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Instructions:
1. Go to Wikipedia.
2. In the Search box, type your birth month and day (but not year).
3. List three events that happened on your birthday.
4. List two important birthdays and one interesting death.
5. One holiday or observance (if any).
6. Tag 5 more people - if you want to.
Right then. Let us begin.
February 16th
Events
1.1249 - Andrew of Longjumeau was dispatched by Louis IX of France as his ambassador to meet with the Khan of the Mongols.
2.1883 - Ladies Home Journal is published for the first time.
3.2005 - The National Hockey League cancels the entire 2004-2005 regular season and playoffs, becoming the first major sports league in North America to do so over a labour dispute. AND The Kyoto Protocol comes into force, following its ratification by Russia.
Important Birthdays
1.1958 - Ice-T, American rapper, songwriter, and actor
2.1710 - King Louis XV of France (d. 1774)
Important Death
1.1932 - Ferdinand Buisson, French pacifist, recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize (b. 1841)
Holiday or Observance
1.Kyoto Protocol Day (2005)
Instructions:
1. Go to Wikipedia.
2. In the Search box, type your birth month and day (but not year).
3. List three events that happened on your birthday.
4. List two important birthdays and one interesting death.
5. One holiday or observance (if any).
6. Tag 5 more people - if you want to.
Right then. Let us begin.
February 16th
Events
1.1249 - Andrew of Longjumeau was dispatched by Louis IX of France as his ambassador to meet with the Khan of the Mongols.
2.1883 - Ladies Home Journal is published for the first time.
3.2005 - The National Hockey League cancels the entire 2004-2005 regular season and playoffs, becoming the first major sports league in North America to do so over a labour dispute. AND The Kyoto Protocol comes into force, following its ratification by Russia.
Important Birthdays
1.1958 - Ice-T, American rapper, songwriter, and actor
2.1710 - King Louis XV of France (d. 1774)
Important Death
1.1932 - Ferdinand Buisson, French pacifist, recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize (b. 1841)
Holiday or Observance
1.Kyoto Protocol Day (2005)