On June 18th in history
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.
Facts
1429 - French forces under the leadership of Joan of Arc crush the main English army under Sir John Fastolf at the Battle of Patay. This turns the tide of the Hundred Years' War.
1928 - Aviator Amelia Earhart becomes the first woman to fly in an aircraft across the Atlantic Ocean (she was a passenger; Wilmer Stutz was pilot and Lou Gordon, mechanic).
1983 - Sally Ride becomes the first American woman in space
Births
1901 - Grand Duchess Anastasia Nicolaievna Romanova of Russia (d. 1918)
1942 - Sir Paul McCartney, English singer and songwriter (Beatles)
Death
1959 - Ethel Barrymore, American actress (b. 1879) (grand-aunt of actress/producer Drew Barrymore)
Facts
1429 - French forces under the leadership of Joan of Arc crush the main English army under Sir John Fastolf at the Battle of Patay. This turns the tide of the Hundred Years' War.
1928 - Aviator Amelia Earhart becomes the first woman to fly in an aircraft across the Atlantic Ocean (she was a passenger; Wilmer Stutz was pilot and Lou Gordon, mechanic).
1983 - Sally Ride becomes the first American woman in space
Births
1901 - Grand Duchess Anastasia Nicolaievna Romanova of Russia (d. 1918)
1942 - Sir Paul McCartney, English singer and songwriter (Beatles)
Death
1959 - Ethel Barrymore, American actress (b. 1879) (grand-aunt of actress/producer Drew Barrymore)