Somthing fun...
Go to Wikipedia and look up your birth day (excluding the year). List three events, three births, three deaths, and up to three observances or holidays on your birthday in your journal.
For July 13th...
Events:
-1787 - The Continental Congress enacts the Northwest Ordinance establishing governing rules for the Northwest Territory. It also establishes procedures for the admission of new states and limits the expansion of slavery. (hmm...it would have been nice if they'd gotten rid of slavery altogether right then and there)
-1908 - Women compete in modern Olympics for the first time. (That's pretty cool!)
-1977 - The New York City Blackout of 1977 lasts for 25 hours and results in looting and other disorder.
Births:
-1608 - Ferdinand III, Holy Roman Emperor (d. 1657)
-1942 - Harrison Ford, American actor
The best one: 1940 - Patrick Stewart, English actor (YES! Picard!!! XD)
Deaths:
-1189 - Matilda of England, daughter of Henry II of England (b. 1156)
-1645 - Tsar Michael I of Russia (b. 1596)
-1954 - Frida Kahlo, Mexican painter (b. 1907)
I don't actually know who anything about the first two...well, I think Matilda might have been mentioned in my "Stories of English" book, because something about her seems familiar...
3 Holidays/observances:
-Kiribati - Independence Day, 2nd day (not a holiday)
-Bahá'í Faith - Feast of Kálimát (Words) - First day of the seventh month of the Bahá'í Calendar
-Bon Festival - Buddhist festival to honor the dead (East Japan)
For July 13th...
Events:
-1787 - The Continental Congress enacts the Northwest Ordinance establishing governing rules for the Northwest Territory. It also establishes procedures for the admission of new states and limits the expansion of slavery. (hmm...it would have been nice if they'd gotten rid of slavery altogether right then and there)
-1908 - Women compete in modern Olympics for the first time. (That's pretty cool!)
-1977 - The New York City Blackout of 1977 lasts for 25 hours and results in looting and other disorder.
Births:
-1608 - Ferdinand III, Holy Roman Emperor (d. 1657)
-1942 - Harrison Ford, American actor
The best one: 1940 - Patrick Stewart, English actor (YES! Picard!!! XD)
Deaths:
-1189 - Matilda of England, daughter of Henry II of England (b. 1156)
-1645 - Tsar Michael I of Russia (b. 1596)
-1954 - Frida Kahlo, Mexican painter (b. 1907)
I don't actually know who anything about the first two...well, I think Matilda might have been mentioned in my "Stories of English" book, because something about her seems familiar...
3 Holidays/observances:
-Kiribati - Independence Day, 2nd day (not a holiday)
-Bahá'í Faith - Feast of Kálimát (Words) - First day of the seventh month of the Bahá'í Calendar
-Bon Festival - Buddhist festival to honor the dead (East Japan)