April 10, 2006
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My Day In History
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Go to Wikipedia . Type in
your birth date (but not year). List three events that happened on your
birthday. List three important birthdays and three interesting deaths. Post
this in your journal.events:
362 - Athanasius returns to Alexandria.1875 - Jeanne Calment was born, going on to live for 122 years 164 days, the longest confirmed lifespan for any human being in history.
2000 - David Letterman returns to The Late Show over a month after having an emergency quintuple heart bypass surgery.
births:1728 - Tsar Peter III of Russia, husband of Catherine the Great (d. 1762)
1903 - Anaïs Nin, French writer (d. 1977)
1927 - Erma Bombeck, American humorist (d. 1996)deaths:
1437 - King James I of Scotland (b. 1394)1965 - Malcolm X, American black activist (b. 1925)
1974 - Tim Horton, Canadian hockey player (b. 1905)
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1974 - Tim Horton, Canadian hockey player (b. 1905) and namesake (and founds) of the greatest doughnut and sandwich shop on the face of the earth. In this (and probably many other) Canadian's humble opinion.
erma bombeck!
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