Just Fantastic.

[bjarvis]

Apparently, my birthday coincides with a number of other celebrity birthdays & events... wonkette provides the following:

• Beelzebub VP Dick Cheney (1941), Phil Collins (1951) born.
  
• First brawl on the House floor, 1798.
  
• Jackhammer patented, 1894.
  
• Mahatma Ghandi murdered, 1948.
  
• "The women’s singles U.S. figure skating championship was won by Carol Heiss," 1960.
  
• Beatles final live performance broken up by the cops, 1969.
  
• Michael Bolton hits No. 1, 1990.
  
• Oliver Cromwell executed after being dead for two years, 1661.
  
• Adolf Hitler sworn in as Chancellor of Germany, 1933.
  
• 7,000 Jews murdered by Nazis in Letychiv, Ukraine, 1943.
  
• Tet Offensive begins, 1968.
  
• Northern Ireland’s Bloody Sunday: 14 civil rights protesters murdered by British paratroopers, 1972.
  

Comments

[madknits.livejournal.com]

Beelzebub was only born in 1941: Hellfire, I thought he was older than that!

[manley1.livejournal.com]

Do they have Cheney's death and unholy resurrection dates as well? Or should we just look for stories of mass kitten slaughters and slack cloth-like skies?

[bootedintexas.livejournal.com]

i thought Cheney was already experiencing resurrection...?

Your list is full of horrific and defining moments.

[airporter.livejournal.com]

And Michael Bolton?

Yes, he qualifies as both I suppose.

[rsc.livejournal.com]

Oliver Cromwell executed after being dead for two years, 1661.

Huh? How'd they manage that?

there are others

[(Anonymous)]

1967: The Iranian government announced that the exiled Ayatollah Khomeini would be allowed to return.

1969: Pamela Anderson, b, Canadian actress

1998: Work begins at Kazakoshi Arena, curling venue for the Nagano Olympic Winter Games.

from http://facedowninthecandydish.com/luckyday.html

[vasilatos]

Brain: when I turned 40, a man whom I respected enormously but who was very shy, emerged from the woodwork to visit our house and give me a lovely gift from Japan. He was a Jesuit priest, and later moved away, but I will never forget that. I hope you understand from the people around you that you are loved more than you realize.