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So, it came to my attention that we do not have an official thread where we share our birthdays, so I decided to make one. Share your birthday here and share any interesting facts about the day of your birth! My birthday is February 18th, 1996, and I do not know of anything cool that happened on February 18th.
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« Reply #1 on: February 17, 2013, 12:41:47 AM » |
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Happy birthday, James! Many years!
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Happy soon-to-be birthday  Mine was on April 13, 1979. It was a Friday the 13th. And I lived at 1313 Jefferson Ave. ( Birthday stuff) |
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July 5th, 1989
I couldn't have been just one day earlier. *sigh*
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HAPPY BIRTHDAY James! My birthday was July 26, 1968. I think Mick Jagger and Alexander the Great also share that birthday. Wish I had better company than that.  Selam |
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HAPPY BIRTHDAY James! My birthday was July 26, 1968. I think Mick Jagger and Alexander the Great also share that birthday. Wish I had better company than that. Selam Thank you Gebre! Wow, you're a lot older than I thought; I always imagined you being in your early to mid 30s for some reason. |
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HAPPY BIRTHDAY James! My birthday was July 26, 1968. I think Mick Jagger and Alexander the Great also share that birthday. Wish I had better company than that. Selam Thank you Gebre! Wow, you're a lot older than I thought; I always imagined you being in your early to mid 30s for some reason. Gebre's quite a bit younger than I am. |
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« Reply #7 on: February 17, 2013, 05:49:20 AM » |
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My birthday was October 25, 1994.
October 25 is the day of the Battle of Agincourt and the October Revolution (o.s). Quite cool, I think.
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My birthday was 9 May 1972. Shared down to the year with Romanian champion gymnast Daniela Silivaș, and otherwise with J.M. Barrie (Peter Pan author), Howard Carter (archaeologist of King Tut fame), conductor Carlo Maria Giulini, actors Albert Finney, Candice Bergen and Rosario Dawson, singers Billy Joel and Anne Sofie von Otter, athletics champion Marie-José Pérec, and several others. Historical events on the day include Romanian independence, the approval of the birth control pill, and the eruption of the Watergate scandal.  |
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HAPPY BIRTHDAY James! My birthday was July 26, 1968. I think Mick Jagger and Alexander the Great also share that birthday. Wish I had better company than that. Selam Thank you Gebre! Wow, you're a lot older than I thought; I always imagined you being in your early to mid 30s for some reason. From reading my posts I imagine most people would assume I was in middle school. Selam |
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God grant you many years!
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From reading my posts I imagine most people would assume I was in middle school.
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september 23 1993.
Histoical events include the discovery of Neptune and the exposure of Benedicts Arnold's change of sides.
Appearently, I share my birthday with Emperor Augustus, Kublai Khan, John Coltrane and Mickey Rooney.
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My first thought while reading the headline was that now someone is suggesting that celebrating birthdays is somehow wrong.
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My first thought while reading the headline was that now someone is suggesting that celebrating birthdays is somehow wrong.
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Happy birthday, James! Many years!
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How ironic- mine is February 17, 1996.
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HAPPY BIRTHDAY James! My birthday was July 26, 1968. I think Mick Jagger and Alexander the Great also share that birthday. Wish I had better company than that. Selam Some historical events from July 26: http://www.historyorb.com/events/july/26 |
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How ironic- mine is February 17, 1996.
Many years! |
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How ironic- mine is February 17, 1996.
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Mine is November 19. It's also a birthday of Mikhail Kalinin - infamous Soviet masmurderer.
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Mine is November 19. It's also a birthday of Mikhail Kalinin - infamous Soviet masmurderer.
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My first thought while reading the headline was that now someone is suggesting that celebrating birthdays is somehow wrong.
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Mine is November 19. It's also a birthday of Mikhail Kalinin - infamous Soviet masmurderer.
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My first thought while reading the headline was that now someone is suggesting that celebrating birthdays is somehow wrong.
Only during Lent. Biggest factor that keeps me in the Old Calendar. |
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« Reply #25 on: February 17, 2013, 03:02:38 PM » |
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21 August (N.S.)
Nothing really cool. The Mona Lisa was stolen, Trotsky died, and Hawaii became a state.
Philip II of not-Macedon was also born.
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My first thought while reading the headline was that now someone is suggesting that celebrating birthdays is somehow wrong.
Only during Lent. Biggest factor that keeps me in the Old Calendar. Well, there's always a friend of mine, who has his birthday on August 29. Following the New Calendar, his birthday always falls on the commemoration of the Forerunner's beheading, a strict fast day. |
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My first thought while reading the headline was that now someone is suggesting that celebrating birthdays is somehow wrong.
Only during Lent. Biggest factor that keeps me in the Old Calendar. Well, there's always a friend of mine, who has his birthday on August 29. Following the New Calendar, his birthday always falls on the commemoration of the Forerunner's beheading, a strict fast day. A friend of mine has hers on 2nd day of Christmas accordingly to the Old Calendar (1st day of Christmas if she reaches XXIIth century). Single present. |
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« Reply #29 on: February 17, 2013, 03:45:13 PM » |
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July 26, 1994. Evidently I share this birthday with Vivian Vance, Alexander the Great, and Gebre. Early happy birthday, James!!! |
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Sept. 5 I share a birthday with Alexei Konstantinovich Tolstoy (cousin to the Tolstoy people have actually heard of), Bob Newhart, and Freddie Mercury. A bunch of truly awful historical stuff happened on this day, too, like: "1877 – American Indian Wars: Oglala Sioux chief Crazy Horse is bayoneted by a United States soldier after resisting confinement in a guardhouse at Fort Robinson in Nebraska." Ugh. |
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I was born May 7, 1952. According to the Wikipedia article, I share a birthday with many notables, including some Orthodox ones. A few rascals are in there, too . But none born (or died) in 1952, so I guess that makes me special. I'm looking forward to the year 2051, my 99th birthday, which will be Pascha. I've been inviting people to the party, but no acceptances yet, just strange looks . |
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Congratulations James!
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« Reply #33 on: February 18, 2013, 06:57:18 AM » |
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Congratulations James!
Oh, wait, I mean:Happy Birthday, James! Congratulations is a literal translation of what we say in Dutch when it's someone's birthday. I should stop posting so early in the morning. Anyway, gefeliciteerd! |
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*squints at timestamp* That was early? Bah, today's shiftless student kids... |
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*squints at timestamp* That was early? Bah, today's shiftless student kids... Heya, it's school holiday and I was awake for only 3 minutes. |
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Sept. 21st 1984 on the papist calendar. Whatever the 21st is on the holy calendar of St. Julius is the Theotokos's birthday. Perhaps if I don't wind up in hell we can share a birthday party someday.
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The problem with that is the Theotokos is one of those people who already has everything. She just asks Jesus for something and he always does as she asks out of love. What could you possibly get her that she'd want?
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My birthday is February 18th, 1996, and I do not know of anything cool that happened on February 18th.
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My birthday's 26th November. About the only thing interesting historical event I can recall happening on that date is Vlad Tepes' third accession to the throne of Wallachia...
I don't seem to share my birthday with anyone particularly interesting either.
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My birthday's 26th November. About the only thing interesting historical event I can recall happening on that date is Vlad Tepes' third accession to the throne of Wallachia...
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It seems there are a lot of 90's kids here. I never would have expected that much.
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