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Sep 12 Go here
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Main_Page
Look up your birthday (not year) and list 3 facts 2 births and one death about your brithday!!
Events
490 BC - Athens defeats Persia at the Battle of Marathon - but see 12 August; origin of the marathon long-distance race (attributed to Pheidippides)
1847 - Mexican-American War: The Battle of Chapultepec begins. U.S. Army deserters in the Saint Patrick's Battalion who fought alongside the Mexican army are hanged en masse for treason by the order of General Winfield Scott.
1609 - Henry Hudson discovers the Hudson River.
1959 - Bonanza premiers. First regularly-scheduled TV program presented in color.
(yayaya I put four)
Births
1575 - Henry Hudson, English explorer
(Look he found the river on his brithday!)
1914 - Desmond Llewelyn, Welsh actor (d. 1999)
Death!
413 - Marcellinus of Carthage, Christian saint
Other
Cape Verde - National Day
Ethiopia - National Revolution Day (1974)
Maryland (United States) - Defenders Day
RC Saints - Holy Name of Mary
September 12 is the 255th day of the year (256th in leap years). There are 110 days remaining.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Main_Page
Look up your birthday (not year) and list 3 facts 2 births and one death about your brithday!!
Events
490 BC - Athens defeats Persia at the Battle of Marathon - but see 12 August; origin of the marathon long-distance race (attributed to Pheidippides)
1847 - Mexican-American War: The Battle of Chapultepec begins. U.S. Army deserters in the Saint Patrick's Battalion who fought alongside the Mexican army are hanged en masse for treason by the order of General Winfield Scott.
1609 - Henry Hudson discovers the Hudson River.
1959 - Bonanza premiers. First regularly-scheduled TV program presented in color.
(yayaya I put four)
Births
1575 - Henry Hudson, English explorer
(Look he found the river on his brithday!)
1914 - Desmond Llewelyn, Welsh actor (d. 1999)
Death!
413 - Marcellinus of Carthage, Christian saint
Other
Cape Verde - National Day
Ethiopia - National Revolution Day (1974)
Maryland (United States) - Defenders Day
RC Saints - Holy Name of Mary
September 12 is the 255th day of the year (256th in leap years). There are 110 days remaining.