25

25 years ago today, I was brought into the world. Happy birthday to me!

What other special people get to share October 28th with me?

1842: Anna Elizabeth Dickinson, orator (Joan of Arc of the Civil War)

1949: Bruce Jenner

1955: Bill [William Henry] Gates, billionaire CEO (Microsoft)

1966: Andy Richter (Conan O'Brien's sidekick)
1967: Julia Roberts
1972: Brad Paisley
1974: Joaquin Phoenix

Some random history and events from October 28th:

1636: Harvard University (Cambridge Mass) founded

1858: Macy's Department store opens in New York City

1886: Statue of Liberty dedicated by President Grover Cleveland

1904: St. Louis police try a new investigation method-fingerprints

1922: 1st coast-to-coast radio broadcast of a football game

1929: 1st child born in aircraft, Miami, Florida

1936: Franklin D. Roosevelt rededicates Statue of Liberty on its 50th anniversary

1954: Nobel prize for literature awarded to Ernest Hemingway

1974: Luna 23 launched (landing on Moon)