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This entry was posted on 3/12/2006 6:55 PM and is filed under uncategorized.

    Wikipedia has this deal where you can type a date into their search engine (like, say, your birthday) and it'll pull up notable events and the names of others who share your birthday and the names of those who died on that date, as well.

    Some notable things that happened on my birthday (January 31st) through the ages:

 1) The first venereal diseases clinic was opened at London Dock Hospital in 1747.   ( Well.)
 
 2) In 1876, the United States ordered all Native Americans to move to reservations.  ( A proud moment for all Americans.  Do try not to be jealous, hear?)

 3)  The Green Hornet radio show debuts in 1936. (Who gives a shit?) (Sorry, that was rude. I'm sure the Green Hornet gives a shit. A green shit.)

 4) 1950- President Harry S. Truman announces a program to develop a hydrogen bomb.  (Oh, please. My mother gave birth to the most destructive force on Earth. Harry ain't got nothin on her)

     There's lots more stuff, because January 31st has been a good day for CRAP through the years, but those were some of the highlights.

        Notables born on my birthday:

   1) Nolan Ryan- baseball player (Yes!)

   2) Ernie Banks - baseball player (Yes! And he played for the Cubs! Yes, again!)

   3) Jackie Robinson- baseball player (Perhaps you've heard of him? That's what I thought!)

   4) Zane Grey-writer ( I never read him, but I'm sure he was friggin awesome)

   5) Norman Mailer-writer and journalist  (At the risk of sounding wildly illiterate, I don't believe I've ever read anything he wrote either. And I'm not looking him up. So to summarize, I'm woefully undereducated and I don't plan to do anything about it)


   6) Justin Timberlake- singer ( I have no comment)


   There are many, many more. Kings, Queens, actors, actresses; the list is much better than my notable events.

      Let's see, who died on my birthday? 

    1)  Oh, look! Nobody ever died on my birthday!  Anybody who feels the need to correct me on this; needn't. I'm not stupid, I'm just in denial. 


         Who knew being this self absorbed could be so educational?  

  
  

 

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    • 3/12/2006 10:25 PM mama_tulip wrote:
      Jimi Hendrix died on my birthday, I think.
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    • 3/13/2006 11:29 AM Fish wrote:
      Mailer wrote The Naked and the Dead, which tormented me in Sophomore Honors Literature in college. I can't bear to pick it up again and re-read it. I'm sure it's brilliant, but at 19 I couldn't have cared less. You aren't missing squat.
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    • 3/13/2006 4:14 PM sweatpantsmom wrote:
      Cool.

      Nothing like having a VD Clinic grand opening to mark the day!

      I'm off to Wilkpedia.
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    • 3/13/2006 7:32 PM Jess R wrote:
      That is AWESOME. Ozzy Osbourne and I share the same birthday. Your list is much better.
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    • 3/14/2006 10:43 AM Charlie wrote:
      As you can see....I share a birthday with some pretty cool people

      1940 - Alex Trebek, Canadian-born game show host
      1941 - George Clinton, American musician
      1944 - Sparky Lyle, baseball player
      1947 - Albert Brooks, American comedian
      1947 - Danny Glover, American actor
      1947 - Don Henley, American drummer, singer, and songwriter (Eagles)
      1948 - S.E. Hinton, American author
      1949 - Alan Menken, American composer
      1955 - Willem Dafoe, American actor
      1961 - Keith Sweat, American singer
      1964 - John Leguizamo, Colombian actor
      1964 - David Spade, American actor, comedian, and producer
      1965 - Shawn Michaels, American professional wrestler
      1966 - Tim Brown, American football player
      1972 - Keyshawn Johnson, American football player
      1973 - Mike Sweeney, baseball

      And this probably one of the best birthday presents ever.....
      2003 - Members of 101st Airborne of the United States, aided by Special Forces, attack a compound in Iraq, killing Saddam Hussein's sons Uday and Qusay!
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    • 3/14/2006 10:50 AM Charlie wrote:
      As you can see....I share a birthday with some pretty cool people

      1940 - Alex Trebek, Canadian-born game show host
      1941 - George Clinton, American musician
      1944 - Sparky Lyle, baseball player
      1947 - Albert Brooks, American comedian
      1947 - Danny Glover, American actor
      1947 - Don Henley, American drummer, singer, and songwriter (Eagles)
      1948 - S.E. Hinton, American author
      1949 - Alan Menken, American composer
      1955 - Willem Dafoe, American actor
      1961 - Keith Sweat, American singer
      1964 - John Leguizamo, Colombian actor
      1964 - David Spade, American actor, comedian, and producer
      1965 - Shawn Michaels, American professional wrestler
      1966 - Tim Brown, American football player
      1972 - Keyshawn Johnson, American football player
      1973 - Mike Sweeney, baseball

      And this probably one of the best birthday presents ever.....
      2003 - Members of 101st Airborne of the United States, aided by Special Forces, attack a compound in Iraq, killing Saddam Hussein's sons Uday and Qusay!
      Reply to this
    • 3/14/2006 11:26 AM Charlie wrote:
      oooops! Sorry!
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    • 3/14/2006 11:26 AM Charlie wrote:
      oooops! Sorry!
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    • 3/14/2006 3:51 PM jen wrote:
      we have the same birthday, chick.
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    • 3/14/2006 5:20 PM Isabel wrote:
      I love this.

      The best one? Justin Timberlake!!
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    • 3/15/2006 10:26 AM Melanie Lynne Hauser wrote:
      Wikipedia is such an Internet phenomenom, isn't it? The cyber world is full of so many ways for me to avoid writing!
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    • 3/15/2006 4:55 PM Amber wrote:
      Ewwwww....Justin Timberlake? I'd consider myself HONORED...
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    • 3/15/2006 6:29 PM Dawn wrote:
      Dear Lord, I will not tend my child AT ALL tonight. I am now off to look this up!
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