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Hi, I am Sheldon Wenger and my birthday is on September 19. I was born in 1994 and on a Monday at 10:04 AM. When I was born, I was 20 in, 8 lbs, and 12 ounces. On that wonderful day, the weather was great with a high of 77 F and low of 48 F with no rain at all. Many things happened in this year and even more happened on the day and month, here they are:

Interesting Facts On Month and Day


 * September 19, 1777, Arnold and Gates argue at First Battle of Saratoga. At this battle, British soldiers were attacking and shooting cannon balls at Gates and Arnold. General Gates thought it would be best to wait for the perfect time and then counter attack. General Arnold disagreed very strongly and after arguing for hours Gates was convinced and men were sent right away to the front lines to take out the central column.


 * September 19, 1827, Jim Bowie stabs a Louisiana banker with his famous knife (Bowie Knife). In the old west, there were many duels, but this one got out of hand and Jim Bowie stabbed a banker at Alexandria, Louisiana. The main thing that came out of this was the knife. The knife became known as the Bowie Knife, a very big bladed knife. This knife was well known through the western age and [[image:garfield.jpg width="180" height="218" align="left"]] some of the civil war.


 * September 19, 1881, President James Garfield dies. While Garfield was waiting at the Baltimore and Potomac Railroad station, he was shot twice, one in the arm, and another in the pancreas. He survived, but later died in office, later finding out that he died because of his wounds.


 * September 19, 1887, Birth of a ratings man. Did you know that your normal car takes 88 and 90 octane levels? Do not worry if you do not because the main question I am trying to get to is who made it. Have you ever heard of Dr. Graham Edgar born in Fayetteville, Arkansas? If you did not know octane means its ability to burn, mainly to describe your gasoline.


 * September 19, 1941, German bombards Leningrad. Germans tried to take over Leningrad but failed, Hitler wanted to just kill them all and give the land to their allies “Finland.” They were not successful on the attacks but they decided to cut off their supplies to the city and 650,000 people died. They died from the main one starvation and diseases. Leningrad finally had enough and pushed the Germans back 50 miles away form them.


 * September 19, 1946, Vic and Sade cancelled. If you do not know who Vic and Sade are, they were on this very popular radio show. After 14 years on the air, they cancelled. Back then, they had no TVs, so the radio had scripts just like the TV, but with no image. These “shows” lasted about 15 minutes on the radio.


 * September 19, 1959, Khrushchev barred from visiting Disneyland. On this date, Soviet Union leader Nikita Khrushchev was visited the United States. While he was here he wanted to go to Disneyland and they would not allow him to go in which made him very made. The reason that they would not let him in is because this was during the Cold War.


 * September 19, 1973, Paul Theroux departs on a four-month train trek. Paul Theroux is a writer who started to publish books in the mid-20. One of his best sellers was called “The Great Railway Bazaar.” Paul left Victoria Station in London for a four-month train journey across Europe and Asia. This is what the story is all about and he wrote it on the journey.


 * September 19, 1985, Earthquake shakes Mexico City. Early in the morning at 7:18 on this date, people were waken by an 8.1 magnitude earthquake. This earthquake was the strongest one that Mexico City ever experienced. The bad thing is that it was devastating because Mexico City is on dirt and sand, which means less stable. That day 10,000 people died, 30,000 people were injured, and thousands homeless.


 * September 19, 1988, Louganis wins gold in springboard at Olympics. Louganis was a diving competitor at the Olympics and he won consecutive gold medals. People doubted him and thought he was at his prime last year. Louganis was driven to prove them wrong. Things were not looking to good for him at the beginning because as he attempted a triple back flip he hit his head on the board on the third flip. He had to get stitches and everyone thought that he was definitely out now. Louganis still came back to take gold!

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 * April 5, 1994, Kurt Cobain commits suicide. Kurt Cobain was the lead singer and guitarist of Nirvana. Becoming famous instantly put a whole lot of pressure on him and to even add more the press accused him of using heroine. The pressure really got t [[image:oj-simpson.jpg width="204" height="245" align="right"]] o him and on this day, he committed suicide.


 * June 17, 1994, OJ Simpson’s murder. OJ Simpson is a Heisman trophy winner as a RB at USC. He rushed for 2003 yards, all pro 5 times, and he was a very good football player. The reason I am talking about him is because of the murder of his wife and friend. He was found not guilty of the murders, but many people disagreed with that. He also was in a speed chase with the cops.

Unemployment-6.1% Federal spending-1460.84 billion
 * 1994 Economics:First class stamps-$0.29 Federal debt-4642.7 billion Median House income-$32,264
 * September 19, 1995, Newspaper publishes Unabomber manifesto. The newspaper wrote a 35,000-word article about the Unabomber. Unabomber is a bomber that bombs universities or airline bombs. The bombing killed 3 and 23 all around the United States.

1994 Facts

Population on that specific day was 260,289,237 people in the United States. However, in the world it was a different number, 5.602 billion. Now that is a whole lot of people. A very interesting science event went on that day. Dr. Ned clones calves from early embryos. Now how crazy is that! Another science event went involving the White House making a web page. The White House launched a web page creating a mass marketing campaign. This introduced the term “spamming” to the Internet vocab. On this year, the President was William J. Clinton and the Vice President was Albert Gore, Jr. Now on to sports for 1994. First, the World Series… well there really was not one. That year there was no World Series because the baseball players went on strike. They went on strike because they did not like the salary cap they put on them, so the season ended soon and the World Series never happened. Next, Dallas Cowboys and Buffalo Bills played in the Super Bowl. The game was taken place at Georgia Dome, Atlanta, GA. The final score of the game was 30 to 13, the Cowboys, so not really a close one.