PERSONAL STATISTICS

Hello my name is Tal. I was born on 2nd of October 1988 in New York City. Today I am 4088 days old. In Hebrew (which is the language that is spoken in Israel) my name means "dew".

SHARED BIRTHDAYS

Literary figures. I don't know of a literary giant that was born on my birthday. If you do, could you please tell me. Historical figures. I did find out that I was born on the same day as Mahatma Gandhi--except, he was born in 1869. Gandhi was a political leader of India whose nonviolent actions helped to eradicate British rule in India. I also found out that I share a birthday with Groucho Marx. Groucho Marx was a famous comedian who with his brother entertained millions through Broadway shows and films. He later went on to host the television quiz show "You Bet Your Life". Entertainers Did you know I was born on the same day as Sting? Sting was the lead singer of a band called Police.

EVENTS OCCURRING ON MY BIRTHDAY

Historical Events. Did you know that on the 2nd October 1909 Orville Wright set a altitude record meaning he flew the highest man has ever flown in those days? He flew at 1,600 feet. This exceeded Huber Latham's previous record of 508 feet. Also on the 2nd October 1964 scientist announced that smoking can cause cancer.

EVENTS OCCURRING ON MY BIRTHDAY

Entertainment On the week I was born the Theme for Star-Wars became 1# in the music charts.

The most popular movie in 1988 was Rainman. It starred Dustin Hoffman and Tom Cruise. Dustin Hoffman plays an autistic adult called Raymond. Tom cruise plays Raymond's younger brother. When their father dies, Cruise discovers that his father has left most of his money to an older brother Cruise never knew existed. He asks the lawyer who told him about this for more information and goes to see Raymond who lives in a special home. After he meets him, he remembers things that happened in his child hood. He wants his father's money and the only way to get the money is through Raymond. So Cruise takes Raymond (Rainman) out of his special home and they travel together with Cruise's girlfriend across America. The film has some very sad moments but ends happily.

NOSTALGIA

When I was born the president of the United States was Ronald Reagan. (I don't know much about him) In 1988 to buy a house cost $123,000 a car cost $7,222 a loaf of bread cost $1.28 and a postage stamp was $0.25.

Favorite Toys. Some of my favorite toys included fisher price House where you could put people down the chimney, a big fluffy English sheep dog, and a wooden train set.

SUMMARY / EVALUATION

I got information for this project off the Internet. The site was called The Day I Was Born. I some times found it boring to research because it would take a long time for the computer to get to the website. I also had a small accident on Thursday night because I hadn't saved my work and the computer broke down. Apart from that, I enjoyed working on this project. I found it interesting what other people had on their birthday. I found that one of my friends shares a birthday with Neil Armstrong, and a girl in my class was born exactly 20 years after he had landed on the moon. Another girl in my class shares a birthday with Ervin Johnson. (Magic Johnson) He is one of the greatest players in basketball history.