Today would have been John's 68th birthday. Yoko Ono explains a project launching this week in honor of John Lennon's birthday, the "Imagine Peace Tower" and a request for a prayer for peace. picked by 2manyusernames 1 year ago

An animal considered to be the world's oldest living gorilla in captivity celebrated her 55th birthday today at the Dallas Zoo, with a frozen fruit cake.

Jenny also enjoyed banana leaf-wrapped treats at her wooded home in the complex. picked by AutumnLotus 2 years ago

Police in Taiwan served a lonely man cake and sang happy birthday after arresting him for stealing a goose to celebrate on his own, an officer in charge said. picked by AutumnLotus 1 year ago

Motown was founded on 12th January, 1959 by Berry Gordy, making today it's 50th Birthday.

What's your favourite track? picked by pocksucket 11 months ago

It's hard to miss the celebrations this week of the 200th anniversary of Charles Darwin's birth, but unlike the life of Einstein, the public is remarkably ignorant of the real story of the father of evolution.
*However, here are some strange facts about Darwin* picked by Bornbad 10 months ago

Today we celebrate the birth of a great man. One of history's greatest story tellers. Here he tells us the parable of how The Meek Shall Inherit The Earth (when they have Time Enough At Last) picked by 2manyusernames 2 years ago

The world's biggest Barbie birthday cake has been unveiled to celebrate the doll's 50th anniversary.

The 2.1 metre tall cake was displayed on the First Fleet Steps at the Botanic Gardens in Sydney, Australia. picked by AutumnLotus 9 months ago

Despite everyone’s carefree joy in singing Happy Birthday to You, this simple song puts you in legal jeopardy every time it exits your mouth. picked by Bornbad 11 months ago

Were he alive today he would be 114. Here's a bit of information on the man. Cruel, sure; but he certainly played a major role in shaping our world.

Happy Birthday, Mao. (do you mind if I call you Mao? please don't have me executed) picked by donteatpoop 2 years ago

13th March, 1989, Tim Berners-Lee laid out his thoughts on setting up a system of accessing a vast repository of knowledge from remote location. From this paper, The World Wide Web was born. Thinking about it, I don't think this is The World Wide Web's birthday. I think it's the anniversary of when Tim Berners-Lee got busy with The World Wide Web's momma. Which was presumably a server or some... read full post picked by pocksucket 9 months ago

AKA, Flip Wilson. Flip was born today in 1933. He brought us a lot of laughter over the years such as when Geraldine and Muhammad Ali got together... picked by 2manyusernames 2 years ago

The Grandmaster who introduced us to Lazarus Long, taught us to Grok and showed us that TANSAAFL was born 100 years ago today. He passed in '88 but will be fondly remembered for generations to come. picked by 2manyusernames 2 years ago

And to think what did we do before Google.

Update: It's no longer Google's birthday so the link is not as cool and the logo they used isn't on the logo page. Sorry to all those who missed it. picked by bonsai1776 2 years ago

It hasn't been easy getting people excited about celebrating the 200th birthday of that tall, gaunt, bearded, Kentucky-bred president who was born in a log cabin and went on to lead his people through a bloody civil war.

No, not Abraham Lincoln. It's that other tall, log cabin-born Kentuckian, Jefferson Davis, whose 200th has turned out to be something of a lost cause. picked by 2manyusernames 2 years ago

20th November 1998 saw the deployment of the first part of the International Space Station. 10 years on, it is still not finished, the merits of the science it embodies are in question and today it transpires they've recently lost a spider and a tool bag.

But happy birthday, anyway. picked by pocksucket 1 year ago

This weekend just gone marks the 20th birthday of the internet worm, which Robert Tappan Morris created on November 2nd 1988. picked by AutumnLotus 1 year ago

Mentioned a year ago here.
However today is the birthday of the emoticon. That :-) and :-( was first suggested Sept. 19, 1982 by Scott E Fahlman picked by bernardblack 1 year ago

The US National Guard turns 371 today, 140 years older than the US. This well-ordered militia has been helping people all over the world for centuries. picked by 2manyusernames 2 years ago

"Darwin Day is an international celebration of science and humanity held on or around February 12, the day that Charles Darwin was born on in 1809. Specifically, it celebrates the discoveries and life of Charles Darwin -- the man who first described biological evolution via natural selection with scientific rigor. More generally, Darwin Day expresses gratitude for the enormous benefits that ... read full post picked by Rowangrey 2 years ago

Barack Obama was sworn in today as the 44th president of the United States. Obama acknowledged in his inaugural address that the nation is in crisis, but said America remains the most powerful nation on Earth. "Starting today, we must pick ourselves up, dust ourselves off, and begin again the work of remaking America," ... picked by babyskunk 10 months ago