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Go to Wikipedia (http://www.wikipedia.com) and look up your birth day (excluding the year). List three neat facts, two births and one death in your journal, including the year.
My birthday: Jan 5th
interesting facts
- 1948 - Warner Brothers shows the first color newsreel (Tournament of Roses Parade and the Rose Bowl).
- 1914 - Ford Motor Company announces an eight-hour workday and a minimum wage of $5 for a day's labor.
- 1759 - George Washington marries Martha Dandridge Custis.
births
1209 - Richard, 1st Earl of Cornwall, Holy Roman Emperor (d. 1272)
1969 - Marilyn Manson, American singer
death
1943 - George Washington Carver, American educator, activist, and botanist (b. 1860)
Holidays and observances
The eleventh day of Christmas in Western Christianity, and the Twelfth Night of Christmas in Western Christianity.
Catholicism - Feast day of St. John Neumann.
Mungday (Discordianism)
National Bird Day
My birthday: Jan 5th
interesting facts
- 1948 - Warner Brothers shows the first color newsreel (Tournament of Roses Parade and the Rose Bowl).
- 1914 - Ford Motor Company announces an eight-hour workday and a minimum wage of $5 for a day's labor.
- 1759 - George Washington marries Martha Dandridge Custis.
births
1209 - Richard, 1st Earl of Cornwall, Holy Roman Emperor (d. 1272)
1969 - Marilyn Manson, American singer
death
1943 - George Washington Carver, American educator, activist, and botanist (b. 1860)
Holidays and observances
The eleventh day of Christmas in Western Christianity, and the Twelfth Night of Christmas in Western Christianity.
Catholicism - Feast day of St. John Neumann.
Mungday (Discordianism)
National Bird Day