I stole this from Lauren cuz being the history nerd I am I thought it was cool
It also seems appropriate as the very day is tomorrow. I probably should have waited till then, but i'm not a patient enough person :)
"Go to Wikipedia and type in your birth date (not the year) and copy 3 interesting facts, 2 births, and one death."
April 14
Events:
1865 - Abraham Lincoln is shot by John Wilkes Booth; he dies the next day.
1846 - The Donner Party of pioneers departs Springfield, Illinois, for California, on what will become a year-long journey of hardship, cannibalism, and survival.
1912 - The British ocean liner RMS Titanic strikes an iceberg in the North Atlantic on its maiden voyage, plunging beneath the waves and taking with it over 1,500 lives at about 2:20 a.m. the following morning.
Births:
1827 - Augustus Pitt-Rivers, English archaeologist (d. 1900)
1866 - Anne Sullivan, Helen Keller's teacher (d. 1936)
Deaths:
1759 - George Frideric Handel, German composer (b. 1685)
"Go to Wikipedia and type in your birth date (not the year) and copy 3 interesting facts, 2 births, and one death."
April 14
Events:
1865 - Abraham Lincoln is shot by John Wilkes Booth; he dies the next day.
1846 - The Donner Party of pioneers departs Springfield, Illinois, for California, on what will become a year-long journey of hardship, cannibalism, and survival.
1912 - The British ocean liner RMS Titanic strikes an iceberg in the North Atlantic on its maiden voyage, plunging beneath the waves and taking with it over 1,500 lives at about 2:20 a.m. the following morning.
Births:
1827 - Augustus Pitt-Rivers, English archaeologist (d. 1900)
1866 - Anne Sullivan, Helen Keller's teacher (d. 1936)
Deaths:
1759 - George Frideric Handel, German composer (b. 1685)