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1. Type in your birthday (minus the year) in the search bar at http://wikipedia.org/
2. List three interesting events, three births, and three deaths that happened on your birthday.
August 14th
3 interesting events:
- 1040 - King Duncan I of Scotland is killed in battle against his cousin and successor Macbeth.
- 1908 - First beauty contest held in Folkestone, England
- 2003 - Widescale power blackout in the northeast United States and Canada. <-- yeah, that birthday was awesome
three births
- 1945 - Steve Martin, American comedian and actor
- 1959 - Marcia Gay Harden, American actress
- 1983 - Mila Kunis, Ukrainian-born actress
three deaths
- 1951 - William Randolph Hearst, American newspaper magnate (b. 1863)
- 1988 - Enzo Ferrari, Italian car maker (b. 1898)
- 2004 - Czeslaw Milosz, Polish-born writer, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1911)
2. List three interesting events, three births, and three deaths that happened on your birthday.
August 14th
3 interesting events:
- 1040 - King Duncan I of Scotland is killed in battle against his cousin and successor Macbeth.
- 1908 - First beauty contest held in Folkestone, England
- 2003 - Widescale power blackout in the northeast United States and Canada. <-- yeah, that birthday was awesome
three births
- 1945 - Steve Martin, American comedian and actor
- 1959 - Marcia Gay Harden, American actress
- 1983 - Mila Kunis, Ukrainian-born actress
three deaths
- 1951 - William Randolph Hearst, American newspaper magnate (b. 1863)
- 1988 - Enzo Ferrari, Italian car maker (b. 1898)
- 2004 - Czeslaw Milosz, Polish-born writer, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1911)