Hope all of you have happy ones!
Ah yes, spring is in the air in May; blossoms are blossoming, birds are chirping, garage doors are opening....
May +9 = lotsa birthdays in January!!!
Happy birthday all.
Also the anniversary of the Challenger explosion.
As well as these birthdays:
* 1225 - Saint Thomas Aquinas (d. 1274)
* 1312 - Queen Joan II of Navarre (d. 1349)
* 1457 - King Henry VII of England (d. 1509)
* 1540 - Ludolph van Ceulen, German mathematician (d. 1610)
* 1582 - John Barclay, Scottish writer (d. 1621)
* 1600 - Pope Clement IX (d. 1669)
* 1608 - Giovanni Alfonso Borelli, Italian physiologist and physicist (d. 1679)
* 1611 - Johannes Hevelius, astronomer (d. 1687)
* 1622 - Adrien Auzout, French astronomer (d. 1691)
* 1701 - Charles Marie de La Condamine, French mathematician and geographer (d. 1774)
* 1706 - John Baskerville, English printer (d. 1775)
* 1712 - Tokugawa Ieshige, Japanese shogun (d. 1761)
* 1717 - Mustafa III, Ottoman Sultan (d. 1774)
* 1719 - Johann Elias Schlegel, German critic and poet (d. 1749)
* 1755 - Samuel Thomas von Sömmering, German physician (d. 1830)
* 1784 - George Hamilton Gordon Aberdeen, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (d. 1860)
* 1818 - George S. Boutwell, 20th Governor of Massachusetts (d. 1905)
* 1822 - Alexander Mackenzie, 2nd Prime Minister of Canada (d. 1892)
* 1833 - Charles George 'Chinese' Gordon, British soldier and administrator (d. 1885)
* 1841 - Henry Morton Stanley, Welsh-born explorer and journalist (d. 1904)
* 1853 - José Martí, Cuban revolutionary (d. 1895)
* 1855 - William Seward Burroughs I, American inventor (d. 1898)
* 1863 - Ernst William Christmas, Australian painter (d. 1918)
* 1864 - Charles W. Nash, co-founder of Nash Motors, which would become American Motors as well as co-founder of Buick (d. 1948)
* 1864 - Herbert Akroyd Stuart, English engineer - inventor of the first compression ignition engine (d. 1927)
* 1865 - Lala Lajpat Rai, Indian freedom fighter (d. 1928)
* 1865 - Kaarlo Juho Ståhlberg, first president of Finland (d. 1952)
* 1873 - Colette, French writer (d. 1954)
* 1874 - Vsevolod Meyerhold, Russian theatre director (d. 1940)
* 1880 - Herbert Strudwick, English cricketer (d. 1970)
* 1884 - Auguste Piccard, Swiss physicist (d. 1962)
* 1886 - Marthe Bibesco, Romanian writer (d. 1973)
* 1886 - Hidetsugu Yagi, Japanese electrical engineer (d. 1976)
* 1887 - Arthur Rubinstein, Polish pianist and conductor (d. 1982)
* 1890 - Robert Stroud, American convict, the Birdman of Alcatraz (d. 1963)
* 1891 - Bill Doak, American baseball player (d. 1954)
* 1892 - Ernst Lubitsch, German-born film director (d. 1947)
* 1897 - Valentin Kataev, Russian writer (d. 1986)
* 1899 - Elias Simojoki, Finnish clergyman and politician (d. 1940)
* 1900 - Alice Neel, American artist (d. 1984)
* 1903 - Aleksander Kamiński, Polish writer (d. 1978)
* 1904 - Canuplin, Filipino magician and bodabil entertainer (d. 1979)
* 1908 - Paul Misraki, French composer and songwriter (d. 1998)
* 1909 - John Thomson, Scottish footballer (d. 1931)
* 1910 - John Banner, Austrian actor (d. 1973)
* 1910 - Arnold Moss, American actor (d. 1989)
* 1912 - Jackson Pollock, American painter (d. 1956)
* 1918 - Harry Corbett, English puppeteer (Sooty) (d. 1989)
* 1918 - Trevor Skeet, New Zealand-born British politician (d. 2004)
* 1919 - Francis Gabreski, American fighter pilot (d. 2002)
* 1922 - Robert W. Holley, American biochemist, Nobel Laureate (d. 1993)
* 1927 - Ronnie Scott, British jazz tenor saxophonist and jazz club owner (d. 1996)
* 1927 - Hiroshi Teshigahara, Japanese director (d. 2001)
* 1929 - Acker Bilk, English jazz clarinetist
* 1929 - Claes Oldenburg, Swedish-born artist
* 1933 - Jack Hill, American film director
* 1934 - Juan Manuel Bordeu, Argentine racing driver (d. 1990)
* 1934 - Mitr Chaibancha, Thai actor (d. 1970)
* 1935 - David Lodge, English author
* 1936 - Ismail Kadare, Albanian writer
* 1936 - Alan Alda, American actor, writer, and director
* 1938 - Leonid Zhabotynsky, Ukrainian weightlifter
* 1939 - John M. Fabian, NASA astronaut
* 1940 - Carlos Slim Helú, Mexican businessman
* 1941 - Joel Crothers, American actor (d. 1985)
* 1943 - Paul Henderson, Canadian ice hockey player
* 1943 - Dick Taylor, English musician (The Rolling Stones and The Pretty Things)
* 1944 - Susan Howard, American actress
* 1944 - John Tavener, English composer
* 1945 - John Perkins, American author and activist
* 1945 - Robert Wyatt, English musician
* 1947 - Jeanne Shaheen, American politician
* 1948 - Charles Taylor, President of Liberia
* 1949 - Gregg Popovich, NBA Basketball Coach
* 1950 - Barbi Benton, American actress
* 1950 - Hamad ibn Isa Al Khalifah, King of Bahrain
* 1950 - David C. Hilmers, NASA astronaut
* 1950 - Bob Hay, American songwriter and musician
* 1951 - Brian Bilbray, American politician
* 1951 - Leonid Kadeniuk, Ukrainian cosmonaut
* 1953 - Colin Campbell, Canadian ice hockey player and executive
* 1953 - Chris Carter, English musician (Throbbing Gristle, Chris & Cosey)
* 1954 - Rick Warren, American pastor and author
* 1955 - Nicolas Sarkozy, President of France
* 1957 - Mark Napier, Canadian ice hockey player
* 1957 - Frank Skinner English comedian
* 1959 - Frank Darabont, American filmmaker
* 1959 - Burkhard Dallwitz, German-born composer
* 1959 - Randi Rhodes, Nova M Radio personality
* 1959 - Dave Sharp, Welsh guitarist (The Alarm)
* 1960 - Robert von Dassanowsky, American cultural historian, writer, and producer
* 1961 - Normand Rochefort, Canadian ice hockey player
* 1962 - Creflo Dollar, American televangelist
* 1962 - Keith Hamilton Cobb, American actor
* 1962 - Sam Phillips, American singer
* 1963 - Dan Spitz, American musician, guitarist for Anthrax
* 1965 - Lynda Boyd, American actress
* 1967 - Jan Lamb, Hong Kong disc jockey & stand-up comedian
* 1968 - Sarah McLachlan, Canadian singer and songwriter
* 1968 - DJ Muggs, American musician (Cypress Hill)
* 1968 - Rakim, born William Michael Griffin Jr., American rapper
* 1969 - Kathryn Morris, American actress
* 1969 - Mo Rocca, American writer and comedian
* 1969 - Linda Sanchez, American politician
* 1971 - Anthony Hamilton, American soul singer
* 1972 - Nicky Southall, English footballer
* 1974 - Tony Delk, American basketball player
* 1974 - Jermaine Dye, American baseball player
* 1974 - Magglio Ordóñez, Venezuelan baseball player
* 1975 - David Zingler, American writer
* 1975 - Anne Montminy, Canadian Olympic diver
* 1975 - Lee Latchford-Evans, English singer
* 1975 - Junior Spivey, American baseball player
* 1975 - Terri Colombino, American Actress
* 1976 - Mark Madsen, American basketball player
* 1976 - Jarrod Montague, American drummer (Taproot)
* 1976 - Lee Ingleby, British actor
* 1976 - Miltiadis Sapanis, Greek footballer
* 1976 - Emiko Kado, Japanese professional wrestler (d. 1999)
* 1977 - Daunte Culpepper, American football player
* 1977 - Joey Fatone, American singer (*NSYNC)
* 1977 - Matt DeVries, American guitarist (Chimaira)
* 1977 - Takuma Sato, Japanese Formula One driver
* 1977 - Lyle Overbay, American baseball player
* 1978 - Gianluigi Buffon, Italian footballer
* 1978 - Jamie Carragher, English footballer
* 1978 - Papa Bouba Diop, Senegalese footballer
* 1979 - Ali Boulala, Swedish skateboarder
* 1980 - Nick Carter, American singer (Backstreet Boys)
* 1980 - Jesse James Hollywood, American drug dealer and fugitive
* 1981 - Rick Razzano, American football player
* 1981 - Elijah Wood, American actor
* 1984 - Andre Iguodala, American basketball player
* 1984 - Stephen Gostkowski, American Football Player
* 1985 - Arnold Mvuemba, French footballer
* 1986 - Jessica Ennis, English heptathlete
* 1986 - Shruti Haasan, Indian actress
* 1988 - Henry Mortensen, American actor
Don't forget Jesse James Hollywood! The real guy behind the movie Alpha Dog (quite an intense movie BTW), currently sitting on death row.
Coupla months, I get the big 64. That is a totally useless number. Of course, every morning I wake up I break a family record. 65, at least I get Medicare. Can't get retirement, cause I'm self employed. Grump.
Not totally useless:
When I get older losing my hair,
Many years from now.
Will you still be sending me a Valentine.
Birthday greetings bottle of wine.
If I'd been out till quarter to three.
Would you lock the door.
Will you still need me, will you still feed me,
When i'm sixty-four...
Tim Baxter wrote: Nick Carter AND Joey Fatone!
Weird. My birthday is December 30th, which is also the birthday of two Monkeys and a guy who wrote about monkeys. Davey Jones, Michael Nesmith, and Rudyard Kipling.
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