays:
1809 - Charles Darwin, English Naturalist
1980 - Christina Ricci, American Actress
Deaths:
1554 - Lord Guilford Dudley, consort of Lady Jane Grey