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Some interesting facts about May 15:
Lots of cool things have happened on my birthday. This year on my birthday They Might Be Giants are releasing an album on iTunes. The actual CD won't be available until July, but they are putting it on iTune early just for me. Because they love me. I mean, first they do a song for me, then they release an album early on my birthday. That's pretty awesome. I love you, too, John & John.
PS: Hi, my birthday is in ONE WEEK.
PPS: The above facts were shamelessly stolen from Wikipedia.
- In 1718, James Puckle patented the world's first machine gun.
- In 1720, Maximilian Hell, a Slovakian astronomer, was born.
- In 1817, the first private mental health hospital in the United States, the Asylum for the Relief of Persons Deprived of the Use of Their Reason, opened.
- In 1836, Francis Baily first observed "Baily's beads" during an annular eclipse.
- In 1856, L. Frank Baum, author of The Wizard of Oz, is born.
- In 1857, Williamina Fleming, one of the first lady astronomers (and creator of a star classification system later modified by another lady astronomer to the system we use today), is born.
- In 1886, Emily Dickinson dies.
- In 1905, Las Vegas, Nevada, was founded when 110 acres, which would later would become downtown, are auctioned off.
- In 1919, the Winnipeg General Strike began. By 11:00, virtually the entire working population of Winnipeg had walked off the job.
- In 1928, the animated short "Plane Crazy", featuring the first appearances of Mickey and Minnie Mouse, was released.
- In 1932, the Prime Minister of Japan Inukai Tsuyoshi is killed in an attempted coup. This is called The May 15 Incident.
- In 1940, McDonald's is founded.
- In 1951, the famous cartoon "Rabbit Fire" is released and is awesome
- In 1951, Jonathan Richman is born and is awesome.
- In 1958 and 1960, The Soviet Union launches Sputnik 3 and 4.
- In 1969, Emmitt Smith is born
- In 1973, Nolan Ryan threw his first no-hitter at Kansas City.
- In 1978,
Mr UniverseHot mathematician guyDavid Krumholtz is born. - In 1978,
Jaye TylerCaroline Dhavernas is born. - In 1985, I was born
Lots of cool things have happened on my birthday. This year on my birthday They Might Be Giants are releasing an album on iTunes. The actual CD won't be available until July, but they are putting it on iTune early just for me. Because they love me. I mean, first they do a song for me, then they release an album early on my birthday. That's pretty awesome. I love you, too, John & John.
PS: Hi, my birthday is in ONE WEEK.
PPS: The above facts were shamelessly stolen from Wikipedia.
