Book of the Week: Dammit already…
Today marks a celebration and a milestone.
Happy 30th birthday! (You know who you are.) I wish for you the fulfilment of all your wildest, dearest, most compelling dreams; friendships that bind hearts and minds; an abundance of love and joy all your life; and a dog to make your life complete.
It was also exactly two years ago that I arrived in Glasgow to read for a master’s degree. And today, I live and work here! (Scotland, I mean, not Glasgow.) It took a leap of faith, and I have been very blessed.
Factoids of the Day:
The building of Hadrian’s Wall began on September 13 122AD.
Michaelangelo began work on ‘David’ on September 13 1503.
Francis Scott Key wrote The Star-Spangled Banner on September 13 1814.
Hannibal Goodwin patented celluloid photographic film on September 13 1898.
On September 13 1899, Henry Bliss had the dubious honour of being the first person in the United States to be killed in an automobile accident.
The temperature (in the shade) at Al-Aziziyah, Libya reached a world record 57.7°C (135.9°F), on September 13 1922.
Chiang Kai-shek was elected president of the Republic of China on September 13 1943.
Super Mario, the best-selling video game of all time, was released on September 13 1985.
Famous people born on September 13 include Milton S. Hershey – founder of the empire of the taste of evil (1857), J. B. Priestley (1894), Claudette Colbert (1903), Roald Dahl (1913), Maurice Jarre (1924), Richard Kiel (1939), Peter Cetera (1944), Jean Smart (1951), Michael Johnson (1967), Shane Warne (1969), Goran Ivanisevic (1971), Stella McCartney (1971), Christine Arron (1973), and Fiona Apple (1977).
And a throw-away birthday one: Ingrid Bergman, Corrie ten Boom, Betty Friedan, King Mongkut, Raphael and Pompey all died on their birthdays.
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