Wikipedia Challenge...
via Jon...
The challenge? Go to Wikipedia.com. Type in your birth date (but not year). List three events that happened on your birthday. List two important birthdays and one interesting death. Post this in your journal.
3 Events:
1775 - American Revolutionary War: Patrick Henry delivers his famous speech -"give me liberty or give me death" at St. John's Church in Richmond, Virginia.
1919 - In Milan, Italy, Benito Mussolini founds his Fascist political movement.
1933 - The Reichstag passes the Enabling Act, making Adolf Hitler dictator of Germany.
2 Birthdays
1929 - Sir Roger Bannister, British runner
1968 - Damon Albarn, English musician (Blur and Gorillaz)
1 Death
2002 - Ben Hollioake, English cricketer (b. 1977)
via Jon...
The challenge? Go to Wikipedia.com. Type in your birth date (but not year). List three events that happened on your birthday. List two important birthdays and one interesting death. Post this in your journal.
3 Events:
1775 - American Revolutionary War: Patrick Henry delivers his famous speech -"give me liberty or give me death" at St. John's Church in Richmond, Virginia.
1919 - In Milan, Italy, Benito Mussolini founds his Fascist political movement.
1933 - The Reichstag passes the Enabling Act, making Adolf Hitler dictator of Germany.
2 Birthdays
1929 - Sir Roger Bannister, British runner
1968 - Damon Albarn, English musician (Blur and Gorillaz)
1 Death
2002 - Ben Hollioake, English cricketer (b. 1977)
