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.
January 10
Deaths:
1778 - Carolus Linnaeus, Swedish botanist (b. 1707)
1862 - Samuel Colt, American inventor (b. 1814)
1951 - Sinclair Lewis, American writer, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1885)
Births:
1638 - Nicolas Steno, Danish geologist (d. 1686)
1738 - Ethan Allen, American Revolution military leader (d. 1789)
1869 - Grigori Rasputin, Russian monk (d. 1916)
Events:
49 BC - Julius Caesar crosses the Rubicon, signaling the start of civil war.
1776 - Thomas Paine publishes Common Sense.
1929 - Tintin, a comic book character created by Hergé, makes his debut.
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