September 5th

[missrenie]

Go to Wikipedia and look up your birth day (excluding the year). List three neat facts, two births and one death in your journal, including the year.

Neat Facts
1698 - In an effort to move his people away from Asiatic customs, Tsar Peter I of Russia imposes a tax on beards; All men, except priests and peasants, are required to pay the tax of one hundred rubles a year for those above the lowest class, one kopek each for commoners.

1882 - The first United States Labor Day parade is held in New York City.

1960 - Muhammad Ali wins the gold medal in boxing at the Rome Olympic Games.


Births
1847 - Jesse James, American outlaw (d. 1882)

1940 - Raquel Welch, American actress


Death
1997 - Mother Teresa, Albanian missionary and humanitarian, recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize (b. 1910)