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[evergleam]

As it is now officially February 2, I give you a post of cool things about today.

Cool people born today:
James Joyce (1882)
Ayn Rand (1905)
James Dickey (1923)
Graham Nash (1942)
Brent Spiner (1949)
ME! (1983)
My Fifth Grade Teacher (date unknown)
Data (2338)

Less cool people born today:
Farrah Fawecett (1947)
Christie Brinkley (1954)
Michael T. Weiss (1962) (shuttup, Jarod was hot)
Shakira (1977)
My 12th Grade English Teacher (date unknown)


Interestingly, cool people who died on this day:
Boris Karloff (1969)
Sid Vicious (1979)
Gene Kelly (1996)

Stuff that happened on this awesome date in history:
1848 - Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo ends Mexican War; US acquires Texas, California, New Mexico, and Arizona for $15 million.
1863 - Samuel Clemens becomes Mark Twain for first time.
1870 - Mark Twain, 34, marries Olivia Langdon in Elmira, NY.
1887 - In Punxsutawney, Pennsylvania, the first Groundhog Day is observed.
1897 - The Pennsylvania state capitol is destroyed by fire.
1920 - Estonia declares its independence from Russia.
1922 - James Joyce's Ulysses published in Paris (1,000 copies).
1925 - Dog sleds reach Nome, Alaska with diphtheria serum, inspiring the Iditarod race.
1933 - Adolf Hitler dissolves the German Parliament.
1935 - The polygraph machine is tested for the first time. Leonard Keeler conducted the experiment in Portage, Wisconsin.
1940 - Frank Sinatra debuts with the Tommy Dorsey Orchestra.
1943 - World War II: The last Nazi forces surrender to the Soviets following the Battle of Stalingrad.
1959 - Buddy Holly's last performance (and Richie Valens and the Big Bopper).
1982 - "Late Night with David Letterman" premieres on NBC.
1990 - In South Africa President F.W. de Klerk allows the African National Congress to legally function again and promises to set Nelson Mandela free.
1995 - US space shuttle Discovery launched.



Plans for tomorrow/today include going to class, class, work, and more class. Spending a few blissful hours not doing homework of any kind, and then going out for margaritas and dessert-y things with my friend-type people after Racheal and Aster get out of class. Also, to watch Groundhog's Day at some point, cause I think it's the best idea ever to repeat my birthday over and over and over. ;)

Yay!

Comments

[sacredpumpkin33.livejournal.com]

The coolest thing on the list: what happened in 1925, because at first I read it as saying that a dog, while sledding, reached Nome, Alaska, and I thought, why the hell was a dog sledding???!

Well, that's second only to 1983, of course :P Have a very very Happy Birthday! :D

[evergleam83.livejournal.com]

And now, if I had a dog, I would want to make it go sledding down a hill just to see what would happen. :P

And thank you! =D

[bonacheeta.livejournal.com]

Hehe, Brent Spiner/ Data is-are cool. lol Cuz I am a trekkie... kinda, not as much.

Anyway.. yeah Happy Birthday!

[evergleam83.livejournal.com]

Brent Spiner and Data are AWESOME, yo. ;)

Thanks, Bonnie! 7 days!

[bonacheeta.livejournal.com]

So did the Heather see her shadow this morning? Do we have more Winter? :)

[evergleam83.livejournal.com]

Alas, no early spring for us this year. But you know, sometime in March. :P

[http://users.livejournal.com/_jems_/]

Happy birthday! =)

[evergleam83.livejournal.com]

Thank you!! :)

[whisperwords.livejournal.com]

HAPPY BIRTHDAY! (Ha, clever, hiding it in there like that. Sneaky!)

Also, Punxsutawney, Pennsylvania has the coolest name ever. Well, that, and Schenectady. That is also the coolest name ever.

[evergleam83.livejournal.com]

Hee. Thanks!

Schenectady is an awesome name for a town. Sometimes, I just randomly say it and people look at me weird. :P

And one of these years, I'm going to go to Punxsutawney and watch the whole groundhog thing.

[whisperwords.livejournal.com]

Dude, I up and say "Schenectady!" now and then, too. Usually when watching Kate and Leopold, because that at least gives me a little bit of an excuse. Hee.

[bonacheeta.livejournal.com]

I thought Blueball and Intercourse, PA were pretty funny. :P

[whisperwords.livejournal.com]

Aren't those pretty close together, too?

[heatherosa.livejournal.com]

Happy Birthday!


And yet another similarity. We're both February Heathers.

[evergleam83.livejournal.com]

Thank you!!

Clearly, we are brain twins. :P :)

[grass-stained.livejournal.com]

happy Birthday Heather! :D

[evergleam83.livejournal.com]

Thanks a lot, Amy! :)

[roxyoi301.livejournal.com]

HAPPY 22nd BIRTHDAY HEATHER!
Have a great one :)

[evergleam83.livejournal.com]

Thank you, thank you my dear. :)

[egosomnio.livejournal.com]

Happy birthday!
(--insert something witty here--)

[evergleam83.livejournal.com]

Thanks, Noble. :)

You should come hang out soon. And we should go to Philly and meet you up there and hang out. We need to hang out. :)

[emulsion-lift.livejournal.com]

feliz cumpleanos a ti. i have more music for you. : )

[evergleam83.livejournal.com]

gracias. :) Damela, por favor. ;)

[17flyingfish.livejournal.com]

HAPPY BIRTHDAY HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!!

[evergleam83.livejournal.com]

Thank you, Anna! :)

[delenn-xi.livejournal.com]

Happy Happy Birthday!!!! ^^

[evergleam83.livejournal.com]

Thank you thank you!! :)

[shannigansx.livejournal.com]

Happy birthday, Heather!!! If you have any icon requests, let me know :-)

[evergleam83.livejournal.com]

Yay! thank you, Shannon. :) I just might take you up on the icon offer. ;)

[shannigansx.livejournal.com]

Feel free :-) I've been getting back into the icon making groove. Or at least trying to.

[sourlemonade.livejournal.com]

Happy Birthday Heather! *throws confetti*

I hope you have an awesome day at work/class and have a kick-ass time tonight. :)

[evergleam83.livejournal.com]

Weeeee! Thank you!

I had a great time, and now I'm thoroughly exhausted, which is how any birthday should end, I think. :)

[harshday.livejournal.com]

HAPPY BIRTHDAY.

[evergleam83.livejournal.com]

Thanks.