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

Pretty self explanatory. Lets see how many he can get. picked by TheBlueFrog 3 years ago

Jewish tradition regards one's Jewish birthday to be fraught with meaning and relevance and, in some ways, even a mini-Rosh Hashanah! On your Jewish birthday your mazel (good fortune) is dominant.
Figure out your exact Jewish birthday. picked by 2manyusernames 3 years ago

It's not just Darwin today, but as Bornbad was kind enough to give a shout out to a Great Brit born today I'm here doing the same by winging a huge chunk of birthday cake across the pond to one Mr Abraham Lincoln - 12th February 1809.

Now does anyone have his address. I know it's somewhere in Gettysburg. picked by pocksucket 10 months 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

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

Hobart Anderson of New Ulm turned 80 recently and with his birthday came a surprise. He got a birthday card signed by Collette Hartung. She was his teacher _ 70 years ago. He says he was very, very surprised. picked by AutumnLotus 12 months 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

Send Obama some birthday wishes... right to his Twitter! picked by nateebiinature 4 months ago

Disney will give free admission throughout 2009 to any of its U.S. parks to anyone who shows up on his/her birthday, giving kids one more excuse to hate their parents who can't afford the plane fare, hotel, meals, souvenirs, etc. picked by Wingnut 1 year ago

An iron-lunged pensioner has celebrated her 100th birthday by lighting up her 170,000th cigerette from a candle on her birthday cake. picked by AutumnLotus 2 years ago

Remember when your mom got you a Fudgie the Whale cake for your birthday and you almost died of delight?

Yeah, neither do I... picked by KerOBeroS32 3 months 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

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

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

Police burst onto the scene as he is slashing his sister's throat, her birthday cake on the table. Earlier he had killed his 17 year old sister. picked by suebe 8 months ago

Don't ask Mattie Caldwell how many candles go on her birthday cake. "I don't remember," she said. picked by smarty1052 9 months ago

Arbella Perkins Ewings blew out all 114 candles on her birthday cake on March 13 and quietly took part in the celebration that comes with being the third-oldest person in the world. picked by mutil8or 2 years ago

One of the most infectious laughs ever! Celebrating the 73rd birthday of Elvis Presley with the laughing version of "Are You Lonesome Tonight?"

Please ignore cheesy wipes. picked by beckinacea 2 years ago

Melina H. had been celebrating her birthday with friends on Saturday night, but ended up drinking beer and vodka until she passed out. Passers-by who saw the paralytic youngster called paramedics, who took her away in an ambulance. picked by sharon22 6 months ago