Sunday, March 4, 2007

Happy Birthday to you, Happy Birthday .......

Today Alan turned the ripe OLD age of 36. This was probably his best birthday ever (according to him) because he got everything his little heart desired. On Saturday we went to Don Pablo's (one of our favorites) to celebrate his birthday. Then on Sunday we had a little family party for him, which was fabulous. Happy Birthday Alan! We Love You!


Interesting facts about March 4
  • The date means something "March Fourth"
  • Our roommate Amanda also shares this same birthday
  • 1792 -Oranges were introduced into Hawaii
  • From 1793-1933, March 4 was Inauguration Day for the President of the United States.
  • 1863 - Territory of Idaho established.
  • 1909 - President William Taft approves Congressional Gold Medals for the Wright brothers.
  • 1946 - The Voice of Frank Sinatra, the first Frank Sinatra album ever, is released by Columbia Records.
  • 1950 - U.S. Premiere of Walt Disney's animated film Cinderella.
  • 1952 - Ernest Hemingway completes his short novel The Old Man and the Sea.
  • 1954 - Peter Bent Brigham Hospital in Boston, Massachusetts, announces the first successful kidney transplant.
  • 1975 - Charlie Chaplin is knighted by Queen Elizabeth II of England.
  • 1979 - U.S. Voyager I photo reveals Jupiter's rings.
  • 1982 - NASA launches "Intelsat V".
  • 1997 - US President Bill Clinton bans federally funded human cloning research.
  • 1998 - Government, naval and university computers running Windows NT across the United States crash as a result of a hacker.
  • 2006 - A new species of shark, Mustelus hacat, is discovered in Mexico's Sea of Cortez, bringing the number of Mustelus species found in the eastern North Pacific to 5.
  • 2007 - The first of two total lunar eclipse in 2007, observed during the early hours (penumbral eclipse ending 02:23:44 UT), is unique in that it is partly visible from every continent around the world.

2 comments:

The Pugs said...

Happy Birthday Alan! We'll let you win next time we play Settlers as our gift!!

Lynette said...

Happy Happy Birthday Alan!!!