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Brent Blair Born on the day of August 3, 1994 I was born on August 3, 1994, a hot, humid, sunny day, with a weight of 8 pounds, 10.5 ounces, and a height of 22.5 inches at 7:41PM at Emerson Hospital in Concord, Massachusetts.  Population 1. In 1994, the population of the United States was 260,289,237 people. That is about 50 million less than what it is now. It is currently 307,919,973 people.  Scientific Occurrences

2. On August 3, 1994, Nuclear physicist Lee. A Dubridge died in Pasadena, California. He was 93 years old. He was one of the scientists that helped to develop RADAR.

3. On August 3, 1994, another notable scientist also died at the age of 93. Linus C. Pauling died in Big Sur, California. He was the only scientist to win two unshared Nobel Prizes.

The President

4. During 1994, the president was Bill Clinton. His vice president was Bob Dole. Something of importance that he did that year was to send United States forces to Haiti. Sports 5. In 1994, there was no World Series in baseball, due to a player's strike.

6. In 1994, The Dallas Cowboys won the Super Bowl. They defeated the Buffalo Bills. The score of this game was 30-13. Birthdays 7. On August 3, 1959, John C. McGinley was born. He is an actor in several T.V. shows and movies. He plays Dr. Cox in one of my favorite shows, __Scrubs__.

8. On August 3, 1963, James Hetfield was born. He is the lead singer in the band Metallica. He is currently age 46

 media type="youtube" key="rRBq-6lVxzU" height="344" width="425" The guy ranting in this video is John C. McGinley. You can probably tell that I'm filled with glee to know that he and I have the same birthday. 

9. On August 3, 1940, Martin Sheen was born. He was an actor in "The West Wing". He is the father of Charlie Sheen, Emilio Estevez, Renee Estevez, and Ramon Estevez; most of whom are actors as well.

10. On August 3, 1961, Leon Drucker was born. He later changed his name to Lee Rocker. He was bassist, singer, and songwriter for the Stray Cats. 11. On August 3, 1985, Brent Kutzle was born. He is a musician in the band OneRepublic. He is currently age 24.

12. On August 3, 1867, Stanley Baldwin was born. He was 3 times British Prime Minister between 1923 and 1937. He was also a distant relative of Rudyard Kipling, the author of __The Jungle Book__.

Miscellaneous Facts

13. On August 3, 2003, the Anglican church first approved an openly gay bishop. His name was Reverend Canon Gene Robinson. This got a furious reaction from conservatives all over the world.

14. On August 3, 1923, Calvin Coolidge was sworn in as U.S. president. President Harding had died just the day before. Coolidge was the 30th president.

15. On August 3, 1492, Columbus set sail for India. He left from Palos, Spain. On this trip, he never made it to India, instead "discovering" America.

16. On August 3, 1994, the Grateful Dead performed a concert in the Giants Stadium in East Rutherford New Jersey. They were opened by the band Traffic.

17. On August 3, 1958, the first Undersea Voyage under the North Pole took place. It was part of a trip between Point Barrow, Alaska and Iceland. The captain announced that the sub was under the North Pole at 11:15 PM.

18.On August 3, 1936, Jesse Owens scored 10.3 seconds in the 100m event in the Berlin Olympics. It was the first of four gold medals he would later acquire. He got these medals for his great country, America.

19. On August 3, 1861, the last installment of __Great Expectations__ was published. It was written by the famous writer Charles Dickens. Dickens also wrote many other famous books, including __Oliver Twist__.

20. On August 3, 1948, Whittaker Chambers accused Alger Hiss of being a Communist. Hiss was a former State Department official. This accusation started a series of events that led to Hiss being convicted of Perjury.