> > > > July 28th, 1981. The first thing on those "stuff that happened on your birthday" card things is almost INVARIABLY this lovely factoid -
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> > > > "First potato arrives in Britain."
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> > > Heh. Mine is "anniversary of the announcement of the discovery of gold in California in 1848, which led to the gold rush of 1849." I think that's a bit of a stretch just to come up with a fun "birthday fact." :-}
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> > Huh. Mine is the anniversary of the Three Wise Men arriving to see the baby Jesus.
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> > -Faux "I couldn't find any potato-related happenings on that date. Sorry." Pas
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> Cleopatra supposedly killed herself on my birthday. Morbid, but cool.
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> illy"Nov. 30th"andra

My brother was born on April 14--the day Lincoln was assassinated and the Titanic sank.

La"Born under a lucky star, he was"Zorra