January 14th Not So Shabby
I never owned a Barbie, but had this 1/2 Barbie cake for my 8th birthday.
It’s tough being a January baby. No pool parties or barbecues for me. Instead, my parties were reserved for McDonald’s and the local movie theater. Not bad, but for one who loves the pool and beach, I envied my brother’s June birthday slot.
And of course, if you’re born within 30 days of Christmas, you’re totally screwed! I can’t remember a Christmas where I didn’t hear, ”your birthday’s coming up,” if I didn’t get all that was on my Christmas list.
So today, as I was getting ready to head out for a birthday cocktail, I wondered who else shares this day with me? The list includes: two Academy Award winners, two national journalists, a Pulitzer Prize winner, a Grammy winner, and one hot guy. Therefore, I’ve concluded that January 14th’s not so shabby after all.
These peeps share my birthday:
1. Jason Bateman
2. Steven Soderbergh
3. L L Cool J
4. Maureen Dowd
5. Shepard Smith
6. Andy Rooney
7. Faye Dunaway
And for good measure, I found some key “monumental” January 14th events:
1914: Henry Ford introduces assembly line for T-Ford
1952 : NBC’s “Today” program debuts on NBC hosted by Dave Garroway. The show was the first of it’s kind and copied not only in the US but worldwide .
1954 - Marilyn Monroe married baseball great, Joe DiMaggio.
1963 - George Wallace sworn in as Governor of Alabama, his address states “segregation now; segregation tomorrow; segregation forever!” (16 years later on same day, President Carter proposes Martin Luther King’s birthday be a holiday. This is extra special since MLK now gives me a long birthday weekend)
1972 - Comedian Redd Foxx, whose last name was really Sanford, debuted on NBC-TV in “Sanford & Son”.
1981 : Finally, this date was the end of a hostage crisis that started in the year 1979.
1986 - “Rambo: First Blood, Part II” arrived at video stores this day, breaking the record set by “Ghostbusters” for first day orders.
1993- David Letterman announces his move from NBC to CBS
1990 - “Simpsons” premiered on Fox
