Today is going to be a GREAT day!
I share March 23rd with the following people:
* 1429 – Margaret of Anjou, wife of Henry VI of England (d. 1482)
* 1638 – Frederik Ruysch, Dutch physician and anatomist (d. 1731)
* 1645 – William Kidd, Scottish sailor (d. 1701)
* 1699 – John Bartram, American botanist (d. 1777)
* 1723 – Agha Mohammad Khan Ghajar, King of Iran (d. 1771)
* 1732 – Marie Adélaïde of France, daughter of Louis XV (d. 1800)
* 1754 – Baron Jurij Vega, Slovenian mathematician, physicist, and artillery officer (d. 1802)
* 1769 – William Smith, English geologist and cartographer (d. 1839)
* 1769 – Augustin Daniel Belliard, French general (d. 1832)
* 1823 – Schuyler Colfax, Vice President of the United States (d. 1885)
* 1826 – Léon Minkus, German/Czech composer and violinist (d. 1917)
* 1831 – Eduard Schlagintweit, German writer (d. 1866)
* 1834 – Julius Reubke, German composer (d. 1858)
* 1858 – Ludwig Quidde, German pacifist, recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize (d. 1941)
* 1862 – Nathaniel Reed, American outlaw turned evangelist (d. 1950)
* 1868 – Dietrich Eckart, early supporter of Adolf Hitler’s Nazi Party and member of Thule Society (d. 1923)
* 1869 – Calouste Gulbenkian, Armenian businessman and philanthropist (d. 1955)
* 1874 – J. C. Leyendecker, German American Illustrator (d. 1951)
* 1878 – Franz Schreker, Austrian composer (d. 1934)
* 1880 – Heikki Ritavuori, Finnish politician (d. 1922)
* 1881 – Roger Martin du Gard, French writer, Nobel laureate (d. 1958)
* 1881 – Hermann Staudinger, German chemist, Nobel laureate (d. 1965)
* 1882 – Emmy Noether, German mathematician (d. 1935)
* 1887 – Juan Gris, Spanish artist (d. 1927)
* 1887 – Josef Čapek, Czech writer (d. 1945)
* 1887 – Prince Felix Yussupov, Russian assassin of Rasputin (d. 1967)
* 1893 – Cedric Gibbons, American art director (d. 1960)
* 1893 – G. D. Naidu (Gopalaswamy Doraiswamy Naidu), Indian Inventor & Engineer (Edison of India) (d. 1974)
* 1895 – Encarnacion Alzona, Filipino historian (d. 2001)
* 1899 – Dora Gerson, German actress and singer (d. 1943)
* 1900 – Erich Fromm, German-born psychoanalyst (d. 1980)
* 1904 – H. Beam Piper, American science fiction author (d. 1964)
* 1905 – Lale Andersen, German singer and cabaretist (d. 1972)
* 1905 – Joan Crawford, American actress (d. 1977)
* 1907 – Daniel Bovet, Swiss-born scientist, Nobel laureate (d. 1992)
* 1910 – Akira Kurosawa, Japanese film director (d. 1998)
* 1912 – Wernher von Braun, German-born physicist and engineer (d. 1977)
* 1915 – Vasily Zaitsev, Soviet World War II hero (d. 1991)
* 1919 – Carl Graffunder, mid-century modernist architect
* 1920 – Neal Smith, former United States Congressman
* 1920 – Tetsuharu Kawakami, Japanese baseball player and coach
* 1921 – Donald Campbell, British car and motorboat racer (d. 1967)
* 1922 – Marty Allen, American comedian and actor
* 1922 – Ugo Tognazzi, Italian actor, director and screenwriter (d. 1990)
* 1924 – Bette Nesmith Graham, American inventor (d. 1980)
* 1925 – David Watkin, English cinematographer (d. 2008)
* 1929 – Sir Roger Bannister, English runner
* 1931 – Yevgenij Grishin, Russian speed skater (d. 2005)
* 1931 – Viktor Korchnoi, Russian chess player
* 1932 – Don Marshall, Canadian ice hockey player
* 1933 – Philip Zimbardo, American psychologist, known for the Stanford prison experiment
* 1934 – Ludvig Faddeev, Russian mathematician
* 1934 – Fernand Gignac, Canadian singer and actor (d. 2006)
* 1934 – Mark Rydell, American film and television director
* 1937 – Craig Breedlove, American land speed record holder
* 1937 – Robert Gallo, American physician
* 1938 – Dave Pike, American jazz musician
* 1939 – Pepe Lienhard, Swiss band leader and entertainer
* 1941 – Jim Trelease, American educator and children’s literature author
* 1942 – Walter Rodney, Guyanese historian and political figure (d. 1980)
* 1943 – Lee May, former Major League Baseball player
* 1943 – Nils-Aslak Valkeapää, Finnish writer (d. 2001)
* 1944 – Michael Nyman, British minimalist composer
* 1944 – Tony McPhee, English singer and guitarist (The Groundhogs)
* 1945 – Franco Battiato, Italian singer, songwriter and filmmaker
* 1945 – David Grisman, American bluegrass musician
* 1948 – David Olney, American musician
* 1949 – Ric Ocasek, American musician (The Cars)
* 1949 – Roland Lee, American Watercolor Artist
* 1950 – Anthony De Longis, American actor
* 1950 – Corinne Clery, French actress
* 1951 – Ron Jaworski, American football player and analyst
* 1952 – Kim Stanley Robinson, American author
* 1953 – Bo Diaz, Venezuelan baseball player (d. 1990)
* 1953 – Chaka Khan, American singer
* 1953 – Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw, Indian entrepreneur, Chairman of Biocon Ltd
* 1954 – Geno Auriemma, American basketball coach
* 1955 – Moses Malone, American basketball player
* 1955 – Petrea Burchard, American actress
* 1956 – José Manuel Barroso, Portuguese politician, president of the European Commission
* 1957 – Teresa Ganzel, American actor
* 1957 – Amanda Plummer, American actress
* 1957 – Robbie James, Welsh footballer (d. 1998)
* 1957 – Lucio Gutierrez, former President of Ecuador
* 1958 – Etienne De Wilde, Belgian cyclist
* 1958 – El Duce, American singer and drummer (The Mentors) (d. 1997)
* 1958 – Michael Sorich, American voice actor, writer and director
* 1959 – Catherine Keener, American actress
* 1959 – Epic Soundtracks, English musician (Swell Maps, Crime and the City Solution, These Immortal Souls) (d. 1997)
* 1959 – Philippe Volter, Belgian actor (d. 2005)
* 1960 – Nicol Stephen, Deputy First Minister of Scotland
* 1961 – Helmi Johannes, Indonesian television newscaster
* 1961 – Steve Holmes, Romanian-German porn actor
* 1962 – Steve Redgrave, British rower, 5 Olympic Gold Medals
* 1963 – Míchel (José Miguel González Martín), Spanish footballer
* 1964 – Hope Davis, American actress
* 1964 – John Pinette, American comedian
* 1965 – Sarah Buxton, American actress
* 1965 – Richard Grieco, American actor and singer
* 1965 – Marti Pellow, Scottish singer
* 1965 – Gary Whitehead, American poet
* 1967 – David Ford, Canadian kayaker
* 1968 – Damon Albarn, English musician (Blur, Gorillaz and The Good, the Bad & the Queen)
* 1968 – Mitch Cullin, American novelist
* 1968 – Fernando Hierro, Spanish footballer
* 1968 – Michael Atherton, English cricketer
* 1970 – Sean Donahue – American radio personality, novelist
* 1971 – Yasmeen Ghauri, Canadian supermodel
* 1971 – Karen McDougal, American model
* 1971 – Gail Porter, British television presenter
* 1971 – Alexander Selivanov, Russian ice hockey player
* 1971 – Hiroyoshi Tenzan, Japanese professional wrestler
* 1972 – Joe Calzaghe, Welsh boxer
* 1972 – Judith Godrèche, French actress and author
* 1973 – Jerzy Dudek, Polish footballer
* 1973 – Wim Eyckmans, Belgian racing driver
* 1973 – Jason Kidd, American basketball player
* 1975 – Alydar, American racehorse (d. 1990)
* 1976 – Michelle Monaghan, American actress
* 1976 – Dougie Lampkin, English motorcycle trials rider
* 1976 – Jeremy Newberry, American football player
* 1976 – Joel Peralta, Dominican baseball player
* 1976 – Keri Russell, American actress
* 1976 – Jayson Blair, American journalist and author
* 1976 – Ricardo Zonta, Brazilian race car driver
* 1977 – Jean Carlos Gamarra, Peruvian taekwondo practitioner
* 1977 – Miklos Perlus, Canadian voice actor
* 1978 – Perez Hilton, American blogger and television persona
* 1978 – Walter Samuel, Argentine footballer
* 1978 – Nicholle Tom, American actress
* 1979 – Natalya Baranovskaya, Belarusian swimmer
* 1979 – Mark Buehrle, American baseball player
* 1979 – Misty Hyman, American swimmer
* 1979 – Donncha O’Callaghan, Irish rugby player
* 1980 – Russell Howard, British comedian
* 1980 – Itay tiran, Israeli actor
* 1981 – Luciana Carro, Canadian actress
* 1981 – Erin Crocker, American race car driver
* 1981 – Tony Peña, Jr., Dominican baseball player
* 1982 – José Raúl Contreras, Chilean footballer
* 1983 – Jerome Thomas, English footballer
* 1985 – Maurice Jones-Drew, American football player
* 1986 – Andrea Dovizioso, Italian motorcycle racer
* 1986 – Steven Strait, American actor
* 1990 – Princess Eugenie of York
* 1990 – Jaime Alguersuari, Spanish racing driver
* 1995 – Jan Lisiecki, Canadian pianist
* 1997 – Aidan Davis, Britain’s Got Talent finalist
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After CAT-Scan and X-ray's and other tests the doc told me the following : Mr Donahue, you have a hole in your left eardrum (which would explain my lack of balance the last three days), you are dehydrated, you have a concussion , you are exhausted, your blood pressure is higher than normal and you have a case of severe bronchitis (which would explain why I have no voice). You need to rest.
Categories: Instant Tragedy Tags: ER, Hospital, Love
I don't believe you when you tell me that you want to be my friend. I don't care if you say that you served in Desert Storm, or help with your daughter's Girl Scout troop. I don't care if you've listened to me on the radio for years and are my biggest fan.
Categories: Hate is bad Tags: Car buying sucks, Cheaters, Joanna, Liars
Schuster, you killed it, you BLOCKHEAD!
He said Thursday after a third straight extra-end loss, this time to Denmark, “I’ve let my teammates and USA Curling down.”
He then added… Good Grief.
Some of you asked, why my interest in curling?
Next to hockey it’s interesting and hockey will be boring until the US takes on Canada in both Women’s and Men’s competitions.
So now 0-4 I just wanted to find someone that is a bigger blockhead then some people I know.
So John Schuster, you may have won a U.S. National, but next to this person…
you still are the 2010 Olympic Goat. See you in 2014.
Categories: Instant Comedy Tags: Curling, Instant Comedy
No, not the USA Curling team who blew yet another game tonight. WHY OH WHY did we let Charlie Brown skip our team? We’re the laughing stock of curling. Wait a min. That means nothing.
I’m working on Miracles in Audio for my favorite time of year, the CMN Radiothon at work. I think I tug at the heartstrings enough.
Stand by on the 25th, 26th and 27th. My job is to make people feel.
What do you think?
I would like you all to just do me a favor and say a prayer / send good thoughts and if in the Lubbock area consider making a pledge to the CMN Radiothon.
For those 3 days, I’ll be part of a team trying to raise $250,000 for the UMC Children’s Hospital.
And every dollar we get stays in Lubbock.
So be part of the miracle…
And if you aren’t in Lubbock, you can listen online.
This is the one time I break my rule about not posting about work on my personal blog. But every year I ask, and I am amazed at the end result every year.
Categories: Instant Happiness, Instant Sean Tags: Lubbock, Miracles in Audio
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