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Go to Wikipedia and look up your date of birth (excluding the year). List four neat facts, three births, 2 festivals and one death in your journal, including the year.
February 16
4 Facts
600 - Pope Gregory I decreed that "God bless you" was the correct response to a sneeze. (which may be the best random fact ever)
1568 - The entire population of the Netherlands - three million people - was sentenced to death by the Roman Catholic Church for heresy
1959 - Fidel Castro becomes Premier of Cuba after President Fulgencio Batista was overthrown on January 1.
2005 - The National Hockey League cancels the entire 2004-2005 regular season and playoffs, becoming the first major sports league in North America to do so over a labour dispute.
3 Births
1935 - Sonny Bono,
1957 - LeVar Burton (haha...)
1958 - Ice-T (hmm...)
2 Festivals
Lithuania - Independence Day (1918)
Kyoto Protocol Day (2005)
1 Death
1279 - King Afonso III of Portugal
February 16
4 Facts
600 - Pope Gregory I decreed that "God bless you" was the correct response to a sneeze. (which may be the best random fact ever)
1568 - The entire population of the Netherlands - three million people - was sentenced to death by the Roman Catholic Church for heresy
1959 - Fidel Castro becomes Premier of Cuba after President Fulgencio Batista was overthrown on January 1.
2005 - The National Hockey League cancels the entire 2004-2005 regular season and playoffs, becoming the first major sports league in North America to do so over a labour dispute.
3 Births
1935 - Sonny Bono,
1957 - LeVar Burton (haha...)
1958 - Ice-T (hmm...)
2 Festivals
Lithuania - Independence Day (1918)
Kyoto Protocol Day (2005)
1 Death
1279 - King Afonso III of Portugal