6/12/2010

Happy 41st Birthday

HAPPY BIRTHDAY MATHIEU!
I went back into the archives and pulled up an old birthday tribute. Here is the one done June 12, 2000 in honor of Mathieu's 31st birthday. 


The following is a list of important and noteworthy events that took place on the day of Mathiue’s birth, throughout recent history. The links connect you to more information or interesting tidbits regarding the events. (Note: I added two from last year, because, well, why not?  Also last year on Mathieu's 40th birthday, my eldest nephew graduated from high school. YAY Tim!)

  • 304 years before Mathieus birth, in 1665, English rename New Amsterdam, New York, after Dutch pull out
  • 278 years before Mathieu's birth, in 1691, Innocent XII succeeds Alexander VIII as Pope
  • 193 years before Mathieu's birth, in 1776, Virginia adopts Declaration of Rights
  • 177 years before Mathieu's birth, in 1792, George Vancouver discovers site of Vancouver, BC
  • 157 years before Mathieu's birth, in 1812, Napoleon invades Russia
  • 130 years before Mathieu's birth, in 1839, 1st baseball game played in America
  • 120 years before Mathieu's birth, in 1849, Gas mask patented by Lewis Haslett (Louisville Ky)
  • 110 years before Mathieu's birth, in 1859, Comstock Silver Lode in Nevada discovered
  • 89 years before Mathieu's birth, in 1880, 1st baseball perfect game-John Richmond of Worcester beats Cleveland's Forest City, 1-0
  • 72 years before Mathieu's birth, in 1897, Possibly most severe quake in history strikes Assam India, shock waves felt over an area size of Europe (negligible death toll)
  • 66 years before Mathieu's birth, in 1903, Niagara Falls, Ontario incorporated as a city
  • 46 years before Mathieu's birth, in 1923, Harry Houdini frees himself from a straight jacket while suspended upside down, 40 feet (12 m) above ground in NYC
  • 38 years before Mathieu's birth, in 1931, Al Capone is indicted on 5,000 counts of prohibition & perjury
  • 34 years before Mathieu's birth, in 1935, Senator Huey Long of Louisiana spoke continually for 15 hours, Senate's longest speech on record (150,000 words)
  • 30 years before Mathieu's birth, in 1939, Baseball Hall of Fame opens in Cooperstown NY
  • 27 years before Mathieu's birth, in 1942, Anne Frank gets her diary as a birthday present (Amsterdam)
  • 15 years before Mathieu's birth, in 1954, Bill Haley's "Rock Around the Clock," is originally released
  • 7 years before Mathieu's birth, in 1962, 3 convicts used spoons to dig their way out of Alcatraz
  • 5 years before Mathieu's birth, in 1964, Nelson Mandela is sentenced to life in prison in South Africa
  • 4 years before Mathieu's birth, in 1965, Big Bang theory of creation of universe is supported by announcement
  • 2 years before Mathieu's birth, in 1967, Israel wins 6 day war
  • 2 years before Mathieu's birth, in 1967, Supreme Court unanimously ends laws against interracial marriages
  • On Mathieu's 12 birthday, in 1981, "Raiders Of The Lost Ark" starring Harrison Ford premieres, the first in the Indiana Jones series
  • On Mathieu's 22 birthday, in 1991, Boris Yelstin elected president of Russian Federation
  • On Mathieu's 28 birthday, in 1997, 1st ever baseball inter-league game SF Giants beat Texas Rangers 4-3
  • On Mathieu's 40 birthday, in 2009, massive civil unrest breaks out in Iran following controversial results of a national election, and the Pittsburgh Penguins won the Stanley Cup, defeating the Detroit Red Wings in the seventh game

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