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Aubrey Fry Born: March 29, 1995

I was born on a Tuesday in March in Lancaster, Pensylvania. I was 19 1/2 inches long and weighed 6lbs.,12oz. The temperature was in the 50s.

1. In 1995, Thunder Gulch won the Kentucky Derby. The Kentucky Derby consists of 20 horses and riders. A horse that wins the Kentucky Derby could also go on to be a Triple Crown winner. 2. During 1995, France exploded a nuclear device in the Pacific Ocean. As imagined, it did not make many people happy to know France was develping nuclear weapons. France told the world it was just a test and there would be several more.

3. Suprisingly,Niagara Falls stopped flowing for 30 hours. This was the first time ever known that it stopped flowing. It was caused by an ice jam on the Niagara River in 1848.

4. Austria, Finland, and Sweden joined the European union on January 1st. The European Union is one of the most powerful organizations over a region. In some ways, it is like a state.

5. On December 31st, the last Calvin and Hobbes comic strip was published. This funny cartoon was based on a six-year-old boy and his tiger Hobbes. This cartoon helped change the American view on cartoons.

6. The Horse Racing Breeders' Cup started on October 28th. The winners were Cigar, Desert Stormer, Inside Information, My Flag, Worthern Spur, Ridgewood Pearl, Unbridled's Song. The Breeders' Cups is make up of fourteen races for different aged horses. The length of the course also changes. media type="youtube" key="VfhZeYaLPqc" height="344" width="425" 7. " The Beatles Anthology" premieres on ABC-TV on November 19th as part one of a three-part series. The Beatles were a popular music group and still are today. They helped to start the British Invasion of music.

8. The Beatles new CD was released with the new song "Free as a Bird" on November 21. It was the Beatles first recording released since their break up in 1970. The break up was caused by their talents and wanting to try new things. 9. "Les Miserables" opened at Cable Hall, Helsinki on December 14th. This play is the third longest play on Broadway. It has also been preformed internationally. Coincidentally, this was the theme for our Marching Band field show the school year of 2009-10.

10. Ecuador and Peru were involved in a boundary fight on January 9th. There was a dispute about the land and who got how much. The citizens got involved.

11. On February 1st, Amy van Dikes made a world record for swimming. She set a new record in the 50m butterfly. Her time was 26.73 seconds.

12. Sandra Volker also made a new swim record on February 4th. The record was a female European record. It was in the 50m backstroke in 27.77 seconds.

13. Sandra broke that record on February 11th. Her new time was 27.67 seconds. Another Euorpean record that was broken.

14. Danyon Loader made a world record in the 400m freestyle. It only took him 340.46 seconds. Lots of records were broken in 1995.

15. Jennifer Capriati was a tennis player born on March 5, 1976. She was born in New York, New York. She was a famous tennis player.

President and Vice President of the United States: Bill Clinton was President back then. He chose Al Gore as his Vice President. Bill Clinton served two terms adding up to eight years in office.

Super Bowl-1995: The 1995 Super Bowl was between the San Francisco 49ers and the San Diego Chargers. The 49ers won. The final score was 49 to 26.

World Series: The World Series was between the Atlanta Braves and the Cleveland Indians. The Braves won four games and the Indians won two games. That year, there were only six games played because of the Braves winning so quickly.

Scientific Events: The world's first sheep was cloned by embrionic stem cells. They were called Megan and Morag. They were cloned at the Roslin Institute in Edinburgh, Scotland.

The world's first solo transpacific balloon flight was on March 29th. Steve Fossett went more than 5,430 miles. It went from Seoul, South Korea, to Leader, Saskatchewan, Canada, in a helium-filled balloon