Who else was born on this awesome day?

It's still my birthday somewhere, so I'm doing a last birthday related post. Information for this also taken from Wikipedia.

1666 – Tsar Ivan V of Russia (d. 1696)

1711 – Henry Muhlenberg, German-born founder of the U.S. Lutheran Church (d. 1787)

1732 – Johan Wilcke, Swedish physicist (d. 1796)

1666 – Tsar Ivan V of Russia (d. 1696)

1711 – Henry Muhlenberg, German-born founder of the U.S. Lutheran Church (d. 1787)

1732 – Johan Wilcke, Swedish physicist (d. 1796)

1926 – Claus von Amsberg, Prince Consort of the Netherlands (d. 2002) He died the year I was living in the Netherlands. The year before his son, the crown prince, got married. The year after, his son's wife had a daughter. I felt cheated.
1958 – Jeff Foxworthy, American comedian
1971 – Dolores O'Riordan, Irish musician (The Cranberries)
1974 – Nina Persson, Swedish musician (The Cardigans)
1974 – Justin Whalin, American actor (Jimmy Olsen from Lois and Clark)
2006 – Prince Hisahito of Akishino, Japan Imperial Family member


And some people who died on my lovely day:

972 – Pope John XIII

1511 – Ashikaga Yoshizumi, Japanese shogun (b. 1481)
1782 – Martha Wayles Skelton Jefferson, wife of Thomas Jefferson (b. 1748)
1998 – Akira Kurosawa, Japanese film director (b. 1910)
2007 – Madeleine L'Engle, American author (b. 1918) I didn't realize she was dead until I saw this Wikipedia article. :(
2008 – Anita Page, silent film vixen, last living attendee of the 1st Annual Academy Awards, (b. 1910)

Word of my Day

Floccinaucity - a matter of small consequence

A back formation of the word Floccinaucinihilipilification. (Which is also fun.)