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…
Andy Samberg
Christian Slater
Denis Leary
Edward Norton
Frances Bean Cobain
Madeleine Stowe
Malcolm Jamal Warner
Martin Mull
Max Factor, Jr.
Patrick Swayze
Robert Redford
Roman Polanski
Rosalynn Carter
Shelley Winters
Here’s a GREAT picture from my birthday party last year. You know the rule…the first one to pass out better watch out!

Sources:
Brainy History
Celebrity-link
Wikipedia.com
Image Sources:
Google
Movie Gazette
E!Online
The Cinema Source
Grrlie Girl
NNDB.com
Rhapsody.com
Najpiekniejsza
Celebs DB
Search.com
Myspace Profile
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Jimpoz
August 21st, 2007 at 6:38 pm
Happy belated birthday Hilary, hope you had a good one!