Apr 08, 2006 20:14
Go to wikipedia and search for your birthday. List at least 3 neat facts, 2 birthdays, and one death.
Facts:
1914 - Franz Ferdinand, Archduke of Austria and his wife Sophia are killed in Sarajevo by a Serbian nationalist young man: Gavrilo Princip , the casus belli of World War I. (casus belli = act of aggression/act of war)
1919 - The Treaty of Versailles is signed, ending World War I with Germany.
I totally started AND ended WW1.
1938 - A 450 metric ton meteorite struck the earth in an empty field near Chicora, Pennsylvania
Births:
1966 - John Cusack, American actor - he also went to my high school.
1932 - Pat Morita, American actor (d. 2005)
Deaths:
1836 - James Madison, President of the United States (b. 1751)