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Go to Wikipedia and look up your birth day (excluding the year). List three deaths, two to three births, and three neat facts in your journal, including the year.

(I fudged a little, there were a lot of cool people born on the same day as me)


Born on Jan 8.

• 1926 - Soupy Sales, American comedian
• 1935 - Elvis Presley, American singer and guitarist (d. 1977)
• 1937 - Shirley Bassey, Welsh singer
• 1941 - Boris Vallejo, Peruvian illustrator
• 1942 - Stephen Hawking, English physicist and author
• 1942 - Yvette Mimieux, American actress
• 1944 - Terry Brooks American writer
• 1947 - David Bowie, English musician
• 1967 - R. Kelly, American singer (oh freakin' JOY)
• 1971 - Jason Giambi, American baseball player
• 1974 - Xzibit, American hip hop performer, actor, and television personality

Died on Jan 8.

• 1991 - Steve Clark, English guitarist (Def Leppard) (b. 1960)
• 1996 - François Mitterrand, President of France (b. 1916)
• 2002 - Dave Thomas, American fast food entrepreneur (b. 1932)

Interesting Facts:

• 1746 - Bonnie Prince Charlie occupies Stirling. (My Ancestors were Jacobites)
  
• 1815 - War of 1812: In the Battle of New Orleans Andrew Jackson leads American forces in victory over the British. (and they fought the bloody British in the town of New Orleans!)
  
• 1877 - Crazy Horse and his warriors fight their last battle with the United States Cavalry (Montana).