Friday, May 05, 2006

A Day in History

Go to www.wikipedia.org, type in your birthday without the year, choose 3 events, 3 births, and 3 deaths and post.

Historical Events
1805 - The U.S. Congress organizes Michigan Territory
1906 - Congress passes the Meat Inspection Act and Pure Food and Drug Act
1936 - Gone with the Wind by Margaret Mitchell published.

Births
1817 - Joseph Dalton Hooker, English botanist (d. 1911)
1952 - David Garrison, comedian, played Steve Rhoades on Married With Children
1985 - Michael Phelps, American swimmer

Deaths
350 - Nepotianus, Roman usurper
1882 - Charles J. Guiteau, American assassin of President James A. Garfield (b. 1841)
2003 - Buddy Hackett, American comic (b. 1924)

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