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1. Type in your birthday (minus the year) in the search bar at Wikipedia.com
2. List three interesting events, two births, and one death that happened on your birthday.
Interesting Events:
1813 - The British fail to capture Baltimore, Maryland. Turning point in the War of 1812. - This is cool, considering I'm from B-more...
1898 - Hannibal Williston Goodwin patents celluloid photographic film - cool cause I'm a film major.
1948 - Margaret Chase Smith is elected senator, and becomes the first woman to serve in both the U.S. House of Representatives and the United States Senate. - Cool cause I'm a Smith and a female...
Births:
1739 - Grigori Potemkin, Russian statesman (d. 1791) - The Battleship Potempkin of the film with the same title was names after this guy. This was the first agit-prop film, and had the first montage in a film.
1916 - Roald Dahl, Welsh writer (d. 1990) - Is just farking awesome.
Deaths:
2 cool ones, actually:
81 - Roman Emperor Titus (b. 39)
1321 - Dante Alighieri, Italian poet (b. 1265)
2. List three interesting events, two births, and one death that happened on your birthday.
Interesting Events:
1813 - The British fail to capture Baltimore, Maryland. Turning point in the War of 1812. - This is cool, considering I'm from B-more...
1898 - Hannibal Williston Goodwin patents celluloid photographic film - cool cause I'm a film major.
1948 - Margaret Chase Smith is elected senator, and becomes the first woman to serve in both the U.S. House of Representatives and the United States Senate. - Cool cause I'm a Smith and a female...
Births:
1739 - Grigori Potemkin, Russian statesman (d. 1791) - The Battleship Potempkin of the film with the same title was names after this guy. This was the first agit-prop film, and had the first montage in a film.
1916 - Roald Dahl, Welsh writer (d. 1990) - Is just farking awesome.
Deaths:
2 cool ones, actually:
81 - Roman Emperor Titus (b. 39)
1321 - Dante Alighieri, Italian poet (b. 1265)