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1) Go to Wikipedia
2) In the search box, type your birth month and day but not the year.
3) List three events that happened on your birthday
4) List two important birthdays and one death
5) One holiday or observance (if any)
Events:
1) 1925 - Scopes Trial: In Dayton, Tennessee, the so-called "Monkey Trial" begins with John T. Scopes, a young high school science teacher, accused of teaching evolution in violation of a Tennessee state law.
2) 1962 - Telstar, the world's first communications satellite, is launched into orbit.
my mother had a horse named Telstar
3) is not listed on Wikipedia, but I like it because it actually happened in 1985 - after months of protest Coca-Cola brings back its original formula for Coke under the name of Coca-Cola Classic
Birthdays:
1) 1856 - Nikola Tesla, Serb-American inventor (hurrah for radio and making hair stand on end)
2) 1980 - Jessica Simpson, American singer (well, that is most unfortunate)
Death:
1) 1989 - Mel Blanc, American voice actor (voiced Bugs Bunny, Porky Pig, Barney Rubble, etc.)
2) Ken Rex McElroy, American hog rustler (I was intrigued so I included him, and looked further: dubbed the town bully, was gunned down on the main street of Skidmore, Missouri while 45 residents watched but no one was ever prosecuted for the crime.)
Holidays:
# Bahamas - Independence Day.
# Silence Day - celebrated by followers of Meher Baba.
2) In the search box, type your birth month and day but not the year.
3) List three events that happened on your birthday
4) List two important birthdays and one death
5) One holiday or observance (if any)
Events:
1) 1925 - Scopes Trial: In Dayton, Tennessee, the so-called "Monkey Trial" begins with John T. Scopes, a young high school science teacher, accused of teaching evolution in violation of a Tennessee state law.
2) 1962 - Telstar, the world's first communications satellite, is launched into orbit.
my mother had a horse named Telstar
3) is not listed on Wikipedia, but I like it because it actually happened in 1985 - after months of protest Coca-Cola brings back its original formula for Coke under the name of Coca-Cola Classic
Birthdays:
1) 1856 - Nikola Tesla, Serb-American inventor (hurrah for radio and making hair stand on end)
2) 1980 - Jessica Simpson, American singer (well, that is most unfortunate)
Death:
1) 1989 - Mel Blanc, American voice actor (voiced Bugs Bunny, Porky Pig, Barney Rubble, etc.)
2) Ken Rex McElroy, American hog rustler (I was intrigued so I included him, and looked further: dubbed the town bully, was gunned down on the main street of Skidmore, Missouri while 45 residents watched but no one was ever prosecuted for the crime.)
Holidays:
# Bahamas - Independence Day.
# Silence Day - celebrated by followers of Meher Baba.