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by: Rachael Maynard ** **​** ** My Birthday **  I was born on Tuesday, August 15, 1995 in Rochester NY. It was 83.2 degrees out and sunny. I was born at 3:15 p.m. I weighed 6 lbs. 9 on. and I was 19 in. 1769 Napoleon Bonaparte was born
 * Birthday Project

Napoleon was the emperor of France. He was born on the mediteranian island of Corsica. He died of heart falure on August 15.

** 1765 India gains independence **  The country of Great Britain brought education into India. Ghandi played a major part in India gaining independence. Great Britain did not originally have control of India it gained control after a battle.

**1905 Korea gains independence**  On August 15 Korea gained independence from Japan. It took alot of fighting. They kept their independence by gaining a good relationship with China.

** 1969 Wood Stock opens ** It was meant to only be a small concert and they didn't expect any one to come. It ended up a two day event. 500,000 people came on one day.

**1991 Berlin Wall is built**  The Berlin wall was a wall that divided east and west Germany. On August 15 they began replacing the barbed wire with concrete. The two sides weren't reunited until 1990.

**1914 Panama canal opens**  The Panama Canal connects the Atlantic and Pacific oceans. It took five years to build. The first vessel to pass through it was the U.S. ship Ancon.

**1945 Hirohito announces Japan surrendered** <span style="font-family: 'Courier New',Courier,monospace;"> The surrender was announced to the Japanese people over the radio. It was due to the Americans use of bombs. The news was received in the U.S. on August 14 due to the time difference.

<span style="background-color: #ffff00; display: block; font-family: 'Courier New',Courier,monospace; text-align: center;">**1947 the Ferrari makes it's racing debut.** <span style="background-color: #ffffff; display: block; font-family: 'Courier New',Courier,monospace; text-align: left;"> It took place to Pescara, Italy. The creator was Enzo Ferrari, a race car driver. He began building cars after World War two.

<span style="background-color: #00ff00; display: block; font-family: 'Courier New',Courier,monospace; text-align: center;">**1939 The Wizard Of Oz premiers** <span style="background-color: #ffffff; display: block; font-family: 'Courier New',Courier,monospace; text-align: left;"> The movie was 101 minutes long. It premiered in Hollywood. It is still one of Americas top selling movies.

<span style="background-color: #0000ff; display: block; font-family: 'Courier New',Courier,monospace; text-align: center;">** 1620 Mayflower sets sail ** <span style="background-color: #ffffff; display: block; font-family: 'Courier New',Courier,monospace; text-align: left;"> On August 15 the Mayflower departed to South Hampton. It had a leak and ended up having to dock in Dartmouth. At this time it was carrying the people we know today as the pilgrims.

It was a railroad that stretch the entire length of the United States. The actual ceremny had taken place months earlier. The actual completion took place on August 15 in Strasburg, Colorado. <span style="background-color: #ff0000; display: block; font-family: 'Courier New',Courier,monospace; text-align: center;">**1991 Paul Simon holds free concert** <span style="background-color: #ffffff; display: block; font-family: 'Courier New',Courier,monospace; text-align: left;"> It was in Central Park in New York city. 750,000 people attended this concert. He was joined by a variety of African bands.
 * 1870 Transcontinental railroad actually completed **

The affair was with 22 year old Monica Lewinski. She was an intern at the White House. He was almost impeached because of the affair.
 * 1998 Bill Clinton tells Hilary about the affair **

He had survived cancer in his pitching arm. Before he broke his arm he pitched three no hitter innings for the San Fransisco Giants. He broke the bone in his pitching arm while in the middle of pitching on the mound.
 * 1989 Dave Dravecky breaks his arm on the mound **

<span style="background-color: #ff9200; display: block; font-family: 'Courier New',Courier,monospace; text-align: center;">**1997 Joan Little is acquitted of murder charges** <span style="background-color: #ffffff; display: block; font-family: 'Courier New',Courier,monospace; text-align: left;"> She was African American and he was a white prison gaurd. It was the first case ever acquitted because of sexual assault. It was also the first case where scientific jury selection was used.

<span style="background-color: #00ff00; display: block; font-family: 'Courier New',Courier,monospace; text-align: center;">**Nobel prize winner in 1995** <span style="background-color: #ffffff; display: block; font-family: 'Courier New',Courier,monospace; text-align: left;"> Christione Nosslein-Volhord won the Nobel peace prize for medicine. He won it for his illuminated embroic developement program. He conducted a succesful mutogenesis projest on a fly. **the president in 1995** The president was Bill Clinton. HIs vice president was Al Gore. Bill Clinton is famous for the word "I did not have sexual relations with that woman."

**Super bowl of '95** The game was the Dallas Cowboys against the Pittsburgh Steelers. The score was twenty seven to seventeen. the cowboys won.

**World series of '95** It was the Atlanta Braves against the Cleveland Indians. The score was four to two. The Braves won.

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