Since my birthday is coming up exactly a week from today (!) I decided to see the history of my birthday and WOW it is so amazing what can be found on the internet!
Here are some interesting things that happened on 8/8/88, which is my b-day of course! :)
August 08, 1988 Discovery of most distant galaxy announced 
August 08, 1988 Duchess of York gives birth to princess Beatrice
August 08, 1988 Renovated Central Park Zoo reopens after 4 years 
August 08, 1988 Russian troops begin pull out of Afghanistan after 9 year war
August 08, 1988 Sec of State Shultz narrowly escapes assassin attempt in Bolivia
August 08, 1988 South Africa declares cease-fire in Angola
August 08, 1988 Temperature hits high of 88 on 8/8/88 in NYC
August 08, 1988 The "8888 Uprising" occurs in Burma.
August 08, 1988 The lights are turned on at Wrigley Field for the first time
And, of course, I was born this very special day 23 years ago :) 
I hope you weren't too bored by that quick history lesson of my birthday and I encourage you all to google your own b-days if you haven't already!
I hope you weren't too bored by that quick history lesson of my birthday and I encourage you all to google your own b-days if you haven't already!
Have a marvelous Monday!
love always,
4 comments:
This is really neat, happy almost birthday! ps- I love how you change your header like every day lol :-D Last week of summer school!!! xoxo
WOW! I am going to google mine. Especially since you and I r only one day apart. Mine is the 7th. But Im way younger than you so of course different year. LOL
Wow, that's really neat!
8/8/88--what an auspicious date to be born! Is 8 one of your lucky numbers?
I was born 12/12/85 and 12 is definitely my lucky number :)
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