Happy Birthday To ME! And A Whole Bunch Of Other People.

Saturday 18th August 2007 - 6:30:10 AM

I know this may be hard to believe, but my birth was not the only momentous event to take place on August 18th…

*Genghis Khan died in 1227

*The Trademark for the Cadillac crest was filed in 1905

*The Woman Suffrage Amendment was ratified in 1920

*Toyota Motor Company was established in 1937

*Walter P. Chrysler died in 1940

*Lolita by Vladimir Nabokov was published in 1958

*Australia and New Zealand withdrew troops from Vietnam in 1971

*Groucho Marx died in 1977

*The Police played their first gig in 1977

*A Seattle judge involved in a sex scandal committed suicide in 1988

Details and more at History.com

Nor was I the only wonderful person to be born on the day…

HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO US ALL!

Here’s a GREAT picture from my birthday party last year. You know the rule…the first one to pass out better watch out!

1 Comment »

Geordae
Happy belated birthday Hilary, hope you had a good one!

Comment left on August 21, 2007 @ 6:38 pm