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* '''12''' - [[Jesus]] presents His wisdom in the temple in [[Jerusalem]].
 
* '''12''' - [[Jesus]] presents His wisdom in the temple in [[Jerusalem]].
 
* '''13''' - [[John]] wrote the first draft of the [[Gospel of John]], the greatest written work of all time.<ref>[[Mystery:Was John a Child?]]</ref>
 
* '''13''' - [[John]] wrote the first draft of the [[Gospel of John]], the greatest written work of all time.<ref>[[Mystery:Was John a Child?]]</ref>
* '''13''' - [[Joan of Arc]] inspired [[France]] and led her to victory over the English in the [[Hundred Years War]].
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* '''13''' - [[Joan of Arc]] was inspired and led [[France]] five years later to victory over the English in the [[Hundred Years War]]; was martyred at age 19.<ref>http://www.discoverfrance.net/France/History/Joan_of_Arc.shtml</ref>
 
* '''13''' - [[Anne Frank]] began writing her diary of life in a concentration camp, later published as "Anne Frank: The Diary of a Young Girl."
 
* '''13''' - [[Anne Frank]] began writing her diary of life in a concentration camp, later published as "Anne Frank: The Diary of a Young Girl."
 
* '''14''' - [[David]] slays [[Goliath]].
 
* '''14''' - [[David]] slays [[Goliath]].
 
* '''14''' - [[Bobby Fischer]] became an International [[Chess]] Grandmaster.
 
* '''14''' - [[Bobby Fischer]] became an International [[Chess]] Grandmaster.
 
* '''14''' - [[Mozart]] wrote the opera, "Mitridate Rè di Ponto."
 
* '''14''' - [[Mozart]] wrote the opera, "Mitridate Rè di Ponto."
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* '''14''' - [[Nadia Comaneci]] "achieved in her sport what no [[Olympian]], male or female, ever had before: perfection."<ref>http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/events/1996/olympics/daily/july25/flashback.html</ref>
 
* '''15''' - [[Louis Braille]] invented the [[Braille]] system.
 
* '''15''' - [[Louis Braille]] invented the [[Braille]] system.
 
* '''15''' - [[Christopher Paolini]] writes the first draft of his [[Eragon]] trilogy which is published when he is 19.
 
* '''15''' - [[Christopher Paolini]] writes the first draft of his [[Eragon]] trilogy which is published when he is 19.
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