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Birthday...
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marnanel did got me curious about who I share a birthday with:
I knew Mark Wahlberg (1971)
Apparently, also:
Adam Smith (1723)
Pancho Villa (1887)
Bill Moyers (1934)
Draco Malfoy (1980) *blink*
Houston, TX (city charter granted in 1837)
the modern state of Denmark (constitution signed in 1849)
Other interesting things:
Titus breached the middle wall of Jerusalem
Uncle Tom's Cabin started its run as a serial in an anti-abolitionist newspaper in 1851
Pluto reached its most recent aphelion in 1866 (next one: 2113)
The US Congress enacted a joint resolution ending the gold standard in 1933
The Six-Day War began in 1967
Robert F. Kennedy was shot in 1968 (died the next day)
The Teton Dam in Idaho collapsed on my actual birthday
The Apple II first went on sale in 1977
The CDC reported on the first recognized cases of AIDS in 1981
The Unknown Rebel of the Tiananmen Square protests halted the progress of advancing tanks in 1989
Senator Jim Jeffords of Vermont left the Republican Party to become an Independent, shifting control of the Senate to the Democrats in 2001
Ronald Reagan died in 2004
marnanel did got me curious about who I share a birthday with:I knew Mark Wahlberg (1971)
Apparently, also:
Adam Smith (1723)
Pancho Villa (1887)
Bill Moyers (1934)
Draco Malfoy (1980) *blink*
Houston, TX (city charter granted in 1837)
the modern state of Denmark (constitution signed in 1849)
Other interesting things:
Titus breached the middle wall of Jerusalem
Uncle Tom's Cabin started its run as a serial in an anti-abolitionist newspaper in 1851
Pluto reached its most recent aphelion in 1866 (next one: 2113)
The US Congress enacted a joint resolution ending the gold standard in 1933
The Six-Day War began in 1967
Robert F. Kennedy was shot in 1968 (died the next day)
The Teton Dam in Idaho collapsed on my actual birthday
The Apple II first went on sale in 1977
The CDC reported on the first recognized cases of AIDS in 1981
The Unknown Rebel of the Tiananmen Square protests halted the progress of advancing tanks in 1989
Senator Jim Jeffords of Vermont left the Republican Party to become an Independent, shifting control of the Senate to the Democrats in 2001
Ronald Reagan died in 2004
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