Mini survey
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 12
1098 - First Crusade: Massacre of Ma'arrat al-Numan - Crusaders breach the town's walls and massacre about 20,000 inhabitants. After finding themselves with insufficient food, they resort to cannibalism.
1870 - Joseph H. Rainey of South Carolina becomes the first black U.S. congressman.
1941 - World War II: Great Britain declares war on Bulgaria. Hungary and Romania declare war on the United States. India declares war on Japan
Births:
1915 - Frank Sinatra, American singer and actor (d. 1998)
1934 - Miguel de la Madrid, President of Mexico
Death:
1586 - Stefan Batory, King of Poland
three neat facts, two births and one death in your journal, including
the year.
December 12
1098 - First Crusade: Massacre of Ma'arrat al-Numan - Crusaders breach the town's walls and massacre about 20,000 inhabitants. After finding themselves with insufficient food, they resort to cannibalism.
1870 - Joseph H. Rainey of South Carolina becomes the first black U.S. congressman.
1941 - World War II: Great Britain declares war on Bulgaria. Hungary and Romania declare war on the United States. India declares war on Japan
Births:
1915 - Frank Sinatra, American singer and actor (d. 1998)
1934 - Miguel de la Madrid, President of Mexico
Death:
1586 - Stefan Batory, King of Poland