Apr 08, 2006 13:04
Go to Wikipedia. Type in your birth date (but not year). List three events that happened on your birthday. List two important birthdays and one interesting death.
August 27th:
Events:
410 - Visigoth sack of Rome ends after three days.
1883 - Krakatoa, an Indonesian volcano, erupts. It is one of the most violent volcanic events in modern times.
2003 - Mars makes its closest approach to Earth in nearly 60,000 years, passing approximately 34,646,416 miles (55,758,006 kilometers) from Earth.
Birthdays:
1908 - Lyndon B. Johnson, 36th President of the United States (d. 1973)
1910 - Mother Teresa, Albanian missionary and humanitarian, recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize
Deaths:
1394 - Chokei, Emperor of Japan