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The task: 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.
We have the following on September 23rd
1846 - Discovery of Neptune by French astronomer Urbain Jean Joseph Le Verrier and British astronomer John Couch Adams; verified by German astronomer Johann Gottfried Galle
1889 - The company Nintendo was founded by Fusajiro Yamauchi to produce handmade hanafuda cards.
1962 - The Jetsons aired for the first time.
Births
1920 - Mickey Rooney, American actor
1930 - Ray Charles, American musician and singer (d. 2004)
Death
1939 - Sigmund Freud, Austrian psychiatrist (b. 1856)
April 8 2006, 13:00:27 UTC 6 years ago
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April 8 2006, 17:02:10 UTC 6 years ago
April 8 2006, 13:32:25 UTC 6 years ago
lol, my list owns too
Facts- 1040 - King Duncan I of Scotland is killed in battle against his cousin and successor Macbeth. (Shakespeare anybody? I studied that back in 2001.)
- 1901 - The first claimed powered flight, by Gustave Whitehead in his Number 21.
- 1945 - Japan accepts the Allied terms of surrender in World War II and the Emperor records the Imperial Rescript on Surrender (August 15 in Japan standard time).
Births- 1945 - Steve Martin, American comedian and actor
- 1950 - Gary Larson, American cartoonist
Death1988 - Enzo Ferrari, Italian car maker (b. 1898)
April 10 2006, 01:22:09 UTC 6 years ago
Neat Facts x3
- 1975: The Biological Weapons Convention enters into force.
- 1998: Oued Bouaicha massacre in Algeria; 52 people killed with axes and knives, 32 of them babies under the age of 2.
- 2006: The opening gag on the Fox television show The Simpsons featured live actors in place of the animated family.
Births x2
- 1931: Leonard Nimoy, American actor and director
- 1973: Lawrence E. Page, American Internet search engine pioneer
Death x1
- 1827: Ludwig van Beethoven, German composer (b. 1770)