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__Ryan Washabaugh __

 * When:** I was born on Monday August 29, 1994.
 * Where:** I was born in the Chambersburg Hospital.
 * Time:** 1:56 P.M.
 * Height:** 20 3/4 inches
 * Weight:** 8lbs. 2.4oz.
 * Weather:** Clear, low 68 high 75, wind 4.37mph, visibility 13.6 mi.

__** 15 Facts: **__

1. August 29, 1862 The Battle of Second Bull Run Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee deals a stinging defeat to Union Gen. John Pope. Union lost 16,000 men and Confederates lost 9,000 men.

2. August 29, 1960 Hurricane Donna forms near Cape Verde off the African coast. It caused 150 deaths from Puerto Rico to New England over two weeks. On August 31, Donna attained hurricane status and headed west toward the Caribbean Sea. It was a Category 4 hurricane by the time it reached the Leeward Islands on September 4. Donna wrecked havoc on Puerto Rico and a portion of the Bahamas before turning northeast toward Cuba and the Florida Keys.

3. August 29, 2007 Hero security gaurd wrongly accused as bombing suspect dies. Richard Jewell died at age 44 of natural causes. On July 27, 1996, during the Summer Games in Atlanta, a pipe bomb with nails went off in crowded Centennial Olympic Park, killing one woman and injuring 111 other people. Shortly before the explosion, Richard Jewell, who was working as a temporary security guard in the area, discovered a suspicious-looking backpack abandoned beneath a park bench. Jewell alerted police to the backpack, which held a bomb, and moved people out of harm’s way before it exploded. In the aftermath of the bombing, Jewell was praised as a hero for his actions.

4. August 29, 1779 On this day in 1779, at what is modern-day Elmira, New York, near the state’s southwestern border with Pennsylvania, Continental forces led by Major General John Sullivan and Brigadier General James Clinton defeat a combined force of Loyalists and Indians commanded by Captain Walter Butler and Chief Joseph Brant.

5. August 29, 2004 Marathoner assaulted at olympics. Vanderlei de Lima was shoved out of a race. Brazilian distance runner Vanderlei de Lima is attacked by a spectator while running the marathon, the final event of the Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece. At the time of the incident, De Lima had a 30-second lead in the race with four miles to go.

6. August 29, 1958 Micheal Jackson was born in Gary, Indiana. He later became the pop king in music.

7. August 29, 29 John the baptist was beheaded.

8. August 29, 2005 Hurricane Katrina developes and later destroys Louisiana.

9. August 29, 1941 German, land, sea, and air forces took Talinn of Estonia.

10. August 29, 1940 James brady wounded in Reagan assas. attemp.

11. August 29, 1970 Black panther confronts cops in Philadelphia, kills one officer.

12. August 29, 1966 Beatles last public concert.

13. August 29, 1964 Musical broadway show Mary Poppins was released.

14. August 29, 1979 Great Britian tests nuclear chemicals in Nevada test site.

15. United States population of 1994: 260,289,237

__ Science Events __ 1. August 29, 1893 Whitcomb Judson invented the zipper. 2. August 29, 1868 Christian Friedrich Schonbein died. He was the first to descover the ozone layer.

President: William Jefferson Clinton Vice-President: Al Gore World Series: Their wasnt a world series in 1994 because players went on a strike. Super Bowl: Winner: Dallas Cowboys Loser: Buffalo Bills Score: 30-13

William J. Clinton Dallas Cowboys vrs. Buffalo Bills

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