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=Tanner Chase Shoap = =November 15, 1994 =

Me: I was born on November 15th, 1994. The day was a Tuesday, and it was 10:30 P.M. When I arrived I weighed a whopping 6 pounds and 2 ounces, and was 17 and 1/4 inches. 

Weather: The temperature in Chambersburg on my birth was 62 degrees with no rain and it was so clear that you could see for 11 miles. 

Population: The U.S. population was 262 million and had increased by about 5 million people from 1993. At the time the U.S. was ranked 3rd in population. The world population was 5.602 billion with China ranking number 1 in world population with around 1,192,000,000 people.

Science Events:​  Chemistry: George Olah wins the award for discovering ways to break and rebuild carbon and hydrogen atoms. Medicine: Alfred Gilman and Martin Rodbell discovered that G- Proteins help cells respond to signals. Physics: Clifford Shull and Bertram Brockhouse adapted beams of neutrons.  President and Vice President:  The president of the U.S. in '94 was President Clinton and the vice president was Al Gore. The two ran against George H. Bush and his VP James Quayle. Clinton and Gore had almost 6 million more votes than Bush and Quayle.  media type="youtube" key="6BEsZMvrq-I" height="344" width="425"

Winner of World Series and Score:

There was no World Series in 1994. There was a league-wide strike and there were only 17 total games played in the '94 season. The strike on Major League Baseball lasted a total of 232 days.  Winner of Super Bowl and Score:

<span style="color: #a041d2; font-family: 'Lucida Console',Monaco,monospace;">The Dallas Cowboys defeated the Buffalo Bills 30 to 13. Jimmy Johnson was the winning coach at the Georgia Dome in Super Bowl XXVIII. This win was the fourth super bowl win for the Cowboys.

<span style="background-color: #f1bc79; color: #2a8be5; font-family: 'Lucida Console',Monaco,monospace;">Interesting Facts and Events About November 15th:

<span style="color: #2a8be5; font-family: 'Lucida Console',Monaco,monospace;">-1777: The Continental Congress adopts the Articles of Confederation. These articles were the legal framework for the colonies. This was established because the colonies didn't want a powerful central government.

-1977: Workers completed the 100,000,000 Ford built in America. It was a 1978 Ford Fairmont 4-door sedan, and was built at the Mahwah plant in New York. The Fairmont series was introduced in the beginning of the 1978 model year and lasted until 1983.

-1926: NBC Radio Network's has its grand opening. To broadcast, they used one of the earliest remote musical broadcasters. Many nationally famous bands performed at the grand opening ceremony.

-1965: Craig Breedlove sets the new land-speed record at 600.601 miles per hour. He used his specially made car, the "Spirit of America", which had a built in Navy jet engine to accomplish this feat. The car had costed Craig over 250,000 dollars.

-1805: On this date, Lewis and Clark reach the mouth of the Columbia River. This marked their journey at the Pacific ocean where they camped out for a few days. Clark said that while staying their that it rained for 11 days straight.

-1887: Georgia O'Keefe is born on November 15, 1887. She was born and raised near Sun Prarie, Wisconsin and didn't find much of her inspiration for painting here. She is famous for her desert paintings of the Mid-West.

-1969: In Washington D.C., 250,000 people take part in an anti-Vietnam demonstration march. This march came to be known and the Peaace Moratorium. At the time, millions of people took part in this event world-wide.

-1940: Sam Waterston, an actor most famous for "Law and Order" was born on this date. He was born and raised in Cambridge, MA and attended Yale College, graduating in 1962. His debut film was //Fitzwilly// in 1967.

- On November 15th, we celerate America Recycles Day. It is the only nationally recognized day dedicted mainly to recycling. It has been on-going for around 12 years and millions of people have participated.

-1969: Dave Thomas opens the first Wendy's restaurant in Columbus, Ohio. He found the inspiration for the name because his daughter's nickname was Wendy. Sadly, the first Wendy's closed in February of 2007.

-1943: The first Gypsies and those of mixed Gypsy blood are put in concentration camps. This marked that the Jews and Gypsies of the time were put on the same level of importance, which was low. This order was carried out by the German leader, Heinrich Himmler.

-1969: Britain shows their first color TV commercial. It advertised Bird's Eye frozen peas, and only stayed on TV for a few weeks. It was screened by the ITV company.

-2001: Microsoft's __Xbox__ console launches in North America. The first games played and manfactured for it were //Halo// and //Project Gotham Racing.// It was released in Japan and other foreign countries three months later.

-1956: The first film starring Elvis Presley, "Love Me Tender", opens in theaters. It was the first of many Elvis Presley films to be produced in theaters. It was show in the paramount Theater and it earned 1 million dollars in only three days.

-1791: The first U.S. Catholic college, Georgetown University, opens in 1791. Surprisingly, the classes began that year with only one student enrolled. Today there are over 15,000 students who attend the college.