September 3
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langeek
Look up your birthday in Wikipedia. Pick 4 events, 3 births, 2 deaths, and 1 holiday and post into your journal.
Events
1189 - Richard I of England (a.k.a. Richard "the Lionheart") is crowned at Westminster.
1666 - The Royal Exchange burnt down in the Great Fire of London
1783 - American Revolutionary War: The war ends with the signing of the Treaty of Paris by the United States and the Kingdom of Great Britain.
1939 - World War II begins when France, the United Kingdom, New Zealand, and Australia declare war on Germany after the invasion of Poland, starting the Allies.
Births
1849 - Sarah Orne Jewett, American writer
1965 - Charlie Sheen, American actor
1986 - Shaun White, American snowboarder
Deaths
1658 - Oliver Cromwell, Lord Protector of England (b. 1599) - good riddance
1962 - E. E. Cummings, American poet (b. 1894)
Holiday
San Marino - Foundation (301) by Saint Marinus.
(Though Labor Day is often on my birthday too.)
langeek
Look up your birthday in Wikipedia. Pick 4 events, 3 births, 2 deaths, and 1 holiday and post into your journal.
Events
1189 - Richard I of England (a.k.a. Richard "the Lionheart") is crowned at Westminster.
1666 - The Royal Exchange burnt down in the Great Fire of London
1783 - American Revolutionary War: The war ends with the signing of the Treaty of Paris by the United States and the Kingdom of Great Britain.
1939 - World War II begins when France, the United Kingdom, New Zealand, and Australia declare war on Germany after the invasion of Poland, starting the Allies.
Births
1849 - Sarah Orne Jewett, American writer
1965 - Charlie Sheen, American actor
1986 - Shaun White, American snowboarder
Deaths
1658 - Oliver Cromwell, Lord Protector of England (b. 1599) - good riddance
1962 - E. E. Cummings, American poet (b. 1894)
Holiday
San Marino - Foundation (301) by Saint Marinus.
(Though Labor Day is often on my birthday too.)