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Apr 07, 2006 13:25

Go to Wikipedia (http://www.wikipedia.org) and look up your birth day (excluding the year). List three neat facts, two births and one death in your journal, including the year.

3 Facts:

1888 - Vincent Van Gogh cuts off the lower part of his left ear, takes it to a brothel, and gives it to a prostitute named Rachel.
1972 - Andes flight disaster: The remaining survivors of the Uruguayan Air Force Flight 571 crash are rescued from the Andes after 73 days, during which time they have had to resort to cannibalism.
1986 - Voyager, piloted by Dick Rutan and Jeana Yeager, lands at Edwards Air Force Base in California and becomes the first aircraft to fly non-stop around the world.

2 Births:

1958 - Victoria Williams, American singer
1964 - Eddie Vedder, American musician (Pearl Jam)

1 Death:

1979 - Peggy Guggenheim, American art collector (b. 1898)
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