Hurra for meg!!!!

Forsiden på The New York Times 18.september 1851

Da har jeg bursdag!!! Hurra, Hurra!!!
18. september er den 261. dagen i året og den 262. i skuddår. Det er 104 dager igjen av året.

Det er også den chilenske nasjonaldagen, så gratulerer med dagen til alle chilenere.

I den anledning har jeg stjålet litt fakta fra The New York Times
(http://www.nytimes.com/learning/general/onthisday/20070918.html)

On this date in:

1759: The French surrendered Quebec to the British.
1810: Chile declared its independence from Spain. (Hurra!!!!)
1830: A horse beats the first U.S.-made locomotive in a race near Baltimore. (Hahahaha)
1850: Congress passed the Fugitive Slave Act, which allowed slaveowners to reclaim slaves who had escaped to other states. (Buuuuuuuu)
1905: Actress Greta Garbo was born in Stockholm, Sweden.
1970: Rock musician Jimi Hendrix died of a drug overdose at age 27. (Buuuuuu)
1976: Mao Tse Tung's funeral takes place in Beijing.
1999: Sammy Sosa of the Chicago Cubs became the first player in major league baseball history to hit 60 home runs in a season twice.
2004: Pop singer Britney Spears married dancer Kevin Federline. (The couple divorced in 2007.) (Weeeeeeeee…hehee)

Current Birthdays:


James Gandolfini turns 47 years old today (Sopranos)

Greta Garbo
9/18/1905 - 4/15/1990
Swedish-born American film star of silent and talking movies

Ricky Bell
R&B singer (Bell Biv Devoe; New Edition

Aisha Tyler
Actress ("Ghost Whisperer")

Jada Pinkett Smith
Actress

Xzibit
Rapper ("Pimp My Ride")

Takk til alle som har sendt meg bursdagsmeldinger :o)

I am a very happy camper!