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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!

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Thank you!! :)