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« Reply #8 on: April 18, 2010, 11:38:50 23:38 » |
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After getting warned for proposing we celebrate the numerical coincidence of 4/20--4:20 I took a look at wikipedia.
I found the following Holidays and observances listed:
* 4/20, a counterculture holiday, where people gather to celebrate and consume cannabis. * Christian Feast Day o Agnes of Montepulciano o Blessed Oda of Brabant o Theotimus * L. Ron Hubbard Exhibition Day (Church of Scientology) * Ridvαn begins at sunset (Bahα'ν Faith)
The following were born on 4/20:
* 571 Muhammad, (traditional date) Prophet and founder of Islam (d. 632) * 702 Jafar Sadiq, Shi'a Imam and Muslim scholar (d. 765) * 1494 Johannes Agricola, German Protestant reformer (d. 1566) * 1586 Saint Rose of Lima, Peruvian saint (d. 1617) * 1633 Emperor Go-Komyo of Japan (d. 1654) * 1646 Charles Plumier, French botanist (d. 1704) * 1650 William Bedloe, English informer (d. 1680) * 1668 Yuri Troubetzkoy, Governor of Belgorod (d. 1739) * 1718 David Brainerd, American missionary (d. 1747) * 1723 Cornelius Harnett, American Continental Congress delegate (d. 1781) * 1727 Comte de Mercy-Argenteau, Belgian-born Austrian diplomat (d. 1794) * 1745 Philippe Pinel, French physician (d. 1826) * 1808 Napoleon III of France, Emperor of the French (d. 1873) * 1818 Heinrich Gφbel, German-born inventor (d. 1893) * 1826 Dinah Craik, English author (d. 1887) * 1850 Daniel Chester French, American sculptor (d. 1931) * 1851 Young Tom Morris, Scottish golfer (d. 1875) * 1870 Maulvi Abdul Haq, Pakistani scholar (d. 1961) * 1871 Sydney Chapman, British economist and civil servant (d. 1951) * 1879 Paul Poiret, French couturier (d. 1944) * 1882 Holland Smith, U.S. General (d. 1967) * 1884 Princess Beatrice of Edinburgh and Saxe-Coburg and Gotha (d. 1966) * 1889 Albert Jean Amateau, Turkish-born businessman and activist (d. 1996) * 1889 Adolf Hitler, German Nazi dictator (d. 1945) * 1890 Maurice Duplessis, premier of Quebec (d. 1959) * 1893 Harold Lloyd, American actor (d. 1971) * 1893 Edna Parker, American supercentenarian (d. 2008) * 1893 Joan Mirσ, Spanish painter (d. 1983) * 1895 Emile Christian, American musician (d. 1973) * 1896 Wop May, Canadian aviator (d. 1952) * 1896 Henry de Montherlant, French writer (d. 1972) * 1904 Bruce Cabot, American actor (d. 1972) * 1904 George Stibitz, American scientist (d. 1995) * 1907 Francois "Papa Doc" Duvalier, Haitian president (d. 1971) * 1908 Lionel Hampton, American musician (d. 2002) * 1914 Betty Lou Gerson, American actress (d. 1999) * 1915 Joseph Wolpe, South Africanborn psychotherapist (d. 1997) * 1918 Edward L. Beach, Jr., American naval officer, author (d. 2002) * 1918 Kai Siegbahn, Swedish physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 2007) * 1919 Richard Hillary, Australian pilot and author (d. 1943) * 1920 John Paul Stevens, American jurist * 1920 Ronald Speirs, WWII Veteran (d. 2007) * 1921 Janine Sutto, French-Canadian actress * 1923 Mother Angelica, American nun and broadcaster * 1923 Tito Puente, American musician (d. 2000) * 1924 Leslie Phillips, English actor * 1924 Nina Foch, Dutch-born American actress (d. 2008) * 1925 Ernie Stautner, German-born American football player (d. 2006) * 1927 Phil Hill, American race car driver (d. 2008) * 1927 Karl Alexander Mόller, Swiss physicist, Nobel Prize laureate * 1928 Johnny Gavin, Irish footballer (d. 2007) * 1928 Gerald S. Hawkins, English astronomer (d. 2003) * 1931 John Eccles, 2nd Viscount Eccles, British businessman and peer * 1936 Pat Roberts, American politician * 1937 Antonios Kounadis, Greek discus thrower * 1937 George Takei, American actor * 1939 Peter S. Beagle, American author * 1939 Gro Harlem Brundtland, former Prime Minister of Norway * 1939 Marvin Gaye, American musician (d.1984) * 1939 Johnny Tillotson, American singer * 1941 Ryan O'Neal, American actor * 1942 Arto Paasilinna, Finnish writer * 1943 John Eliot Gardiner, English conductor * 1943 Edie Sedgwick, American actress (d. 1971) * 1945 Michael Brandon, American actor * 1945 Steve Spurrier, American football player and coach * 1946 Julien Poulin, French Canadian actor * 1946 Gordon Smiley, American racecar driver (d. 1982) * 1946 Mel Winkler, American voice actor * 1947 Bjφrn Skifs, Swedish singer (Blue Swede) * 1947 Ken Scott, English record producer and recording engineer * 1947 Andrew Tobias, American journalist and author * 1947 David Leland, British actor, director and screenwriter * 1948 Craig Frost, American musician (Grand Funk & Bob Seger) * 1948 Gregory Itzin, American actor * 1948 Rιmy Trudel, French Canadian politician * 1949 Massimo D'Alema, 76th Prime Minister of Italy * 1949 Veronica Cartwright, American actress * 1949 Toller Cranston, Canadian figure skater and artist * 1949 Jessica Lange, American actress * 1950 Steve Erickson, American novelist * 1950 Aleksandr Lebed, Russian general and politician (d. 2002) * 1950 Chandra Babu Naidu, Indian politician * 1951 Luther Vandross, American singer (d. 2005) * 1952 Boidar Maljkovic, Serbian basketball coach * 1953 Sebastian Faulks, British novelist * 1954 Gilles Lupien, French-Canadian ice hockey player * 1955 Don Pettit, American Astronaut and Inventor * 1956 Beatrice Ask, Swedish politician * 1957 Geraint Wyn Davies, Welsh-born Canadian actor * 1958 Viacheslav Fetisov, Russian ice hockey player * 1959 Clint Howard, American actor * 1961 Don Mattingly, American baseball player * 1961 Konstantin Lavronenko, Russian actor * 1961 Barry Smolin, American radio host, writer, and musician * 1961 Ralph Cirella, American radio personality * 1962 Henry Joseph Nasiff Jr. (AKA: Hank the Angry Drunken Dwarf), American radio personality (d. 2001) * 1963 Maurνcio Gugelmin, Brazilian racing driver * 1963 Aubrey de Grey, British biomedical gerontologist * 1964 Crispin Glover, American actor * 1964 Andy Serkis, English actor * 1964 Rosalynn Sumners, American figure skater * 1965 Kostas Hatzidakis, Greek politician * 1965 Adrian Fernαndez, Mexican racing driver * 1965 April March, American musician * 1966 David Chalmers, Australian philosopher * 1967 Raymond van Barneveld, Dutch darts player * 1967 Mike Portnoy, American drummer (Dream Theater) * 1967 Lara Jill Miller, American actress * 1968 J. D. Roth, American game show host and television personality * 1970 Shemar Moore, American actor * 1970 Adriano Moraes, Brazilian rodeo performer * 1971 Tina Cousins, English singer * 1971 Carla Geurts, Dutch swimmer * 1971 Allan Houston, American basketball player * 1972 Carmen Electra, American actress * 1972 Le Huynh Πuc, Vietnamese footballer * 1972 eljko Joksimovic, Serbian singer, songwriter and producer * 1972 Stephen Marley, Jamaican musician * 1973 Geoff Lloyd, British radio presenter * 1976 Shay Given, Irish footballer * 1976 Joey Lawrence, American actor * 1976 Chris Mason, Canadian ice hockey goaltender * 1977 Johnny "The Bull" Stamboli, professional wrestler * 1978 Mirei Kuroda, Japanese gravure idol * 1979 Quinn Weng, Taiwanese singer (Seraphim) * 1980 Jasmin Wagner, German singer * 1980 Chris Duffy, American baseball player * 1981 Matus Valent, male fitness model * 1983 Danny Granger, American basketball player * 1983 Terrence J, American television host * 1983 Joanne King, Irish/English Actress * 1983 Miranda Kerr, Australian supermodel * 1984 Tyson Griffin, American mixed martial artist * 1985 Greg Lutzka, American Skateboarder * 1986 Cameron Duncan, New Zealand director (d. 2003) * 1987 John Patrick Amedori, American actor
Looking at it form a mathematical perspective, there would seem to be a (1/365.25) or 0.274 % chance of someone being born on a certain date, and I am saddened by those who have their birthday blackened by the birth of Hitler, arguably the worst person born in the 20th century.
I'm fortunate, I have the same birthday as Ted Nugent.
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