11:27 PM, Monday, April 10, 2006
Go to Wikipedia and look up your birth day (excluding the year). List three neat facts, two births, and one death in your journal, including the year.
7th May
Events
1429 - Joan of Arc ends the Siege of Orleans, pulling an arrow from her own shoulder and returning wounded to lead the final charge. The victory marks a turning point in the Hundred Years' War.
1895 - In Saint Petersburg, Russian scientist Alexander Stepanovich Popov demonstrates to the Russian Physical and Chemical Society his invention - the first in the world radio receiver. In the former Soviet Union this day is celebrated as Day of Radio.
1896 - H. H. Holmes is hanged in Philadelphia.
Births
1812 - Robert Browning, English poet (d. 1889)
1922 - Darren McGavin, American actor
Death
973 - Otto I, Holy Roman Emperor (b. 912)
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