Yes, today is my birthday. My final year to be able to call myself a twentysomething. Anyway, I picked a real winner of a day to enter this world. What’s with all the death and destruction??? Once again, this is courtesy of the Associated Press by way of boston.com. Check out what happened on the day of my birth, in 1977 – perhaps the most frightening event of them all.
Today in history – May 2
By The Associated Press
Today’s Highlight in History:
On May 2, 1945, the Soviet Union announced the fall of Berlin, and the Allies announced the surrender of Nazi troops in Italy and parts of Austria.
In 1519, artist Leonardo da Vinci died at Cloux, France.
In 1863, Confederate Gen. Thomas “Stonewall” Jackson was accidentally wounded by his own men at Chancellorsville, Va.; he died eight days later.
In 1957, Sen. Joseph R. McCarthy, the controversial Republican senator from Wisconsin, died at Bethesda Naval Hospital in Maryland.
In 1960, convicted sex offender and best-selling author Caryl Chessman was executed at San Quentin Prison in California.
In 1972, after serving 48 years as head of the FBI, J. Edgar Hoover died in Washington at age 77.
In 1977, Jenna Von Oy (“Six” of Blossom sit-com fame) was born.
In 2001, a landslide destroyed a nine-story apartment building in China, killing at least 79 people.
In 2005, Greenpeace co-founder Bob Hunter died at age 63.
Jenna von Oy was so hot.
But Blossom had the nose
I think you will find that every day in history is wrought with death and destruction — it’s just human nature. One could argue that the fall of Berlin and the surrender of Nazi troops actually marked an end to death and destruction, and in that light, your birthday was a day of celebration.
It’s all about perspective. Men who did great deeds left this world and you — a man who will do great deeds — entered it. That’s a fair trade :-)
Happy Birthday!
You’re a sick man, LTJ.