2 posts tagged “birthday”
The day I was born, it was "The Lion Sleeps Tonight" by The Tokens, which has since been ruined by Disney. On the day I turned 21, the hit at number 1 was "Maneater" by Daryl Hall and John Oates, which may or may not have been precient. And as long as we're that far into it, the day I turned 40 years old and said goodbye to youth and started driving the car of my life over the hill, the song at the top of the charts was "How You Remind Me" by Nickelback, a song I have never even heard of before I looked it up. Thanks, Wikipedia! I'm old!
Via mathowie:
December 29 (1961):
Three Events:
- 1997 - Hong Kong begins to kill all the nation's chickens (1.25 million) to stop the spread of a potentially deadly influenza strain.
- 1940 - World War II: In The Second Great Fire of London, the Luftwaffe firebombs City of London, killing almost 200 civilians.
- 1170 - Thomas Becket is slain in his own cathedral by knights eager to please Henry II of England.
Two Births:
- 1808 - Andrew Johnson, 17th President of the United States (d. 1875)
- 1972 - Jude Law, British actor (not dead yet)
One Death:
- 1916 - Grigori Rasputin, Russian monk (b. 1869)
One Holiday or Observance:
- The fourth day of Christmas in Western Christianity.
