Hippo birfway! *EDIT*

Today is Saturday, January 19, 2008. This is the 19th day of the year, with 347 days remaining in 2008.

Holidays

Feast day of St. Canute IV of Denmark, Saints Abachum and Audifax, St. Fillan or Foelan, St. Albert of Cashel, St. Charles of Sezze, St. Germanicus, Saints Marius and Martha, St. Messalina, St. Henry of Uppsala, St. Nathalan, and St. Wulfstan.

Singapore: Singapore Kite Festival.

Texas: Confederate Heroes Day.

Ethiopia, Eritrea: Timket (sometimes on Jan. 20).

Philippines: Ati-Atihan Festival.

Events:

1419 – Rouen surrendered to Henry V, completing his conquest of Normandy.

1783 – William Pitt became the youngest Prime Minister of England at age 24.

1793 – King Louis XVI was tried by the French Convention, found guilty of treason and sentenced to the guillotine.

1825 – Ezra Daggett and Thomas Kensett patented a process for canning food in tin containers.

1840 – During an expedition, Captain Charles Wilkes sighted the coast of eastern Antarctica and claimed it for the United States. In February 1821 the first landing on the Antarctic continent was made by American John Davis at Hughes Bay on the Antarctic Peninsula. In 1959, the Antarctic Treaty made Antarctica an international zone, set guidelines for scientific cooperation, and prohibited military operations, nuclear explosions, and the disposal of radioactive waste on the continent.

1861 – Georgia seceded from the Union.

1915 – During World War I, Britain was hit by an air attack when two German zeppelins drop bombs on Great Yarmouth and King’s Lynn.

1918 – The Bolsheviks dissolved the Russian Constitutional Assembly.

1937 – Millionaire Howard Hughes set a transcontinental air record by flying his monoplane from Los Angeles, California to Newark, New Jersey, in seven hours, 28 minutes and 25 seconds.

1944 – The U.S. federal government relinquished control of the nation’s railroads following settlement of a wage dispute.

1963 – The first disco, called “Whiskey-a-go-go,” opened in Los Angeles.

1966 – Indira Gandhi was elected prime minister of India.

1981 – The United States and Iran signed an agreement for the release of 52 Americans held hostage for more than 14 months.

1983 – Klaus Barbie, the Nazi Gestapo chief of Lyons, France, during the German occupation, was arrested in Bolivia for his crimes against humanity.

2000 – Michael Skakel, a nephew of Robert F. Kennedy, surrendered to police in Greenwich, Connecticut, to face charges in the 1975 death of a 15-year-old girl.

Music:

1853 – Verdi’s opera “Il Trovatore” premiered in Rome.

1957 – Johnny Cash made his first network TV appearance, on CBS’ “Jackie Gleason Show.”

1957 – Pat Boone sang at Dwight Eisenhower’s presidential inauguration ball.

1967 – Pink Floyd and Marmalade played at The Marquee Club, London.

1970 – The soundtrack of the film, Easy Rider, the movie that made a star of Peter Fonda, became a gold record. It was the first pop-culture, film soundtrack to earn the gold award.

1971 – The Beatles White Album was played in the courtroom at the Sharon Tate murder trial to find out if any songs could have influenced Charles Manson and his followers to commit murder. At the scene of one of his gruesome murders, the words “helter skelter” were written on a mirror.

1978 – Johnny Rotten was fired from The Sex Pistols for ‘not being weird enough anymore.

1988 – Bon Jovi’s and Motley Crue’s manager Doc McGheep pleaded guilty to importing more than 40,000lb of marijuana into the US.

1993 – Fleetwood Mac reunited to perform at Bill Clinton’s inauguration. The band’s “Don’t Stop” was used as the theme for his campaign.

1994 – The Band, Rod Stewart,The Animals, The Grateful Dead, Elton John, John Lennon, Bob Marley and Duane Eddy are inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall Of Fame.

1997 – Madonna won the Best Actress award for ‘Evita’ at the Golden Globe Awards.

Births:

1736 – James Watt, Scottish inventor of the steam engine.

1807 – Robert E. Lee, American commander-in-chief of the Confederate armies.

1809 – Edgar Allan Poe, American poet, author.

1839 – Paul Cézanne, French painter.

1908 – Ish Kabibble (Merwyn Bogue), American comic singer.

1930 – Tippi Hedren, an American film actress.

1943 – Janis Joplin, American blues and pop singer.

1946 – Dolly Parton, American songwriter, singer.

1955 – Paul Rodriguez, Hispanic-American comedian.

1972 – Drea de Matteo, American actress.

1980 – Jenson Button, English Formula One driver.

Deaths:

1990 – Bhagwam Shree Rajneesh, Indian guru.

1998 – Carl Perkins, American pioneer of rockabilly music, a mix of rhythm and blues and country western music.

2000 – Bettino Craxi, Prime Minister of Italy.

2000 – Hedy Lamarr, Austrian-born actress.

2006 – Wilson Pickett, American R&B and soul singer.

2007 – Denny Doherty, Canadian singer and songwriter, and a founding member of the 1960s musical group The Mamas and the Papas.

Yup, today I turn 30. I’m getting old folks.

Not had too bad a day so far. Planning to meet up with some friends in the union later for a few drinks. There may even be a cute girl there.

OK then, there will be a cute girl there. Don’t stand a chance like but still.

But at least I’m in a better mood than I was last year. Which is good.

Will write a proper update later. Also need to write my Torchwood rant (that’ll probably be tomorrow). Just thought I’d write an entry marking the day.

Will

*EDIT*

To add video:

Will

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