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BS: 17th April 1948

17 Apr 08 - 12:37 PM (#2318377)
Subject: BS: 17th April 1948
From: julian morbihan

Today is my birthday and so I did a search on the Internet for anything of interest on the day I was born.

I find it disappointing that the only item of importance was UN Resolution 46 - "Considering it is of the utmost urgency to bring about a cessation of acts of violence in Palestine and establish conditions of peace and order in that country."

That was 60 (SIXTY) years ago and we seem no nearer achieving that aim!


17 Apr 08 - 12:41 PM (#2318382)
Subject: RE: BS: 17th April 1948
From: Peace

The War to End All Wars was a bit of a let-down too.

Happy Birthday to you.


17 Apr 08 - 12:55 PM (#2318391)
Subject: RE: BS: 17th April 1948
From: Becca72

Happy Birthday, Julian

Be careful what you wish for...my father's best friend, Marshall Dodge was killed on my 10th birthday and the space shuttle exploded on my 14th birthday.


17 Apr 08 - 12:58 PM (#2318397)
Subject: RE: BS: 17th April 1948
From: Peace

For your next birthday, please think about GWB and Dick Cheney. Think about them lots, Becca.


17 Apr 08 - 01:13 PM (#2318411)
Subject: RE: BS: 17th April 1948
From: Rapparee

Gracious! Becca has a birthday and disasters happen! So, stop having them.

Apparently Julian doesn't have disasters and things on HIS birthday. A UN resolution...quite the gentlemanly thing, I'd say. Happy Birthday.


17 Apr 08 - 01:59 PM (#2318462)
Subject: RE: BS: 17th April 1948
From: John on the Sunset Coast

Rapaire, don't suggest that Becca stop having birthdays; the alternative is not good.

Peace, that comment about B & C is ... beneath you, altho' I can understand your dislike of them.

Peace, I was born on 11Nov19--, an anniversary of the War to End All Wars. Not only was it a bit of a let down, I believe there is an almost
straight line between that Peace and many of the problems of today.

Happy Birthday, Julian.


17 Apr 08 - 02:03 PM (#2318472)
Subject: RE: BS: 17th April 1948
From: Peace

Between the two of them they have killed tens of thousands. Maybe they can just serve time in jail. As for beneath me: no, it's not.


17 Apr 08 - 03:05 PM (#2318533)
Subject: RE: BS: 17th April 1948
From: Liz the Squeak

It's 34 years ago today my 17 yr old brother was killed by a drunk driver.

Disasters do happen, every day of the year. They may not be of world shattering importance, but they shatter someone's world.

Happy birthday anyway....

LTS


17 Apr 08 - 03:56 PM (#2318591)
Subject: RE: BS: 17th April 1948
From: Becca72

I stopped celebrating them a few years ago, Rapaire...so far that seems to have worked re: disasters. I was starting to get a complex! :-)


17 Apr 08 - 05:01 PM (#2318655)
Subject: RE: BS: 17th April 1948
From: Bill Hahn//\\

This thread reminds me of the great story of the lady who is on her death bed with her husband beside her and she says to him"...darling, when I had a car accident you were beside me, when I was originally diagnosed with a fatal illness, you were there, when my mother died you were there----you know I think you are bad luck.

Bill Hahn


17 Apr 08 - 09:08 PM (#2318853)
Subject: RE: BS: 17th April 1948
From: Sandra in Sydney

birfday greetings to the bloke who has nuffin' earth shattering happen on his birfday!

sandra


17 Apr 08 - 09:55 PM (#2318872)
Subject: RE: BS: 17th April 1948
From: GUEST,Jack the Sailor

Happy Birthday


18 Apr 08 - 12:38 AM (#2318958)
Subject: RE: BS: 17th April 1948
From: Zhenya

Julian -

Happy (now belated) birthday!

You share your birthday with Nikita Khrushchev and Victoria Beckham, among other people. Now that's a pair! The rest of your personal list can be found on this site:

Birthday Buddies

Interesting - I see that I share my birthday with Boris Yeltsin - also Lisa Marie Presley and Don Everly. And although he has been for some reason omitted from the FamousBirthdays.com site, I happen to know I also share my birthday with Sir Francis Child!

Becca72 - I also had a space shuttle blow up on my birthday - For me it was the Columbia in 2003. I'm, guessing you were referring to the Challenger disaster in your case. Is this like the question, what are the odds that two people in the same classroom witll have the same birthday? i.e. What are the odds that 2 people on the same Mudcat thread will have space shuttle explosions on their birthdays?


18 Apr 08 - 07:59 AM (#2319160)
Subject: RE: BS: 17th April 1948
From: jacqui.c

My ex's birthday is September 11th.

I share the date with Napoleon and Princess Ann and was born on the same day as India and Pakistan became independent states.

It was also the date of the Omagh bombing.


18 Apr 08 - 09:20 AM (#2319224)
Subject: RE: BS: 17th April 1948
From: Becca72

Zhenya,
Yes, I was referring to the Challenger in 1986. Wow..that is a strange coincidence. Must mean we're going to get along well together! :-)


18 Apr 08 - 09:25 AM (#2319227)
Subject: RE: BS: 17th April 1948
From: Liz the Squeak

Talking of odds... our office (until Feb when they moved us all around) had two people sharing a birthday in September and three people sharing a birthday in April. Of those three April birthdays, two have epilepsy.

In an office of 30 people, what are the odds?

LTS


18 Apr 08 - 08:52 PM (#2319731)
Subject: RE: BS: 17th April 1948
From: Joe_F

My parents kept the New York Times for the day I was born (28 October 1937). There is nothing memorable on the front page, but nothing good either.


18 Apr 08 - 10:39 PM (#2319778)
Subject: RE: BS: 17th April 1948
From: Deckman

My birthday was hijacked a few years ago: Waco, Texas; Oklahoma City bombing! Bob


19 Apr 08 - 01:28 AM (#2319834)
Subject: RE: BS: 17th April 1948
From: John O'L

Hope you had a happy birthday Julian. My wife and I were married on 17th April 1993.

This was our crystal anniversary.


19 Apr 08 - 07:13 AM (#2319927)
Subject: RE: BS: 17th April 1948
From: Acorn4

I'm in the illustrious company of Elvis, david Bowie and Shirley Bassey(Jan 8th)

I think Oliver Cromwell had a lot of coincidental things happening on Sept 3rd - important victories like Preston and Worcester, also died on that date.