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Date: 01 October 2008 20:30:15
I am not allowed to draw any reference to my sister's birthday today and the fact that she is nearly 40. Yes, whisper it quietly..... FORTY!!!! FORTY!!!! FORTY!!! Just one more birthday to go before she leaves her 30's behind forever.
Of course, I've promised not to draw attention to this fact - if she asks you ain't seen me right?
In other news: my mother thought that she was actually 42 this year :-)
History Today:
331BC: Alexander the Great defeats Darius III of Persia at Guagamela and becomes master of Asia Minor. Alexander never made it to forty.
1908: The Ford Model T goes on sale for the first time.
1918: The Turkish held Syrian capital, Damascus, falls to an Arab force under the command of Emir Faisal and includes one T.E. Lawrence (of Arabia).
1938: German troops march into the Sudetenland under the auspices of the Munich Agreement. If anyone ever suggests that appeasement works then remember this.
1946: 12 high ranking Nazi leaders, including Hermann Goering and Joachim von Ribbentrop, are sentenced to death by the International War Crimes Tribunal in Nuremberg.
1949: The People's Republic of China is proclaimed, following the Communist victory in China's civil war.
1962: James Meredith is provided with an armed escort as he attends the University of Mississippi. His presence sparks a full scale riot and the death of two people. All because he's an African American.
1969: During testing in France, Concorde 001 breaks the sound barrier for the first time.
1970: My sister appeared and ruined our lives forever LOL
1971: To celebrate my sister's first birthday, the Walt Disney World Resort opens in Florida.
1975: Muhammed Ali beats Joe frazier to win the "Thriller in Manila" and retain the World Heavyweight Championship.
1985: Police face a second day of rioting in Toxteth, Liverpool and Peckham, London.