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Go to Wikipedia. In the Search box, type your birth month and day (but not year). List three events that happened on your birthday. List two important birthdays, two interesting deaths, and one intriguing holiday or observance. Post this in your journal.
Events:
1583 - Sir Humphrey Gilbert establishes first English colony in North America, at what is now St John's, Newfoundland.
1944 - World War II: Possibly the biggest prison breakout in history occurs as 545 Japanese POWs attempt to escape outside the town of Cowra, NSW, Australia. Most are killed but many escape and later commit suicide. Five Australian guards also die.
1993 - Popular trading card game Magic: the Gathering is released. First trading card game to date.
Birthdays:
1930 - Neil Armstrong, astronaut
1939 - Princess Irene of the Netherlands
Deaths:
1962 - Marilyn Monroe, American actress (b. 1926)
2000 - Sir Alec Guinness, British actor (b. 1914)
Holiday:
Croatia - Victory Day and National Thanksgiving Day
Events:
1583 - Sir Humphrey Gilbert establishes first English colony in North America, at what is now St John's, Newfoundland.
1944 - World War II: Possibly the biggest prison breakout in history occurs as 545 Japanese POWs attempt to escape outside the town of Cowra, NSW, Australia. Most are killed but many escape and later commit suicide. Five Australian guards also die.
1993 - Popular trading card game Magic: the Gathering is released. First trading card game to date.
Birthdays:
1930 - Neil Armstrong, astronaut
1939 - Princess Irene of the Netherlands
Deaths:
1962 - Marilyn Monroe, American actress (b. 1926)
2000 - Sir Alec Guinness, British actor (b. 1914)
Holiday:
Croatia - Victory Day and National Thanksgiving Day