This Day in History

[spideyj]

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.



Events:
1933 - Congress passes the first federal minimum wage law in the United States: 33 cents per hour. 
1975 - São Tomé and Príncipe declare independence.
1979 - The island nation of Kiribati declares independence.
2002 - Gay rights: The Superior Court of Ontario orders Ontario to recognize same-sex marriages.

Births:
100 BC - Gaius Julius Caesar, Roman soldier and politician (d. 44 BC) 
1394 - Ashikaga Yoshinori, Japanese shogun (d. 1441) 
1674 - Abigail Williams, American accuser in the Salem witch trials (d. 1765) 
1817 - Henry David Thoreau, American writer and philosopher (d. 1862) 
1861 - George Washington Carver, American botanist (d. 1943) 
1904 - Pablo Neruda, Chilean poet, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1973) 
1908 - Milton Berle, American comedian (d. 2002) 
1937 - Bill Cosby, American comedian and actor 
1943 - Christine McVie, American singer, musician, and songwriter (Fleetwood Mac) 
1948 - Richard Simmons, American fitness trainer 
1951 - Cheryl Ladd, American actress 
1971 - Kristi Yamaguchi, American figure skater

Deaths:
I know I included a lot of births (lots of cool people share my birthday!), so I'll just put this one death. But if you look carefully, you'll see why I had to put this one.

1441 - Ashikaga Yoshinori, Japanese shogun (b. 1394)