Celebration

~ King Ben's Grandma

On this day in history…

1387

King Charles III of Naples and Hungary is assassinated at Buda.

1607

L’Orfeo by Claudio Monteverdi, one of the first works recognized as an opera, receives its première performance.

1803

In Marbury v. Madison, the Supreme Court of the United States establishes the principle of judicial review.

1822

The first Swaminarayan temple in the world, Shri Swaminarayan Mandir, Ahmedabad, is inaugurated.

1863

Arizona is organized as a United States territory.

1881

China and Russia sign the Sino-Russian Ili Treaty.

1942

An order-in-council passed under the Defence of Canada Regulations of the War Measures Act gives the Canadian federal government the power to intern all “persons of Japanese racial origin”.

1968

Vietnam War: The Tet Offensive is halted; South Vietnam recaptures Hué.

1971

The All India Forward Bloc holds an emergency central committee meeting after its chairman, Hemantha Kumar Bose, is killed three days earlier. P.K. Mookiah Thevar is appointed as the new chairman.

1984

Tyrone Mitchell perpetrates the 49th Street Elementary School shooting in Los Angeles, killing two children and injuring 12 more.

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…and I was born. Yep, I’ve made my way around the Sun one more time. I don’t have any plans, my birthday has been a horrible day in the past. The ex would always pick a fight on my birthday, everyone forgot my 40th and my 16th was NOT sweet.

It’s not a big deal anyway. After 16 when you can drive, 18 when you can vote (PLEASE VOTE!!) and you’re an ‘adult’, then 21 when you can buy alcohol and go to bars, the rest of the birthday milestones are just a reason for people to tease you about getting ‘old’.

Both of my daughters asked me what I wanted for my birthday. I told them ‘peace and quiet’… yeah, we had a good laugh at that one.

If you’d like to celebrate today, I found a list of holidays that happen on February 24th:

Forget Me Not Day

International Pancake Day

National Cupcake Day (Canada)

National Dance Day

National Tortilla Chip Day

National Trading Card Day

Play More Cards Day – (Last Monday in February)

World Bartender Day

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A pretty good group of holidays IMO. I’m gonna go eat some pancakes, then dance. Maybe I’ll stop by a Mexican restaurant and ask the bartender for a daiquiri and eat some tortilla chips. Then before bed, I’ll have a cupcake.

Or maybe it will just be a regular, average Monday.

 

(featured image is Younger Daughter’s, used with permission)

 

34 thoughts on “Celebration”

  1. Well I, for one, will be celebrating your latest click through the Turnstile of Life. I consider it a treasure that we’ve managed to meet, albeit digitally, and I will fight anyone who says otherwise. Of course, you might have to hold my beer whilst I engage in dubious fisticuffs that won’t resolve anything, but that’s just what friends do for one another. Cheers!

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  6. Happy happy birthday! Hope it is really great whatever you decided to do 🙂 Today was my grandmothers birthday as well. She was also a special lady so this really makes today a special day! Happy Birthday!

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  12. Your birthday is National Dance Day And National Cupcake Day?! That’s so cool! 💃🏼🧁I hope you’ve had a heaping helping of both 💫🥂🎶 Happy birthday Angie, you’re a lovely joy 🤗❤️

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            1. Me too. I love guac and I live in SoCal, people grow them in their backyards.
              It’s not worth the pain to enjoy the taste. It’s like hot, sharp glass working its way ever so slowly through my entire digestive tract. Hours and hours of pain.☹😫😭🤢

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