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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.
Events
1258 - The Battle of Baghdad - Mongols overrun Baghdad, burning it to the ground and killing large numbers of citizens (estimates range from 10,00 to 800,000)
1989 - Ron Brown is elected chairman of the Democratic National Committee becoming the first African American to lead a major American Political Party.
1996 - The IBM supercomputer Deep Blue defeats Gary Kasparov for the first time
Births
1929 - Jerry Godlsmith, American Composer (d 2004)
1939 - Roberta Flack, American Singer
Death
2005 - Arthur Miller, American playwright(b 1915)
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.
Events
1489 - The Queen of Cyprus, Catherine Cornaro, sells her kingdom to Venice.
1794 - Eli Whitney is granted a patent for the cotton gin.
2004 - Arguably, the biggest professional wrestling event ever, WrestleMania XX takes place in New York City's Madison Square Garden.
Births
1879 - Albert Einstein, German-born physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1955)
1983 - Taylor Hanson, American musician (Hanson)
Death
1883 - Karl Marx, German political theorist (b. 1818)
Events
1258 - The Battle of Baghdad - Mongols overrun Baghdad, burning it to the ground and killing large numbers of citizens (estimates range from 10,00 to 800,000)
1989 - Ron Brown is elected chairman of the Democratic National Committee becoming the first African American to lead a major American Political Party.
1996 - The IBM supercomputer Deep Blue defeats Gary Kasparov for the first time
Births
1929 - Jerry Godlsmith, American Composer (d 2004)
1939 - Roberta Flack, American Singer
Death
2005 - Arthur Miller, American playwright(b 1915)
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.
Events
1489 - The Queen of Cyprus, Catherine Cornaro, sells her kingdom to Venice.
1794 - Eli Whitney is granted a patent for the cotton gin.
2004 - Arguably, the biggest professional wrestling event ever, WrestleMania XX takes place in New York City's Madison Square Garden.
Births
1879 - Albert Einstein, German-born physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1955)
1983 - Taylor Hanson, American musician (Hanson)
Death
1883 - Karl Marx, German political theorist (b. 1818)