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Apr 11, 2006 01:28

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:

May 20th

Three Facts

-1882 - The Triple Alliance between Germany, Austria-Hungary and Italy is formed
-1883 - The eruption of Krakatoa begins, leading ultimately to the volcano's destruction three months later.
-1927 - At 07:52 Charles Lindbergh takes off from Roosevelt Field in Long Island, New York, on the world's first solo nonstop flight across the Atlantic Ocean, touching down at Le Bourget Field in Paris at 22:22 the next day).

Two Births

-1806 - John Stuart Mill, English philosopher
-1908 - James Stewart, American actor

One Death

-1989 - Gilda Radner, American comedian and actress
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