Tuesday, June 14, 2011

I am Honored and lucky to be one year older :)


 I think I AM very honored to share a birthday with some of the folks below...me, Trump, Che and Boy George, now that is a motley crew, lol!
    Favorite birthday memory:  When I was three my mom happened to drive down University Avenue in Palo Alto, and it was lined with flags.  I beheld this with amazement, and asked her "how did they know it was my birthday?".  She replied, "Well, I don't know how they knew".  The annual birthday drive up University became a tradition, until, that inevitable time that it joined the ranks of Santa and the Easter Bunny.
June 14: 
  1. This is the date when Congress adopted “The American Continental Army”.   Birthday of the US Army.http://www.army.mil/cmh-pg/faq/birth.htmhttp://www.army.mil/birthday/228/eventsAccessions.htm
  2. Flag Day.  Adopted in 1891. http://www.usflag.org/flag.day.html
  3. 1811, Harriet Beecher Stowe, birth of an Abolitionist. http://www.gospelcom.net/chi/DAILYF/2001/06/daily-06-14-2001.shtm
  4. Feast Day:  St. Basil the Great, Archbishop of Caesarea, confessor, 379; Saints Rufinus and Valerius, martyrs. St. Docmael, or Toel, confessor, 6th century; St. Nennus, or Nehemias, abbot, 7th century. St. Psalmodius, hermit, 7th century; St. Methodius, confessor, Patriarch of Constantinople, 846.http://www.thebookofdays.com/months/june/14.htm
  5. 1866, Gurdjieff.  http://en.thinkexist.com/birthday/June_14/
  6. 1895, Rabbi Louis Finkelstein, http://en.thinkexist.com/birthday/June_14/
  7. Gene Barry, actor http://www.clevelandseniors.com/people/junebd.htm
  8. 1919, Dorothy McGuire, actress http://www.clevelandseniors.com/people/junebd.htm
  9. 1928, Ernesto ‘Che’ Guevara, Argentinian ‘guerrillero’ and communist figure in the Cuban Revolution, 1928-1967. http://en.thinkexist.com/birthday/June_14/
  10.  1925Pierre Salinger, journalist http://www.clevelandseniors.com/people/junebd.htm
  11. 1931 Marla Gibbs, actress, http://www.clevelandseniors.com/people/junebd.htm
  12. 1946, Donald Trump, entrepreneur.  “The point is that you can’t be too greedy”.http://en.thinkexist.com/birthday/June_14/  
  13. 1961 Boy George, singer http://www.fun4birthdays.com/birthday/june_14.html
  14. 1968 Yasmine Bleeth, actress http://en.thinkexist.com/birthday/June_14/2_1.html
  15. 1969 Steffi Graf, tennis player http://en.thinkexist.com/birthday/June_14/2_1.html
  16. Alan White, from Yes and the Plastic Ono Band http://classicrock.about.com/library/misc/blbirth_june.htm
  17. Rod Argent, from the Zombies and Argent http://classicrock.about.com/library/misc/blbirth_june.htm
  18. Barry “The Fish” Melton, country Joe and the Fish, http://classicrock.about.com/library/misc/blbirth_june.htm
  19. Harry Turtledove, Science fiction author http://www.skyseastone.net/jvstin/unjvst/003154.html
  20. Burl Ives, singer/actor, http://www.holidays.net/dailys/2004/dailys06202004.htm


Other June 14 events:
  1. Pop Goes The Weasel Day http://www.laughinglynx.com/coolstuff/birthday/birthday.html
  2. Family History Day, http://www.holidays.net/dailys/2004/dailys06202004.htm
  3. USArmy Anniversary, http://www.holidays.net/dailys/2004/dailys06202004.htm
  4. World Juggling Day, http://www.holidays.net/dailys/2004/dailys06202004.htm
  5. Rice Planting Festival (Japan), http://www.holidays.net/dailys/2004/dailys06202004.htm


June Birthdays
  • Modern Birthstone: Pearl or Moonstone
  • Ancient Hebrew Birthstone: Emerald
  • Ancient Roman Birthstone: Emerald
  • Ancient Arabic Birthstone: Agate
  • Ancient Hindu Birthstone: Pearl
  • Flower: Rose
  • Fruit or Vegetable:m Corn and Lemon
  • Herb: Tarragon
  • Color: Cream or light blue
  • Motiviation for the Month: "I'd rather be a could-be if I cannot be an are; because a could-be is a maybe who is reaching for a star, I'd rather be a has-been than a might-have-been, by far; for a might-have-been has never been, but a has was once an are." - Milton Berle