Apr 07, 2006 01:38
Just because Carter did it and I want to too
Go to Wikipedia and look up your birthday (excluding the year). List 3 neat facts, 2 births and one death in your journal including the year.
Facts
1941 - Holocaust: The requirement to wear the Star of David with the word Jew inscribed, is extended to all Jews over the age of 6 in German-occupied areas.
1986-In Istanbul, two Arab terrorists from Abu Nidal's terror organization kill 22 and wound six inside the Neve Shalom synagogue during Shabbat services.
1995 - Cal Ripken Jr. breaks Lou Gehrig 's record of 2,130 consecutive Major League Baseball games played at Camden Yards in Baltimore,Maryland.
Births
1666 - Tsar Ivan V of Russia (d. 1696)
1860 - Jane Addams, American social worker, recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize (d. 1935)
Death
1998 - Akira Kurosawa, Japanese film director (b. 1910)
(this one is just for fun)
Birth
1943 - Roger Waters, bassist, songwriter, and previous leader of Pink Floyd