Apr 16, 2006 21:45
Go to Wikipedia and look up your birth day (excluding the year). List three neat facts, two births and two deaths in your journal, including the year.
Events:
1946 - Father Divine, a controversial religious leader who claims to be God, marries the much-younger Edna Rose Ritchings, a celebrated anniversary in the International Peace Mission movement.
1986 - In Ukraine, a nuclear reactor at the Chernobyl nuclear plant explodes, creating the world's worst nuclear disaster.
2002 - 19-year-old Robert Steinhäuser shoots and kills 17 people at his school in Erfurt, Germany.
Births:
121 - Marcus Aurelius, Roman Emperor (d. 180)
1765 - Emma, Lady Hamilton, English mistress of Horatio Nelson (d. 1815)
Deaths:
1489 - Ashikaga Yoshihisa, Japanese shogun (b. 1465)
1969 - Morihei Ueshiba, Japanese martial artist (b. 1883)