Haopy Birthday, David Hewlett!
Apr. 18th, 2007 01:25 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
lillian13I did it for Joe, so I'll do it for David. Can't have the boys getting jealous, now... :-)
David, you share a birthdate with:
Conan O'Brien
James Woods
Melissa Joan Hart
Clarence "Gatemouth" Brown
David Tennant (as a Dr. Who fan, I bet you love this!)
Eric Roberts
Rick Moranis
Hayley Mills
Clive Revill
Lucrezia Borgia
Clarence Darrow
Leopold Stokowski
Some of the interesting things that happened on April 18:
1506 - The cornerstone of the current St. Peter's Basilica is laid.
1775 - American Revolution: Two lanterns were hung in the steeple of the Old North Church in Boston, Massachusetts, indicating British advancement by sea; Paul Revere, William Dawes and Samuel Prescott ride to warn of impending arrests of Samuel Adams and John Hancock.
1906 - An earthquake with an estimated magnitude of 7.9, destroys much of San Francisco, California.
1906 - The Los Angeles Times runs a front-page story on the Azusa Street Revival, launching .
1923 - Yankee Stadium, "The House that Ruth Built", opens.
1946 - The League of Nations is dissolved.
1949 - The Republic of Ireland Act comes into force.
1955 - Albert Einstein dies.
1958 - A U.S. federal court rules that poet Ezra Pound be released from an insane asylum.
1983 - A suicide bomber destroys the United States embassy in Beirut, Lebanon, killing 63 people.
1999 - Hockey player Wayne Gretzky's number (99) is retired league wide in the NHL.
2002 - Thor Heyerdahl dies
2005 - Adobe Systems announced an agreement to acquire Macromedia.
Today is Army Day in Iran and Independence Day in Zimbabwe.
Today is the feast day of Saint Perfectus (Santo Perfecto)!
And lastly:
1942 THE COMEBACK LEAFS
Toronto Ontario - Toronto Maple Leafs pull off the greatest comeback in NHL playoff history with their fourth straight win, a 3-1 victory over Detroit Red Wings, winning the Stanley Cup 4 games to 3. Maple Leafs goalie Turk Broda lets in just seven goals in the final four games.
Conan O'Brien
James Woods
Melissa Joan Hart
Clarence "Gatemouth" Brown
David Tennant (as a Dr. Who fan, I bet you love this!)
Eric Roberts
Rick Moranis
Hayley Mills
Clive Revill
Lucrezia Borgia
Clarence Darrow
Leopold Stokowski
Some of the interesting things that happened on April 18:
1506 - The cornerstone of the current St. Peter's Basilica is laid.
1775 - American Revolution: Two lanterns were hung in the steeple of the Old North Church in Boston, Massachusetts, indicating British advancement by sea; Paul Revere, William Dawes and Samuel Prescott ride to warn of impending arrests of Samuel Adams and John Hancock.
1906 - An earthquake with an estimated magnitude of 7.9, destroys much of San Francisco, California.
1906 - The Los Angeles Times runs a front-page story on the Azusa Street Revival, launching .
1923 - Yankee Stadium, "The House that Ruth Built", opens.
1946 - The League of Nations is dissolved.
1949 - The Republic of Ireland Act comes into force.
1955 - Albert Einstein dies.
1958 - A U.S. federal court rules that poet Ezra Pound be released from an insane asylum.
1983 - A suicide bomber destroys the United States embassy in Beirut, Lebanon, killing 63 people.
1999 - Hockey player Wayne Gretzky's number (99) is retired league wide in the NHL.
2002 - Thor Heyerdahl dies
2005 - Adobe Systems announced an agreement to acquire Macromedia.
Today is Army Day in Iran and Independence Day in Zimbabwe.
Today is the feast day of Saint Perfectus (Santo Perfecto)!
And lastly:
1942 THE COMEBACK LEAFS
Toronto Ontario - Toronto Maple Leafs pull off the greatest comeback in NHL playoff history with their fourth straight win, a 3-1 victory over Detroit Red Wings, winning the Stanley Cup 4 games to 3. Maple Leafs goalie Turk Broda lets in just seven goals in the final four games.
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Re: GO LEAFS
Date: 2007-04-18 08:45 pm (UTC)I'm from PA, and live just outside of D.C., so I guess it's really weird that an American loves hockey as much as I do?
Dunno. Just damn, do I love those hockey fights. Heh.
Beats cow-tipping any day.
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Re: GO LEAFS
Date: 2007-04-18 08:57 pm (UTC)We have semi-pro hockey here. It's pretty fun. But baseball still trumps it...
Re: GO LEAFS
Date: 2007-04-18 09:43 pm (UTC)*points shaking finger*
BLASPHEMY!!!!
*snigger*
Actually, I do like baseball, but only for the barbeque. And beer. Oh yeah, beer.
*drools*
Camden Yards has some gooooood bbq.
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