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Go to Wikipedia and do a search for your birthday (day and month only, exclude the year). Post three facts, two births and one death on your blog including the years.
As interested in history that I am, I had to respond. Because of that interest, let's just say that I have a tough time answering just 3, 2, and 1.
MARCH 20
Facts:
44 BC - Julius Caesar's funeral.
1852 - Harriet Beecher Stowe's Uncle Tom's Cabin is published.
1916 - Albert Einstein publishes his theory of relativity.
1922 - The USS Langley is commissioned as the first United States Navy aircraft carrier.
Births:
1811 - Napoleon II of France, (d. 1832)
1904 - B. F. Skinner, American psychologist (d. 1990)
1906 - Ozzie Nelson, American actor and band leader (d. 1975)
1922 - Carl Reiner, American director, producer, actor, and comedian
1925 - John Ehrlichman, American political figure (d. 1999)
1928 - Fred Rogers, American children's television host (d. 2003)
1931 - Hal Linden, American actor
1937 - Jerry Reed, American musician
1939 - Brian Mulroney, eighteenth Prime Minister of Canada
1948 - John de Lancie, American actor
1963 - Kathy Ireland, American model and actress
Deaths:
1727 O.S. - Sir Isaac Newton, English physicist (b. 1642)
1974 - Chet Huntley, American television journalist (b. 1911)
Ok, a little overboard on the births. But so many great people were born on that day!
-Colonel Steve
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