Birthday stuff, interesting

Aug 23, 2006 11:16

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.

December 13th

Three Facts:

1. 1577 - Sir Francis Drake sets out from Plymouth, England, on his round-the-world voyage.
2. 2003 - Former Iraqi President Saddam Hussein is captured near his home town of Tikrit.
3. 2000 - The "Texas 7" escape from the John Connally Unit near Kenedy, Texas and go on a robbery spree, during which police officer Aubrey Hawkins is shot and killed.

Two Births:

1. Ted Nugent
2. Jamie Foxx

One Death:

1. 1466 - Donatello (Donato di Niccolò di Betto Bardi), Florentine artist and sculptor (not the Ninja Turtle)
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