Which, of course, got me to thinking, as Desiree celebrated another anniversary of her 31st birthday, just who she shared the auspicious date with.
It is an eclectic mix! To wit:
1367: Sigismund, German Emperor/king of Hungary/Bohemia
1476: Paul IV, [Giampietro Caraffa], inquisition/Pope (1555-59)
1867: Luigi Pirandello, Italy, writer (6 Characters-Nobel 1934)
1886: Joe Cox, cricketer (S African pace bowler in 1913-14 series v England)
1892: Edward H Carr, England, historian (History of Soviet Russia)
1902: John Dillinger, US bank robber (public enemy #1)
1902: Richard Rodgers, composer (Rodgers & Hammerstein)
1909: Eric Ambler, London, suspense writer (Epitaph for a Spy)
1914: Charles Urbanus, Dutch baseball player
1926: Mel Brooks, NYC, comedian/actor/director (Blazing Saddles, Spaceballs)
1933: Pat Morita, Berkeley CA, actor (Happy Days, Karate Kid)
1943: Bobby Harrison, England, rock drummer (Procol Harum-Conquistador)
1945: Dave Knights, London, rock bassist (Procol Harum-Conquistador)
And then, of course, I had to find out what else of note (apart from Desiree's birth) HAPPENED on said date:
1461: Edward IV crowned king of England
1762: 1st reported counterfeiting attempt (Boston)
1762: Russian tsarina Catharina II grabs power
1770: Quakers open a school for blacks in Philadelphia
1820: Tomato is proven non-poisonous
1838: Britain's Queen Victoria crowned in Westminster Abbey
1859: 1st dog show held (Newcastle-on-Tyne, England)
1902: US buys concession to build Panama canal from French for $40 million
1914: Austria invades Siberia (WW I)
1917: Potato entrepreneurs begins in Amsterdam
1917: Raggedy Ann doll invented
1919: Treaty of Versailles ending WW I signed in France
1934: Hitler flies to Essen (Night of Long Knives)
1941: German troops occupy Galicia Poland
1958: Brazil becomes world soccer champ in Sweden
1964: Organization for Afo-American Unity forms in NY by Malcolm X
1967: Israel annexes East Jerusalem
1967: George Harrison is fined for speeding
1968: Daniel Ellsberg indicted for leaking Pentagon Papers
I've absolutely no idea if there is any message in any of this! Probably not. Or, maybe, I won't know until next year, on this same date! Very Zen!
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