(Add-on: This is my 500th post? Wow. Talk about odd timing.)
So this is my birthday. The first one where I had a blog to post on. The first one where I’m a published author. The second one that started with a screaming toddler. To celebrate, I’m taking my wife’s car in for an oil change and then editing my 4th book while blogging. It’s a weekday and my family traditionally celebrates birthdays on whichever bookended weekend is free. So, here are a few things I know about this day:
April 9th Events
- Henry V crowned King of England in 1413
- Sir Walter Raleigh leaves England to found the Roanoke Colony in 1585. Be cooler if it was the day they disappeared, but I’ll take what I can get.
- Oldest known recording of a human voice is made by a guy whose name I can’t pronounce.
- Robert E. Lee surrenders in Virginia and ends the Civil War in 1865.
- Alaska bought and Russia claimed ‘no-backsies’.
- A lot of battles, other leader appointees, and death. Is that really all we remember in history?
Famous Births
I’m only going by the names I know off the list I found on Wikipedia:
- John Davenport- founder of New Haven
- Charles Baudelaire- French poet
- Earl Lambeau- American football coach
- Hugh Hefner- Founder of Playboy
- Dennis Quaid- American Actor
- Cynthia Nixon- Actress (I think)
- Jenna Jameson- Pornstar (2 more of these on the list. :/)
- Rachel Specter- Model/Actress (Might be thinking Regina Spectre though)
- Jay Baruchel- Canadian Actor
- Kristen Stewart- Actress . . . depending on who you ask.
I think this list also proves that I know very little about foreign celebrities and barely pay attention to history or the world around me. Honestly, that was a long list and I only recognized 10 people. Though a lot of them were foreign artists and politicians from before my time. April 9th didn’t seem to be a popular day of birth in the ’90s.
That’s really all I could find on the day. I’m always interested in new information if anybody has anything. Now, off to run errands and build up an appetite for dinner. I was going to splurge on a Jack Daniels bacon burger, but decided to go with a Dragonfire Chicken and a BBQ Chicken flatbread instead. Take-in from TGI Friday’s . . . hopefully.
Legends of Windemere 
Happy Birthday! I hope your birthday or birth weekend (or both) is extra special for you.
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Thanks. I’m currently in the process of realizing that there is nothing I can think of getting with my bday money. It’s rather confusing.
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Books, books, and more books. Oh wait, that’s what I do with extra cash. You will think of something. Enjoy!
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I actually did that with my Hanukkah money and I still haven’t gotten through them. I’m at the point where I have piles of books and DVD’s on the floor. I considered a video game, but I don’t play them as often as I used to. Basically, never.
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Happy Birthday Charles!!! 😀
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Thanks!
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Thanks. Tag, fearless foreman. https://legendsofwindemere.com/2013/04/09/5-things-just-for-fun-ive-been-tagged/
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Happy birthday, screaming toddler and all! Many wishes of happiness and success to you in your year to come!
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ps- I just purchased Legends of Windemere and can’t wait to start it after my own screaming toddler wakes up!!
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Thanks and enjoy. Sorry to hear about the screaming toddler. I’ve found tickles sometimes work.
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Thanks. The screaming toddler made up for it by ‘demanding’ that he feed me my breakfast. This habit started ever since he went to a petting zoo last fall. He treats me like a pony half the time.
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Happy birthday, Charles. Best wishes for a superb weekend of celebrations.
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Thanks!
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Just think. One of these years someone else is going to be looking for famous people with the same birthday they have, and they’ll be thrilled to find out they have the same birthday as the author Charles Yallowitz!
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Hopefully, 2014. 🙂
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Aww but you’re a pretty pony, Charles! Happy birthday xox
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Well, I do like sugar cubes. 😉
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I’ll give you mine… I’m diabetic ha ha!
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That’s in my future whether I like it or not. My best bet is that I can minimize it, but it’s a family gift.
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A very Happy Birthday to you Charles! I hope you take some time to celebrate all you have accomplished in your time here on earth. 🙂
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Thanks. I’m just enjoying a low key day. I figure the weekend or my ‘vacation’ week starting on Monday can make up for a busy birthday. 😉
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