Monday, June 22, 2009

A Happy (Belated) Birthday

To you, Hayley.
Sorry for the belatedness part of this. I have a feeling that is going to be a common theme here, though.

I thought that since June 9th was so many days ago, I should list some of the more interesting things that happened on this day in history, just to put everything back in context.

1856 – Five hundred Mormons leave Iowa City, Iowa and head west for Salt Lake City carrying all their possessions in two-wheeled handcarts.
1922 – First ringing of the Harkness Memorial Chime at Yale University.
1934 – Donald Duck makes his debut in The Wise Little Hen.
1957 – First ascent of Broad Peak (the world's 12th highest mountain).
2009 – Futurama's broadcast contract was renewed.

Actualy, it seems, historically, that June 9 is a pretty slow news day. In fact, the only other American listed on the wikipedia page for being born in 1983 on this day is, well, probably best left to other blogs.

So Happy Birthday, Hayley. Hay Lea. Heg Leah. (How fitting it is, etymologically speaking, that you are blonde.)

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