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​ Type in the content of your page here **//Birthday Project //**
 * By: Abbigail Salter **

My name is Abbigail Frederick Salter. I was born at Chambersburg Hospital on February 2, 1995. I was born on a Thursday at 11:45 AM. I was 21 1/2 inches tall, and weighed 7 pounds and 3 ounces. The weather on the day of my birth was 36 degrees.The mean wind speed was 8.17 MPH.

__Facts__ 1) On February 2,1936 the Baseball hall of Fame was established. Five character names were put in this brand new hall of fame.It is located in Cooperstown,NY. There were 226 ballots cast for who should be in it.The top five voted in were Ty Cobb with 222 ballots,Babe Ruth with 215 ballots,Honus Wagner 215 ballots,Christy Mathewson 205 ballots,and Walter Johnson with 189 ballots. 2) February 2 every year is Candlemas day (Presentation of the Lord). It is observed in Roman Catholic and East Orthodox Churches.It commemorates the presentation of Jesus in the temple and the purification of Mary 40 days after his birth. The candles that are used have been blessed since the eleventh century.

3)Another really cool thing about February 2 is the fact that it is Groundhog Day.It is an old belief that if the sun shines on this day,or the groundhog sees his shadow, six more weeks of winter will occur.The actual event of the groundhog "seeing his shadow" occurs in Punxsutawney,PA.The groundhog they use is named Phil.

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4) Groundhog Shadow Day is when some students spend part of the day "shadowing" an employee.They do this as the employee goes through their normal workday. This demonstrates connections between academics and future careers for the students.

5) Farrah Fawcett shared my birthday.She was born in Corpus Christi,Texas in 1947. She was a model and an actress. She starred in two T.V. shows- "Charlie's Angels" and "The Burning Bed".

6)Christie Brinkley also shared my birthday. She was a famous model.She was born in Monroe,Michigan in 1953.

7)Eileen collins played a major role in space exploration on this date. She became the first female Shuttle Pilot on 2/2.The U.S. Space Shuttle launched on this date. It was December by the time the Galileo probe started transmitting data on Jupiter.

8)The year I was born, Tommy Lee(who is a drummer) married Pamela Anderson. They got married on Feburary 19. The wedding was on a beach in Cancun!!

9)On February 2,1943 there was a major battle.It was called the Battle of Stalingrad.The Nazi forces surrendured. This was a major Soviet vitrory in WWII.

10)The first lie detector was created on 2/2/1935. It was a conducted test of the polygraph, to see if it really could detect lies.This test was conducted in Portage, Wisconson.it was the first time this "mysterious box" was used.

11) On February 2,1913 Jim Thrope signed his pro baseball contract with the New York Giants.Prior to this, he played semi-pro baseball in North Carolina. He was the winner of the Penathalon and Decathalon for the 1912 Olympics, but his medals were taken away for playing pro baseball. His new records were re-awarded in 1982, which was 30 years after he died.

12)The first Groundhog Day was 2/2/1887. The people in Punxsutawney,PA got up super early,put on tuxedos and gowns, marched to the city park, and pulled the groundhog out of his house in a tree trunk. If he saw his shadow,it meant six more weeks of winter,and this made them mad, so they fried him up for breakfast.

13)"Winning isn't everything. It's the only thing." These were the famous words of Vince Lowman, the coach of the Green Bay Packers. He signed a five year contract with a club that made the team the "destiny team" of the 1960's on february 2,1959.

14) The first leopard was in the U.S. for the first time on my birthday in 1802. It was shown by Othello Polland in Boston, Massachusetts. He charged 25 cents to see this "Import from Bengal".

15)The President of the United States during the year of my birth was Bill Clinton, and the Vice President was Al Gore. Clinton's full name is William Jefferson Clinton. He was the first democratic President since Franklin D. Rosavelt to win a second term. He used part of a plan to celebrate the 2000 millenium to end racial discrimination. He was the 42nd President of the United States. 16) In 1995,on May 24,scientists at the Private Institute for Genomic Research in Gaithersburg,MD announced that they decoded the entire DNA sequence for a complete gene set of free-living organisims.

17)The total population of the United States and the world was much smaller in 1995 than it is today. In 1995, there were 226,557 people living in the United Sates. The total population of the wolrd was 5,674,380,000.

18) 1995 was the year that French physicist Claude Cohen-Tannoudji,at age 62,along with his colleagues at Ecole Normale Superieure,Paris,cooled Helium within 18millionths of a degree above absolute zero.

19) In 1995, the Atlanta Braves won the World Series.They won against the Cleveland Indians in six games.They were officially the winners on October 28.

20) On February 29,1995 the winner of the Superbowl was declared. In Superbowl XXIX, the San Francisco 49ers beat the San Diego Chargers 49 to 26. The game was played in Miami.



21) The final fact about February 2 is that it is Bonanza Bottler Day. Bonanza Bottler day celebrates when the number of the day is the same as the number of the month.This gives people an excuse to throw a party at least once a month.

​ ​This has been my birthday in history. :)