378 years ago today, Galileo was convicted of heresy for the crime of contradicting Catholic teachings about geocentrism with his heliocentric model.
56 years ago today, Jonas Salk’s Polio vaccine was declared to be safe and effective, ensuring the safety of infinity billion children.
50 years ago today, Yuri Gagarin made the first manned space flight in human history, dipping humanity’s toe into the ocean of space. He is quoted as saying while in orbit, “I looked and looked and I didn’t see God” (commonly mistranslated as “I see no God up here”).
Some unspecified number of years thereafter, I was born.
COINCIDENCE!?
No, but seriously, happy birthday, me.
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chaosagent23
April 12, 2011 at 11:52 pm CDT (UTC -5) Link to this comment
Happy birthday Jason! There surely couldn’t be a coincindence. I’m raising my glass to you this evening!
Mike Haubrich
April 13, 2011 at 1:47 am CDT (UTC -5) Link to this comment
Wow! You don’t look a day over (n – 1)
Happy Birthday, Jason.
Rich Wilson
April 13, 2011 at 1:56 am CDT (UTC -5) Link to this comment
The Hitch too. He’s in good company :-)
sinned34
April 13, 2011 at 4:08 pm CDT (UTC -5) Link to this comment
I shall raise a mug of homebrewed English-Canadian Bitters to your health, Jason! But I won’t be thinking of you when I’m at Video Games Live tomorrow…
Adrienne
April 14, 2011 at 11:57 am CDT (UTC -5) Link to this comment
Happy belated birthday Jason! I hope you had a great day xxo
Clifton
April 15, 2011 at 9:59 am CDT (UTC -5) Link to this comment
The actor playing the part of my 2nd son was born on the 11th. Almost made it!
jthibeault
April 16, 2011 at 4:05 pm CDT (UTC -5) Link to this comment
Yeah, he could have *almost* been as awesome as me. Best he got is National Heroes Day in Costa Rica.
Hitchens was born April 13th, 1949. Haw haw. He’s off by a day too!
Thanks for the birthday wishes folks. :D