Pay Attention Class

I found this while surfing. It seemed interesting enough. Although, I haven't tried it yet. So, lets give it a whirl together, shall we?


Instructions:
1. Go to Wikipedia.
2. In the Search box, type your birth month and day (but not year).
3. List three events that happened on your birthday.
4. List two important birthdays and one interesting death.
5. One holiday or observance (if any).


Three Events for August 27:

• 55 BC - Julius Caesar lands in Britain for the first time.

• 1896 - Anglo-Zanzibar War: the shortest war in world history (9:02 to 9:40) between the United Kingdom and Zanzibar.

• 2003 - Mars makes its closest approach to Earth in nearly 60,000 years, passing approximately 34,646,416 miles (55,758,006 kilometers) from Earth.

Two Birthdays and One Death for August 27:

• (birth) 1910 - Mother Teresa, Albanian missionary and humanitarian, recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize (d. 1997)

• (birth) 1952 - Paul "Pee-Wee Herman" Reubens, American actor

• (death) 1990 - Stevie Ray Vaughan, American guitarist (b. 1954)

Holiday for August 27:

• Moldova - Independence Day (from the USSR, 1991)