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Apr 07, 2006 12:54

Go to Wikipedia and look up your birth day (excluding the year).
List three neat facts, two births and one death in your journal, including the year.

February 19

  • 1847 - The Donner Party is rescued. It is noted that some of the survivors seem to be remarkably well-fed considering their ordeal.
  • 1861 - Serfdom is abolished in Russia.
  • 1913 - Prizes are included in Cracker Jack candy boxes for the first time.

  • 1473 - Nicolaus Copernicus, mathematician and astronomer
  • 1955 - Jeff Daniels, American actor

  • 1897 - Karl Weierstraß, German mathematician
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