September 2

[fencerm2]

Go to Wikipedia and look up your birth day (excluding the year). List 3 neat facts, 2 births and 1 death in your journal, including the year.

Neat facts:

1666 - The Great Fire of London breaks out and burns for three days, destroying 10,000 buildings including St. Paul's Cathedral. 

1901 - Vice President of the United States Theodore Roosevelt utters the famous phrase, "Speak softly and carry a big stick" at the Minnesota State Fair. 

1945 - World War II ends: The final official surrender of Japan is accepted aboard the battleship USS Missouri in Tokyo Bay. 

Births:

1948 - Christa McAuliffe, American schoolteacher and astronaut (d. 1986) 

1964 - Keanu Reeves, American actor 

Death:

1973 - J. R. R. Tolkien, British writer (b. 1892) 

Comments

1973 - J. R. R. Tolkien, British writer (b. 1892)

[nauraki.livejournal.com]

Born on my birthday, died on yours!

Keanu Reeves, American actor

[chrystie69.livejournal.com]

ok that's wrong, he's not an American citizen he's actually a Canadian citizen.

Re: Keanu Reeves, American actor

[fencerm2.livejournal.com]

I did not know that.

Re: Keanu Reeves, American actor

[nauraki.livejournal.com]

I guess Wiki isn't always right. :)

Re: Keanu Reeves, American actor

[berrick-grvsn.livejournal.com]

Well, canada is sorta like america, only... Not...