Just as last Wednesday was my birthday, so today is the birthday of my lovely wife Heidi. We have borrowed a tradition from my Mom and Dad and named the period around all of our birthdays as a sort of holiday time. Because we're all so busy and have so much going on, Mom and Dad thought it would be a good idea to celebrate several days around the birthday, rather than just the birthday itself. Mom's birthday, on September 1st, is "Janubilee" (her name being Janet). Dad's is on January 9th, and its proximity to Christmas led them to the name "Ron-mess" (from "Ronmas" instead of Christmas). So, in following that route, we went with Connorval (instead of Carnival) for Connor, Donovation for Donovan, Owen Fool's Day for Owen (since he was born on April 1), and Katie-esta (from fiesta) for Katie.
As for Heidi and I, since our birthdays are only a week apart, we worked hard to come up with a suitable name. So we took the name "Mardi Gras", combined Chris and Heidi, and turned the whole thing into "Chreidi Gras" (pronounced "Cry-dee Graw"). A bit awkward but it works well for us.
In line with my post from last week, here are some events from this day in history (again, courtesy of Wikipedia).
1580: Sir Francis Drake completed his circumnavigation of the globe.
1937: The original radio show The Shadow, starring Orson Welles in the title role, premieres.
1957: West Side Story opens on Broadway.
1960: The famous first televised debate between Richard Nixon and John F. Kennedy takes place.
1961: Bob Dylan makes his public debut.
1966: The Chevrolet Camaro appears.
1969: The Beatles release the Abbey Road album.
1973: The Concorde makes its historic, record-breaking first non-stop Trans-Atlantic flight.
Noteworthy Celebrity Births and Deaths on this day:
St. Francis of Assisi, b. 1226
Johnny Appleseed, b. 1774
T.S. Eliot, b. 1888
George Gershwin, b. 1898
Bill France, Sr. (founder of NASCAR), b. 1909
Jack LaLanne, b. 1914
Marty Robbins, b. 1925
Bryan Ferry (founder/lead singer of Roxy Music), b. 1945
Olivia Newton-John, b. 1948
Linda Hamilton (from the Terminator movies), b. 1956
Jim Caviezel (Jesus in The Passion of the Christ), b. 1968
Serena Williams (American tennis pro), b. 1981
Daniel Boone, d. 1820
Levi Strauss (yes, the jeans guy), d. 1902
George Santayana ("Those who cannot remember the past..."), d. 1952
Ralph Earnhardt (American racer and father of Dale, Grandpa to Dale Jr.), d. 1973
Byron Nelson (American golfer), d. 2006
Heidi's birthday is much more interesting than mine. And she has the added bonus of not having International Talk Like A Pirate Day on her birthday.
Happy Birthday, babe...you're one of God's greatest gifts to me. I love you so much.
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