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"Go to List of historical anniversaries on Wikipedia and look up your birthday (excluding the year). List three neat facts, two births and one death in your journal, including the year."
3 facts:
1419 - Hundred Years' War: Rouen surrenders to Henry V of England which completed his conquest of Normandy.
1937 - Howard Hughes sets a new air record by flying from Los Angeles to New York City in 7 hours, 28 minutes, 25 seconds.
1977 - Snow falls in Miami, Florida. This is the only time in the history of the city that snowfall has occurred.
2 births:
1809 - Edgar Allan Poe, American writer and poet (d. 1849)
1839 - Paul Cézanne, French painter (d. 1906)
1943 - Janis Joplin, American singer (d. 1970)
(I cheated...those are just too cool)
1 death:
2006 - Aoun Al-Sharif Qasim, Sudanese writer and Islamic scholar (b. 1933)
also:
The unofficial National Popcorn Day
http://www.holidayinsights.com/other/popcornday.htm
3 facts:
1419 - Hundred Years' War: Rouen surrenders to Henry V of England which completed his conquest of Normandy.
1937 - Howard Hughes sets a new air record by flying from Los Angeles to New York City in 7 hours, 28 minutes, 25 seconds.
1977 - Snow falls in Miami, Florida. This is the only time in the history of the city that snowfall has occurred.
2 births:
1809 - Edgar Allan Poe, American writer and poet (d. 1849)
1839 - Paul Cézanne, French painter (d. 1906)
1943 - Janis Joplin, American singer (d. 1970)
(I cheated...those are just too cool)
1 death:
2006 - Aoun Al-Sharif Qasim, Sudanese writer and Islamic scholar (b. 1933)
also:
The unofficial National Popcorn Day
http://www.holidayinsights.com/other/popcornday.htm