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Apr 08, 2006 18:17


Go to Wikipedia. Type in your birth date (but not year). List three events that happened on your birthday. List two important birthdays and one interesting death. Post this in your journal.

Events:

*   1879 - An F4 tornado struck Irving, Kansas, killing 18 and injuring 60. 
1922 - In Washington, D.C., the Lincoln Memorial is dedicated. 
*   1942 - World War II: 1000 British bombers launch a 90-minute attack on Cologne, Germany.

Births:

1912 - Julius Axelrod, American biochemist, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (d. 2004
1943 - James Chaney, American civil rights activist [d. 1964]

Deaths:

*1865 - John Catron, U.S. Supreme Court Justice

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