Sunday, October 30, 2005

Another Year Older....and Hopefully Wiser

Yep! Today is my birthday. I am officially 26. Guess I can admit to that. At least until I hit 30, then I'm tempted to start counting backwards. Here are a few other "famous" people who share my birthday:

  • Fydor Dostoevsky - Oct. 30, 1821
  • Ezra Pound - Oct. 30, 1885
  • Ted Williams - Oct. 30, 1918
  • Henry Winkler - Oct. 30, 1945
  • Harry Hamlin - Oct. 30, 1951
  • Gavin Rossdale - Oct. 30, 1967
  • Layne Nix - Oct. 30, 1980
  • Ivanka Trump - Oct. 30, 1981

And here are some newsworthy events that took place on my birthday:

  • NASA launches space vehicle S-203 - 1979
  • Richard Arrington elected mayor of Birmingham, AL - 1979
  • Calif Angel Nolan Ryan throws fastest recorded pitch (100.9 MPH) - 1974
  • Jaqueline Kennedy marries Aristotle Onassis on the island of Scorpios - 1968
  • Branch Rickey signs Jackie Robinson to Montreal Royals - 1945
  • Clarence Birdseye sells 1st frozen peas - 1952
  • Anne Frank (of Diary fame) is deported from Auschwitz to Belsen - 1944
  • 1st Methodist church in U.S. initiated (Wesley Chapel, New York City) - 1768

1 comment:

Alison said...

I hope you had a very happy birthday! :)