Instructions

=​What happened on the day you were born?=

Using the sites below, find 5 things that happened on the day you were born. It doesn't matter what year the event happened as along as it occurred on your birthday. It might be something in history, in music, in film, in sport.

Each of you have a page where you will type your findings. Your page is: your birthdate. (No two students have the same birthday in the class so you will be responsible for locating the appropriate information for this date in history).

**The sites**

 * [|On this Day] || International BBC news service about what happened on this day ||
 * [|YAHOO Answers] || Very popular website for finding answers to questions ||
 * [|MSN Encarta] || This day in the history of the world ||
 * [|Brainy History] || American site for world events and birthdays ||
 * [|Infoplease] || Year by Year – 1900 - 2008 ||
 * [|Australian Screen] || Australian Screen – Films produced in 1997 ||
 * [|This Day in History] || About this day- excellent UK site with video clips. ||
 * [|IMDB] || Movie stars born on this day & films released ||
 * [|What happened in Disney history] || What happened in Disney history on this day ||
 * [|Interactive timeline in History] || British history timeline ||

**Reporting your findings**
> > Example
 * 1) When you find something interesting, follow the link and read the information.
 * 2) Edit your page.
 * 3) Write a brief summary (5 -8 lines) on the event that happened and save your page. Set out each entry like the example below: