30's coming to a close

Happy Birthday to Me!
39 ..... am I getting old or what?

others who share my Birthday:
Emily Cumbea (my niece)
Giovanni Casanova 1725 - Writer, philanderer
Hans Christian Andersen 1805 - Author ("The Ugly Duckling")
Buddy Ebsen 1908 - Actor ("The Beverly Hillbillies", "Barnaby Jones")
Marvin Gaye, Jr. 1939 - Singer ("I Heard It Through The Grapevine")
Ron "Horshack" Palillo 1954
Keren Woodward 1961 - Singer (Bananarama)

on this day in history:
1513 - Spanish explorer Juan Ponce de Leon landed in Florida.

1865 - Confederate President Davis and most of his Cabinet fled the Confederate capital of Richmond, VA.

1889 - Charles Hall patented aluminum. (How do you patent an element?, note to self see if any remain unpatented...I wonder if oxygen is taken...I could charge folks for every breath and be richer than Bill Gates)

1958 - The National Advisory Council on Aeronautics was renamed NASA.

1960 - France signed an agreement with Madagascar that proclaimed the country an independent state within the French community.

1963 - Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King began the first non-violent campaign in Birmingham, AL.

1966 - South Vietnamese troops joined in demonstrations at Hue and Da Nang for an end to military rule.

1967 - In Peking, hundreds of thousands demonstrated against Mao foe Liu Shao-chi.

1972 - Burt Reynolds appeared nude in "Cosmopolitan" magazine.

1978 - The first episode of "Dallas" aired on CBS.

1982 - Argentina invaded the British-owned Falkland Islands. The following June Britain took the islands back.

1987 - The speed limit on U.S. interstate highways was increased to 65 miles per hour in limited areas.

1995 - The costliest strike in professional sports history ended when baseball owners agreed to let players play without a contract.

1996 - Lech Walesa resumed his old job as an electrician at the Gdansk shipyard. He was the former Solidarity union leader who became Poland's first post-war democratic president.