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My Birthday
My name is, Lillian Distin,
I was born on August 17, 1998.
I was born at Crouse Hospital in Syracuse.
I was the third born out of four,
I have two older sisters and one younger brother, and I love English Bulldogs. -
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My life
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Hurricane Mitch
Hurricane Mitch is the second deadliest Atlantic Hurricane in history.
It had a maximum sustained wind of 180 mph. Mitch formed in the western caribbean sea. 11,000 people were killed with over 11,000 people missing by the end of 1998 -
Izmit Earthquake
It was a 7.6 magnitude Earthquakie that struck north western turkey on August 17, 1999, at about 3:02 am. It lasted for 37 seconds, killing around 17,000 people and leaving half a million homeless. -
Al Gore runs for president
Bill Clinton, the incumbent President, was vacating the position after serving the maximum two terms allowed by the Twenty-second Amendment. Bush narrowly won the November 7 election, with 271 electoral votes to Gore's 266. -
Twin towers were attacked
The hijackers intentionally crashed two planes, American Airlines Flight 11 and United Airlines Flight 175, into the Twin Towers of the World Trade Center in New York City; both towers collapsed within two hours. Over 3,000 people were killed. -
Earthquake
At 12:08:19 UTC a 7.4 tremor hit an area 65 km (40 mi) S of Feyzabad, Afghanistan. At least 150 people were killed, several injured and 400 houses damaged or destroyed by a landslide that dammed and flooded Surkundara Valley, Samangan Province. At least 13 people were killed at Kabul and Rostaq and 3 people killed in Bajaur, Pakistan. At least 300 houses were destroyed in Badakhshan and Takhar Provinces. A 45 meter wide fissure opened in Xiker Reservoir in Xinjiang, China. -
Sudan Airways flight 139 crashes
Sudan Airways flight 139 crashes near port Sudan killing 116 people.The sole survivor was a two-year-old boy, Mohammed El-Fateh Osman, survived the crash. There are not many details about how the crash happened, but the aircraft that crashed was a Boeing 737-200 that went down in Port Sudan. -
Flash Airlines flight 604 crashes
Flash Airlines 604 crashes near Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt, killing 142 people.Flash Airlines Flight 604 was a charter flight operated by Egyptian charter company Flash Airlines. On 3 January 2004, the Boeing 737-300 crashed into the Red Sea shortly after takeoff from Sharm el-Sheikh International Airport, killing all 142 passengers, many of them French tourists, and all six crew members. -
Hurricane Katrina
Hurricane Katrina of the 2005 Atlantic hurricane season was the costliest natural disaster, as well as one of the five deadliest hurricanes, in the history of the United States. Among recorded Atlantic hurricanes, it was the sixth strongest overall. At least 1,836 people died in the actual hurricane and in the subsequent floods, making it the deadliest U.S. hurricane since the 1928 Okeechobee hurricane. -
Hunting Accident
The Dick Cheney hunting incident occurred on February 11, 2006, when then U.S. Vice President Dick Cheney shot Harry Whittington, a 78-year-old Texas attorney, while participating in a quail hunt on a ranch in Kenedy County, Texas. Both Cheney and Whittington call this an accident. -
Earthquake and Tsunami
The 2007 Solomon Islands earthquake took place on 2 April 2007, near the provincial capital of Gizo on Ghizo Island, in the Solomon Islands. Its magnitude was calculated by the United States Geological Survey as being at 8.1 on the moment magnitude scale. The tsunami that followed the earthquake killed 52 people. -
Mumbai terrorist attacks
The 2008 Mumbai attacks (sometimes referred to as 26/11) were more than 10 coordinated shooting and bombing attacks across Mumbai, India's largest city, by Islamist attackers who allegedly came from Pakistan.The attackers received reconnaissance assistance before the attacks, Ajmal Kasab later claimed upon interrorgation that the attacks were conducted with the support of Pakistan's. Began on Wednesday, 26 November-Saturday, 29 November 2008, killing 164 people and wounding at least 308. -
Barack Obama is inaugurated as president of the U.S.
The inauguration, which set a record attendance for any event held in Washington, D.C., marked the commencement of the four-year term of Barack H. Obama as President.Based on the combined attendance numbers, television viewership, and Internet traffic, it was among the most observed events ever by the global audience. -
Storm Sweeps Southeast Asia
Typhoon Morakot, which started in the Philippines, causes a mudslide in a rural mountain village in southern Taiwan that buries schools, homes, and at least 600 people.The storm unleashed more than 80 inches of rain in three days. -
The Royal Wedding
The wedding of prince William and Catherine MIddleton took place on April 29, 2011. About 1,900 and over 72 million people watched it on T.V.. Guests were arriving at 3:oo am to see the wedding at 5:00 am.
