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desertions) wrote2006-04-07 02:38 pm
desertions) wrote2006-04-07 02:38 pm
Cause Everyone Is Doing It
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
April 14th
The Facts!
1846 - The Donner Party of pioneers departs Springfield, Illinois, for California, on what will become a year-long journey of hardship, cannibalism, and survival.
1912 - The British ocean liner RMS Titanic strikes an iceberg in the North Atlantic on its maiden voyage, plunging beneath the waves and taking with it over 1,500 lives at about 2:20 a.m. the following morning.
2003 - Human Genome Project successfully completed with 99% of the human genome sequenced to 99.99% accuracy.
The Births!
1866 - Anne Sullivan, Helen Keller's teacher (d. 1936)
1973 - Adrien Brody, American actor
The Death, OH NOES!
1964 - Rachel Carson, American writer and environmentalist (b. 1907)
April 14th
The Facts!
1846 - The Donner Party of pioneers departs Springfield, Illinois, for California, on what will become a year-long journey of hardship, cannibalism, and survival.
1912 - The British ocean liner RMS Titanic strikes an iceberg in the North Atlantic on its maiden voyage, plunging beneath the waves and taking with it over 1,500 lives at about 2:20 a.m. the following morning.
2003 - Human Genome Project successfully completed with 99% of the human genome sequenced to 99.99% accuracy.
The Births!
1866 - Anne Sullivan, Helen Keller's teacher (d. 1936)
1973 - Adrien Brody, American actor
The Death, OH NOES!
1964 - Rachel Carson, American writer and environmentalist (b. 1907)