Apr 07, 2006 21:05
Go to Wikipedia and put in your birth date [28th August]. Don't put in the year. Post in your LJ with three neat/important events, two births, and two deaths!
3 Events
1884 - First known photograph of a tornado is made.
1914 - The British fleet beats the German fleet in the Battle of Heligoland Bight.
1986 - US Navy officer Jerry A. Whitworth is sentenced to 365 years imprisonment for espionage for the Soviet Union.
Births
1965 - Amanda Tapping, Canadian actress
1917 - Jack Kirby, American comic book artist (d. 1994)
Deaths
1818 - Jean Baptiste Point du Sable, founder of Chicago
1993 - William Stafford, American writer (b. 1914)