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angelamermaid.
1. Go to Wikipedia and enter your birthday without the year.
Okay; that's January 16.
2. List three events that occurred that day.
1605 - The first edition of El ingenioso hidalgo Don Quijote de la Mancha (Book One of Don Quixote) by Miguel de Cervantes was published in Madrid.
1707 - The Scottish Parliament, ratified the Act of Union, paving way for the creation of Great Britain.
2003 - Space Shuttle Columbia takes off for mission STS-107 which will be its final one. Columbia disintegrates 16 days later on re-entry.
3. List two important birthdays.
1921 - Francesco Scavullo, American photographer (d. 2004)
1923 - Anthony Hecht, American poet (d. 2004)
(And, not listed on wikipedia obviously, my great-grandmother, I believe)
4. List one death.
1710 - Emperor Higashiyama of Japan (b. 1675)
5. List one holiday or observance.
National Religious Freedom Day in the United States, to commemorate the adoption of Thomas Jefferson's landmark Virginia Statute for Religious Freedom in 1786.
angelamermaid.1. Go to Wikipedia and enter your birthday without the year.
Okay; that's January 16.
2. List three events that occurred that day.
1605 - The first edition of El ingenioso hidalgo Don Quijote de la Mancha (Book One of Don Quixote) by Miguel de Cervantes was published in Madrid.
1707 - The Scottish Parliament, ratified the Act of Union, paving way for the creation of Great Britain.
2003 - Space Shuttle Columbia takes off for mission STS-107 which will be its final one. Columbia disintegrates 16 days later on re-entry.
3. List two important birthdays.
1921 - Francesco Scavullo, American photographer (d. 2004)
1923 - Anthony Hecht, American poet (d. 2004)
(And, not listed on wikipedia obviously, my great-grandmother, I believe)
4. List one death.
1710 - Emperor Higashiyama of Japan (b. 1675)
5. List one holiday or observance.
National Religious Freedom Day in the United States, to commemorate the adoption of Thomas Jefferson's landmark Virginia Statute for Religious Freedom in 1786.
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