This Day In History
Feb. 27th, 2005 08:04 amI'm always interested in what happened on this day in history, it being my birthday and all. Let's hit a few of the highlights:
1801: The District of Columbia was placed under Congressional jurisdiction
1860: Abraham Lincoln gives a speech condemning slavery at Cooper Union in New YorkCity
1897: Britain recongnizes US authority over the western hemisphere
1922: The Supreme Court unanimously declares the 19th amendment constitutional, defending women's right to vote
1933: The German Parliamentary building, the Reichstag, catches fire, giving the Nazis an excuse to suspend civil liberties
1973: The American Indian Movement begins its occupation of Wounded Knee
1991: The first Gulf War is declared officially over.
1993: The World Trade Center is shut down indefinitely, as investigators begin looking into the February 26 bombing
There's more of course.
I share my birthday with John Steinbeck, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, Ralph Nader, Elizabeth Taylor, and Chelsea Clinton, among others.
1801: The District of Columbia was placed under Congressional jurisdiction
1860: Abraham Lincoln gives a speech condemning slavery at Cooper Union in New YorkCity
1897: Britain recongnizes US authority over the western hemisphere
1922: The Supreme Court unanimously declares the 19th amendment constitutional, defending women's right to vote
1933: The German Parliamentary building, the Reichstag, catches fire, giving the Nazis an excuse to suspend civil liberties
1973: The American Indian Movement begins its occupation of Wounded Knee
1991: The first Gulf War is declared officially over.
1993: The World Trade Center is shut down indefinitely, as investigators begin looking into the February 26 bombing
There's more of course.
I share my birthday with John Steinbeck, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, Ralph Nader, Elizabeth Taylor, and Chelsea Clinton, among others.
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Date: 2005-02-27 01:29 pm (UTC)Happy birthday.
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Date: 2005-02-27 03:27 pm (UTC)I hope you have a great day and a great rest of the year!!
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Date: 2005-02-27 04:09 pm (UTC)Isn't an amendment to the constitution, by definition, constitutional?
Oh, and happy birthday.
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Date: 2005-02-27 04:19 pm (UTC)And thank you.
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Date: 2005-02-27 04:19 pm (UTC)All your friends are doing it...
Date: 2005-02-27 04:25 pm (UTC)Re: All your friends are doing it...
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Date: 2005-02-27 05:29 pm (UTC)Huzzah for birthdayness!
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Date: 2005-02-27 06:57 pm (UTC)There is no need to respond to each and every birthday wish; you can practice conserving bits by not responding to this one. My intention here is not to burden you with an obligation, however tiny, but to brighten your day an iota or so.
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Date: 2005-02-27 11:45 pm (UTC)Peer pressure is an ugly thing...
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Date: 2005-02-28 04:03 am (UTC)I just share mine with Sting
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Date: 2005-02-28 11:48 pm (UTC)hippo birdie two ewes
Date: 2005-03-01 10:22 pm (UTC)As a worse excuse, I'm just terrible at remembering birthdays. My wife was happy to receive *your* birthday card for her. (Maybe I'll just have to lodge in my brain that birthday(MAB) = birthday(wife) + 1....
-JRN
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Date: 2005-03-01 10:24 pm (UTC)Nomi and I enjoy sending out birthday cards to our friends; you shouldn't feel obliged. It's what we do instead of sending out Christmas/Hannukah/Winter Holiday of Your Choice cards.