Apr 10, 2006 13:47
1. Type in your birthday (minus the year) in the search bar at Wikipedia.org
2. List three interesting facts, two births, and one death that happened on your birthday.
February 11th
EVENTS
660 BC - Traditional founding date of Japan by Emperor Jimmu.
1812 - Massachusetts governor Elbridge Gerry gerrymanders for the first time.
1990 - Nelson Mandela, a political prisoner for 27 years, is freed from Victor Verster prison outside Cape Town, South Africa.
BIRTHS
1812 - Alexander Hamilton Stephens, American Confederate Vice President
1936 - Burt Reynolds, American actor (I never knew this! I love him!)
and, a DEATH
1650 - René Descartes, French philosopher