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