Famous February 9ths throughout the ages, via Wikipedia:
474 - Zeno crowned as co-emperor of the Byzantine Empire.
1555 - Bishop of Gloucester John Hooper is burned at the stake.
1825 - After no presidential candidate received a majority of electoral votes, the United States House of Representatives elects John Quincy Adams President of the United States.
1870 - The U.S. Weather Bureau was established.
1895 - William G. Morgan invents volleyball.
1920 - By the terms of the Svalbard Treaty, international diplomacy recognizes Norwegian sovereignty over arctic archipelago Svalbard, and designates it as demilitarized.
1950 - Second Red Scare: Senator Joseph McCarthy accuses the United States State Department of being filled with Communists.
1964 - The Beatles make their first appearance on The Ed Sullivan Show, performing before a “record-busting” audience of 73 million viewers.
1965 - Vietnam War: The first United States combat troops are sent to South Vietnam.
1971 - Satchel Paige becomes the first Negro League player to become voted into the Baseball Hall of Fame.
1980- Wicked hot baby born to overjoyed parents in Maryland. Soothsayers foretell of continued hotness in the future, as well as extremely good luck with regard to a marriage in July of 2006. All other babies born on this day in 1980 soil themselves with derision and contempt.
1986 - Comet Halley reaches perihelion, its closest approach to the sun, during its second visit to the solar system in the 20th century
2001 - The American submarine USS Greeneville accidentally strikes and sinks the Ehime-Maru, a Japanese training vessel operated by the Uwajima Fishery High School.
Happy Birthday also to Zenchick, whose website is now defunct, but certainly not de-funked. I can assure you, Zenchick is fully funk-tional.
Also, there’s a huge-mongous post below this one about music. If you’ve got nothing to do later on today, you know where to come and kill 20 minutes.
Happy Birthday Mrs. ACW.
Also, I was planning on pulling the Wikipedia article for Dr. Fiancee. Now it’ll just look like I’m a jive unoriginal turkey.
Poo.
Funnily enough, Zenchick was there for Zeno’s coronation…
Hippo. Birdie. Two ewes.
She’s got some interesting celebrity birthday buddies: Travis Tritt, Irina Slutskaya, and Ziyi Zhang!
Happy Birthday, Mrs. A!
“1920 - By the terms of the Svalbard Treaty, international diplomacy recognizes Norwegian sovereignty over arctic archipelago Svalbard, and designates it as demilitarized.”
Perhpas the most misunderstood and underappreciated political event in world history.
Happy Birthday, Mrs ACW! Aquarians Rule!!!
Will there be a spanking machine?
I second AH, ACW. Happy Birthday, Mrs. ACW!
Way to celebrate your wife’s birthday - with a lazyass cut and paste job. It’s like you’re saying, “I love you darling, but not enough to create an original post.”
aww, thanks for the shout-out. Now I know where a few of those b-day emails came from :-)
And a happy-happy to your better half. Please tell her. (I hope you didn’t get her a french tickler)
p.s yes, I am funked. Whatever that may mean.
Happy Birthday a day late to a kick ass chick who laughs well, drinks like a fish, and apparently has a porn history similar to but better than Jenna Jamison. NICE.