New Year’s Day Birthdays!
Betsy Ross E.M. Forrester J.D. Salinger
Plus my friends Jeff and Meg. Oh and Ellis Island opened today in 1892. Happy Birthdays to all.
I’m fascinated by people who have birthdays that overlap with major holidays as it smacks right into the duality of a) No one forgets your birthday because the date is already memorable but b) your birthday often gets overlooked because folk’s minds are elsewhere. My college roommate Justin celebrates his birthday on New Year’s Eve "along with the whole world." I once worked with a guy who was born on April 15th and his parents never remembered his birthday. They were too preoccupied with paying Uncle Sam.
The only thing that happened on my birthday was the final day of the Watergate Hearings. And since it was always summertime it meant a) I never got to bring cupcakes to school but b) I had entirely too many birthdays at Putt-Putt.
(via The Writer’s Almanac)