stealings yet again! XDDD
im picking more than 3 cuz im awesome XD
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Rules: Go to Wikipedia and look up your birth day (excluding the year). List three neat facts, three births and one death in your journal, including the year.
July 28th
( events )
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Rules: Go to Wikipedia and look up your birth day (excluding the year). List three neat facts, three births and one death in your journal, including the year.
July 28th
( events )
1606 - The Union Flag is adopted as the flag of Great Britain.
1861 - American Civil War: The war begins with Confederate forces firing on Fort Sumter, in the harbor of Charleston, South Carolina.
1917 - World War I: Canadian forces successfully complete the taking of Vimy Ridge from the Germans. It is also considered a major event in Canadian history for the primary role Canadian forces played in the attack.
1937 - Sir Frank Whittle ground-tests the first jet engine designed to power an aircraft, at the British Thomson-Houston factory in Rugby, England.
1945 - President Franklin D. Roosevelt dies while in office; vice-president Harry S. Truman is sworn in as the 33rd President of the United States.
1955 - The polio vaccine, developed by Dr. Jonas Salk, is declared safe and effective.
1996 - Yahoo! has its initial public offering, selling 2.6 million shares at $13 each.
1999 - American President Bill Clinton was cited for contempt of court for giving "intentionally false statements" in the Paula Jones sexual harassment civil lawsuit.
Births
1777 - Henry Clay, American statesman
1892 - Johnny Dodds, American jazz clarinetist
1947 - Woody Johnson, owner of the New York Jets
1962 - Art Alexakis, American musician (Everclear)
1970 - Nick Hexum, American musician (311)
1972 - Paul Lo Duca, American baseball player
1974 - Sylvinho, Brazilian footballer
1987 - Brendon Urie, American singer (Panic! at the Disco)
Deaths:
65 - Seneca the Younger, Roman philosopher, statesman and dramatist
352 - St. Julius I, 35th Pope
1782 - Metastasio, Italian poet and librettist
1878 - William Marcy Tweed, aka Boss Tweed, American politician
1912 - Clara Barton, American nurse and Red Cross advocate
1945 - Franklin D. Roosevelt, 32nd President of the United States
1968 - Heinrich Nordhoff, German automobile engineer, first managing director of Volkswagen
1981 - Joe Louis, American boxer
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Births:
1985 - Marc Bolden, American musician (University of Dayton)
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XD
i did one of those dress-up-and-pretend-to-be-the-person reports on clara barton when i was in like 5th grade or somethin XD
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