Apr 07, 2006 10:33
Go to Wikipedia and look up your birthday (excluding the year). List three neat facts, two births and one death in your journal, including the year.
Facts --
1500 - Portuguese navigator Pedro Álvares Cabral becomes the first European to sight Brazil.
1864 - The U.S. Congress passes the Coinage Act which mandates that the inscription "In God We Trust" be placed on all coins minted as United States currency.
1914 - Babe Ruth, age 19, pitches his first professional game for the minor league Baltimore Orioles.
Births --
1724 - Immanuel Kant, German philosopher (d. 1804)
1904 - Robert Oppenheimer, American physicist (d. 1967)
Deaths --
1984 - Ansel Adams, American photographer (b. 1902)
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