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 ** I am Shannon Leary and my birthday is Monday April 3, 1995. I was born at 2:51 am, I was 20 1/2 inches and I weighed 6 pounds and 14 ounces. The mean temperature was 51 degrees Fahrenheit and the mean dew point was 32.6 degrees Fahrenheit. There was no precipitation and the mean wind speed was 8.52 mph. ** 

Here are some interesting facts about the date I was born:   1. In **1776**, Congress authorized privateers to attack British vessels because they lacked funds for a strong navy. Privateers behaved the exact same as pirates. The bill was signed by John Hancock and the president.

2. In **1800**, Martha Washington became the first First Lady to be allowed to send mail for free. This is called "frank"ing mail, meaning "to send free of postage" or "the right to send mail for free"(Webster's Dictionary). In other words, she didn't have to use stamps when she sent mail.

3. In **1860**, the Pony Express was inaugurated. It began when the first rider left St. Joseph, Missouri. Letters could be delivered within ten days for $5/ounce. Each rider had a "run" of 75-100 miles.



4. In ** 1865 **, Richmond (the rebel capital) was captured by the Union. General Ulysses S. Grant had tried for ten months to do this and finally succeeded. He struck Five Forks on April 1 and Petersburg on April 2. Tens of thousands of Yankees died.

5. In **1868**, a magnitude 7.9 earthquake hit the mainland of Hawaii. 46 were killed in a tsunami caused by the earthquake. Also 31 people died in a landslide.

6. In **1882**, Jesse James was shot and killed by Robert Ford. James was born in 1847 in Clay County, Missouri. Ford was a member of the gang of which James was leader.

7. In **1953**, "TV Guide" was published for the first time in Radnor, Pennsylvania (near Philadelphia). There were 1,500,000 readers in the first year. A 1960 publication included shows such as Bonanza, Leave It to Beaver, and The Ed Sullivan Show.

8. In **1956**, Elvis appeared on The Milton Berle Show. He sang his first RCA recording, Heartbreak Hotel. About 25% of America's population watched; this song became Elvis's first #1 single by April 21. media type="youtube" key="saJw_7APQ8E" height="265" width="320" align="center"

9. In **1965 ​ **, Bob Dylan appeared on the pop music charts for the first time with "Subterranean Homesick Blues" as #39. He charted a total of twelve singles on the chart from 1965-1979. He also appeared in several different films.

10. In **1974**, 148 tornadoes hit the US heartland within sixteen hours, affecting eleven states plus Ontario. At any one minute during the storm, as many as fifteen tornadoes were touching the ground at once. 330 people died.

11. In **1983**, the Motorola project manager, Martin Cooper, demonstrated the first mobile phone. It was the DynaTAC 8000x, designed by Rudy Krolopp. DynaTAC stood for Dynamic Adaptive Total Area Coverage.

12. In **1984**, John Thompson became the first African American coach to win the NCAA basketball tournament for Georgetown University. They defeated the Houston Cougars. Thompson's son later became coach.

13. In **1988**, Mario Lemiex won the Art Ross Trophy as the National Hockey League's top scorer. He scored 168 points, beating Wayne Gretzky who had won it for the past seven years. Lemiex was born on October 5, 1965 in Ontario and started playing hockey as a young boy. He was drafted by the Pittsburgh Penguins in 1984 and played his first game on October 11, 1884; he scored on his first shot. Lemiex was the first rookie ever named MVP at the All Star Game.

14. In **1996**, the Museum of Modern Art in New York City added a Jaguar E-Type to its permanent exhibit. This was just the third car "to be honored by curators of the museum's permanent exhibit...The car is literally a work of art." This vehicle was also known as the XK-E.  ** In 1995: **

 ~The United Stated population was about 263,064,000. It had grown by 13 million people since the year 1990. Out of all the Americans, approximately 49 million had a disability. ~The DVD was invented. It was created using the input of several companies. It was invented for the purpose of having better quality than a VHS. ~Stealth armor was invented for tanks to survive high-tech shells and anti-tank missiles. It was invented by Larry Mixon for the Army. Development towards this invention had started 37 years earlier in the United States. ~The president was Democrat Bill Clinton. He was 46 years and 149 days at his inauguration. His wife Hillary and daughter Chelsea accompanied Clinton at the White House. ~The vice-president was Al Gore. His full name is Albert Arnold Gore, Jr. He was born on March 31, 1948. ~The winner of the World Series was the Atlanta Braves. They defeated the Cleveland Indians in six games. The final scores were: 3-2, 4-3, 6-7, 5-2, 4-5, and 1-0. ~The winner of Super Bowl XXIX was the San Francisco 49ers. They defeated the the San Diego Chargers 49-26 at Joe Robbie Stadium in Miami, Florida on January 29, 1995. San Francisco became the first team to win five Super Bowls.