Go to Wikipedia. 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.
Events:
1499 - Pretender to the throne Perkin Warbeck is hanged for reportedly attempting to escape from the Tower of London. He had invaded England in 1497, claiming to be the lost son of King Edward IV of England.
1936 - The first edition of Life is published.
1869 - In Dumbarton, Scotland, the clipper Cutty Sark is launched - one of the last clippers ever to be built, and the only one still surviving to this day.
Births:
912 - Otto I the Great, Holy Roman Emperor (d. 973)
1943 - Andrew Goodman, American civil rights activist (d. 1964)
Death:
1902 - Walter Reed, American bacteriologist (b. 1851)
*one other interesting birthday:
1888 - Harpo Marx, American comedian (d. 1964)
Events:
1499 - Pretender to the throne Perkin Warbeck is hanged for reportedly attempting to escape from the Tower of London. He had invaded England in 1497, claiming to be the lost son of King Edward IV of England.
1936 - The first edition of Life is published.
1869 - In Dumbarton, Scotland, the clipper Cutty Sark is launched - one of the last clippers ever to be built, and the only one still surviving to this day.
Births:
912 - Otto I the Great, Holy Roman Emperor (d. 973)
1943 - Andrew Goodman, American civil rights activist (d. 1964)
Death:
1902 - Walter Reed, American bacteriologist (b. 1851)
*one other interesting birthday:
1888 - Harpo Marx, American comedian (d. 1964)
