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Birthday Project**
 * ​ ​Lamar Scott

** My birthday is July 24, 1995 in Chambersburg Pennsylvania. I was born at 3:29 PM at the Chambersburg Hospital. I was 21 inches and was also 6 pounds and 3 ounces.

__ First I would like to start off with some of the things that happened the year I was born and the date I was born... __

1. The famous Jennifer Lopez or currently known as J-Lo, was born on July 24, 1969. She was born and raised in The South Bronx, New York. She started out singing and dancing before progressing on to acting.

2. The baseball star Barry Bonds was born July 24, 1964. Barry Bond's middle name is Lamar! My middle name isn't Lamar but my first name is.

3. O.J simpson was found Innocent, Oct.19, 1995. He was a professional football player O.J simpson was the first football player to rush more than 2,000 yards in a season.

4. Machu Picchu was discovered in 1911. Machu Picchu can be found in Peru, South America. Artifacts were taken from Machu Pichu by Yale University, but were later returned September, 2007

5. Lance Armstrong won the Tour de France in 2005. He also retired that year right after the Tour de France. Lance armstrong won the Tour de France for six years(1999-2005)

6. The well known writer, O. Henry was realeased from prison July 24, 1901. The reason he was released from prison was from good behavior. O. Henry's real name was William Sidney Porter. **

7. ** Martin Van Buren dies on July 24, 1862. He was the eigth president. He didn't die from any serious things like shootings or assassinations. He just died from old age.

8. The Pilot who dissapeared, Amelia Earhart was born July 24 1898. Amelia tried to navigate around the globe. She failed doing so however. People said she just dissapeared.

9. The DVD is finally announced. 1995. DVD stands for Digital Versatile Disc, or Digital Video Disc. DVD's could have one or two layers and depending on this is how we could determine how much space the disc could hold. For example, a single layered DVD could hold 5 GB, while a double layerd DVD could hold 8.5 GB.

10. Hundreds of people die in the Eastland disaster. The eastland disaster happened July 24, 1915. A fairly large ship capsized before leaving a dock and hundreds of people died before they had a chance to get off. ):

11. The Battle of Kernstown Virginia happend July 24, 1864. This event happened during the civil war. It also happened in Frederick County.

12. "Toy Story" was released 1995. This movie was made about Toys that could talk and ineract with each other. Tom Hanks the actor plays the voice of the Sheriff " Woody ".

13. "Apollo 13" was released in 1995. The movie was based off of the real outer space mission that actually happened. It tells how several astronauts go outer space and get in some trouble.

14. "Jumanji" was released. It starred Robin Williams. It tells how kids find a cursed gameboard.

15. The movie Outbreak was released __ Now I will talk about the more wonderful details of July 24,1995 (: __

Population: Estimated to be 262,764,948 people. The world has grown alot since 1995. I mean it has grown drasically!

The weather was 80 degrees farenheit outside when I was born. Geez it was HOT! That's because my birthday is in the summer.

Ebay was invented September 3, 1995. Ebay is used as an online auction site for random things. it's headquarters are in California.media type="youtube" key="HYokLWfqbaU" height="344" width="425"

Yahoo was invented March 1, 1995. Yahoo is known for its search engine. You could also say it is known for its online email too.

__ And some of the sports of 1995... __

World Series Winner... The Atlanta Braves beat the Cleveland Indians 4-2 in games. The last game was 1-0. They went through six full games. Superbowl Winner... 49ers vs. Chargers, The 49ers beat the Chargers 49-26. I think its amazing how the 49ers won with they're score being 49! **