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Go to Wikipedia and look up your birth day (excluding the year). List three deaths, two to three births, and three neat facts in your journal, including the year.
April 17
Deaths:
*326 - Alexander, Patriarch of Alexandria
*1790 - Benjamin Franklin, American politician, inventor, diplomat, and printer (b. 1706)
*2003 - Dr. Robert Atkins, American diet doctor (b. 1930)
Births:
*1837 - J.P. Morgan, American financier, art collector, and philanthropist (d. 1913)
*1918 - William Holden, American actor (d. 1981)
*1972 - Jennifer Garner, American actress
Facts:
*1397 - Geoffrey Chaucer tells the Canterbury Tales for the first time at the court of Richard II. Chaucer scholars have also identified this date (in 1387) as when the book's pilgrimage to Canterbury starts.
*1924 - Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer studios is formed from a merger of Metro Pictures, Goldwyn Pictures, and the Louis B. Mayer Company.
*1961 - Bay of Pigs Invasion: A group of CIA-financed and -trained Cuban refugees lands at the Bay of Pigs in Cuba with the aim of ousting Fidel Castro.
Just thought I'd involve myself, and maybe remind you all that APRIL 17 IS MY 18 BIRTHDAY
So, yeah.
I'm in Charleston...? Never been here before, but I really liked what I had for dinner, and, yes, it had grits in it. What I've gotten to see so far is nice--the view from the hotel and the sunset, basically. As long as the weather stays nice, I'll be good.
April 17
Deaths:
*326 - Alexander, Patriarch of Alexandria
*1790 - Benjamin Franklin, American politician, inventor, diplomat, and printer (b. 1706)
*2003 - Dr. Robert Atkins, American diet doctor (b. 1930)
Births:
*1837 - J.P. Morgan, American financier, art collector, and philanthropist (d. 1913)
*1918 - William Holden, American actor (d. 1981)
*1972 - Jennifer Garner, American actress
Facts:
*1397 - Geoffrey Chaucer tells the Canterbury Tales for the first time at the court of Richard II. Chaucer scholars have also identified this date (in 1387) as when the book's pilgrimage to Canterbury starts.
*1924 - Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer studios is formed from a merger of Metro Pictures, Goldwyn Pictures, and the Louis B. Mayer Company.
*1961 - Bay of Pigs Invasion: A group of CIA-financed and -trained Cuban refugees lands at the Bay of Pigs in Cuba with the aim of ousting Fidel Castro.
Just thought I'd involve myself, and maybe remind you all that APRIL 17 IS MY 18 BIRTHDAY
So, yeah.
I'm in Charleston...? Never been here before, but I really liked what I had for dinner, and, yes, it had grits in it. What I've gotten to see so far is nice--the view from the hotel and the sunset, basically. As long as the weather stays nice, I'll be good.