Having my cake and eating it too
Well, as of May 31st, I am now 38 years of age. I don't feel too different. I'm kinda waiting for the mid-life criss to hit me. I keep thinking that I'll get a sports car. Something fast so I can look cool in it. Nah. I'm just too old to be driving those anymore. Besides I couldn't take my wonderful family with me. They make me feel young again.
Here are some things that happened on my birthday throughout history:
[1819] Walt Whitman is born - Today is the birthday of poet Walt Whitman, born in West Hills, Long Island, and raised in Brooklyn.
[1862] Battle of Seven Pines (Fair Oaks), Virginia - Confederate forces strike Union troops in the Pen insular campaign.
[1887] George Goodfellow investigates earthquake - Reflecting a scientific spirit that was rare among frontier physicians, Tombstone doctor George Goodfellow rushes south to investigate an earthquake in Mexico.
[1889] THE JOHNSTOWN FLOOD - In a river valley in central Pennsylvania, heavy rain and a neglected dam lead to a catastrophe in which 2,209 people die and a prosperous city, Johnstown, is nearly wiped off the face of the earth.
[1929] The Ford Motor Company signed a "Technical Assistance" contract to produce cars in the Soviet Union.
[1941] Germans conquer Crete - On this day in 1941, the last of the Allies evacuate after 11 days of battling a successful German parachute invasion of the island of Crete.
[1964] A killer who can't keep his mouth shut - Fifteen-year-old Alleen Rowe is killed by Charles Schmid in the desert outside Tucson, Arizona. Earlier in the night, Schmid had said to his friends, "I want to kill a girl! I want to do it tonight. I think I can get away with it!" Schmid went on to kill three other teenage girls before being caught by police.
[1965] Operation Rolling Thunder continues - U.S. planes bomb an ammunition depot at Hoi Jan, west of Hanoi, and try again to drop the Than Hoa highway bridge.
[1966] I was born!
[1988] Reagan-Gorbachev summit in Moscow ends - President Ronald Reagan ends his first trip to Moscow, and his fourth summit meeting with Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev, on notes of both frustration and triumph.
[1990] Seinfeld premieres - The sitcomSeinfeld debuts, one of several new TV shows based on the comedy of popular comedians.
[1996] Kathie Lee vs. the Garment Industry - On May 31, 1996, daytime television queen Kathie Lee Gifford led the charge against dangerous working conditions in the garment industry.
Here are some things that happened on my birthday throughout history:
[1819] Walt Whitman is born - Today is the birthday of poet Walt Whitman, born in West Hills, Long Island, and raised in Brooklyn.
[1862] Battle of Seven Pines (Fair Oaks), Virginia - Confederate forces strike Union troops in the Pen insular campaign.
[1887] George Goodfellow investigates earthquake - Reflecting a scientific spirit that was rare among frontier physicians, Tombstone doctor George Goodfellow rushes south to investigate an earthquake in Mexico.
[1889] THE JOHNSTOWN FLOOD - In a river valley in central Pennsylvania, heavy rain and a neglected dam lead to a catastrophe in which 2,209 people die and a prosperous city, Johnstown, is nearly wiped off the face of the earth.
[1929] The Ford Motor Company signed a "Technical Assistance" contract to produce cars in the Soviet Union.
[1941] Germans conquer Crete - On this day in 1941, the last of the Allies evacuate after 11 days of battling a successful German parachute invasion of the island of Crete.
[1964] A killer who can't keep his mouth shut - Fifteen-year-old Alleen Rowe is killed by Charles Schmid in the desert outside Tucson, Arizona. Earlier in the night, Schmid had said to his friends, "I want to kill a girl! I want to do it tonight. I think I can get away with it!" Schmid went on to kill three other teenage girls before being caught by police.
[1965] Operation Rolling Thunder continues - U.S. planes bomb an ammunition depot at Hoi Jan, west of Hanoi, and try again to drop the Than Hoa highway bridge.
[1966] I was born!
[1988] Reagan-Gorbachev summit in Moscow ends - President Ronald Reagan ends his first trip to Moscow, and his fourth summit meeting with Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev, on notes of both frustration and triumph.
[1990] Seinfeld premieres - The sitcomSeinfeld debuts, one of several new TV shows based on the comedy of popular comedians.
[1996] Kathie Lee vs. the Garment Industry - On May 31, 1996, daytime television queen Kathie Lee Gifford led the charge against dangerous working conditions in the garment industry.
