Beast of a list that, Dribs! Slightly more concise and cosmopolitan: Events 3761 BC – The epoch reference date epoch (origin) of the modern Hebrew calendar (Proleptic Julian calendar). 1582 – Because of the implementation of the Gregorian calendar, this day is skipped in Italy, Poland, Portugal and Spain. 1933 – Air France is inaugurated, after being formed by a merger of 5 French airlines. 1959 – U.S.S.R. probe Luna 3 transmits the first ever photographs of the far side of the Moon. 2003 – The govenor of California, Gray Davis, is recalled in favor of Arnold Schwarzenegger. Birthdays 1885 – Niels Bohr, Danish physicist and philosopher, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1962) 1931 – Desmond Tutu, South African archbishop and activist, Nobel Prize laureate 1939 – Clive James, Australian television host and author 1939 – Harry Kroto, English chemist, Nobel Prize laureate [Discoverer of bucky balls!] 1957 – Jayne Torvill, English figure skater 1968 – Thom Yorke, English singer-songwriter and guitarist (Radiohead and Atoms for Peace) 1969 – Maria Whittaker, English model and actress [Bangers!] 1973 – Sami Hyypiä, Finnish footballer and manager [Boy, do we need someone like him now!] 1975 – Tim Minchin, English-Australian comedian, actor, and singer 1978 – Alesha Dixon, English singer-songwriter and dancer (Mis-Teeq) 1982 – Jermain Defoe, English footballer ***And, finally, the master of the macabre and the father of Gothic sub-culture, Edgar Allen Poe died today in 1849!***
Bohr, Tutu, Clive James, Kroto, Hyypia, Defoe. Finally some famous people's birthdays that I've actually heard of!
Enjoy, you miserable so-and-so: [video=youtube;HhGuXCuDb1U]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HhGuXCuDb1U[/video]
You could always google it when you get home, matey. Oh, and what's your beef with Maria Whittaker? I thought you'd be one of her biggest fans.
Anyone caught a cold yet?? All clear here so far, touch wood. Was chatting to one of the trainers in my gym who was full of it last night though. Managed to deliberately keep a severe distance so we had to raise our voices and completed a thorough decontamination in the bathroom after.
Yup- cold has struck all my family. Recovering from it now. Almost back to normal. Both daughters have had strep throat too! Stayed home yesterday to look after my youngest.
Well, given your background, I'd be very surprised if you didn't like or appreciate Minchin's Storm poem! As for Maria Whittaker. I find it hard to imagine a 'slag' you don't know, let alone one of her buxom eminence!
****. I'm lucky in that I don't work around loads of people in some almost purpose built breeding ground and I don't have kids to bring it home from school or anything.
