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On Tuesday, Aug 23, 1995, at 7:14 A.M., Jonathan Creager was born in Modesto, CA. He was he was 20 3/4 in. tall and 8 lb., 5 oz.

0079- Mt. Vesuvius began stirring. This was on the feast day of Vulcan, the Roman God of fire and blacksmiths. It erupted the next day. 1305- William Wallace was executed for high treason. Wallace, a Scottish patriot, was hanged, drawn and quartered (emasculated, eviscerated, had his bowels burned before him, was beheaded, and cut into four parts). His head was set on a pike on London Bridge. 1541- Jaques Carter arrived at the Iroquois village of Studacona in Canada. He started to build Charelesbourg-Royale at the western tip of Cape Diamond.

1775- King George III declared the colonies to be in open rebellion.

1939- The Hitler-Stalin Pact was signed. This signified peace between Germany and the Soviet Union. Both dictators were suspicious of each other.

1939- The UK captured Hong Kong. They used it as a base to fight a war with Qing China. This war lasted three years and became known as the first Qing war.

(This lacks a single date, but I found it interesting.)- Five nuclear tests were preformed on August twenty-third. The tests preformed by the U.S.S.R. were in 1953, 1975, and 1982. Those done by the U.S. were in 1957 and 1963.

2/21/95- Steve Fosset became the first person to make a solo flight across the Pacific Ocean in a hot-air ballon. He started in Seoul, South Korea. He finished four days later in Canada.

3/20/95- Terrorists released Sarin gas in a Tokyo subway. It killed 12 people and 5500 were sent to hospitals. The terrorists escaped by taking an antidote.

4/19/95- The Alfred P. Murrah Federal building was bambed. A total of 168 people died. Timothy McVeigh and Terry Nichols were responsible for the bombing.

2005- Hurricane Katrina forms over the Bahamas. It later became a category 5 hurrican. It's effects are still being felt today. I attempted to insert a video of Hurricane Katrina forming, but it would not load, so this is the adress- []

1990- World Population: 248,718,302

1/7/95- The most distan galaxy ever found was discovered. It was found by the Keck telescope in Hawaii.

12/7/95- Galileo spacecraft arrived at Jupiter. It was launched six years before. It discovered possible water on Europa, one of Jupiter's moons.

1995- Bil Clinton, a Democrat, was the president. Al Gore, also a Democrat, was the vice president. Clinton was one of only two presidents ever to be impeached.

1995- Superbowl: San Fransisco '49ers 49-26

1995- World Series: Atlanta Braves 4-2