May 28 - Party

Party

Overheard

[E is playing hide and seek with new friend A.]
E: 1, 2, 3, 4, ready or not...
A: No! You have to make it take a long time. Count slower.
D: And higher. To ten, maybe twenty.
E: Oh! OK. 1... 2... 14... 15...

This Day In History

585 BC

585 BC – A solar eclipse occurs, as predicted by Greek philosopher and scientist Thales, while Alyattes is battling Cyaxares in the Battle of the Eclipse, leading to a truce. This is one of the cardinal dates from which other dates can be calculated.

1503

James IV of Scotland and Margaret Tudor are married according to a Papal Bull by Pope Alexander VI. A Treaty of Everlasting Peace between Scotland and England signed on that occasion results in a peace that lasts ten years.

1892

In San Francisco, California, John Muir organizes the Sierra Club.

1930

The Chrysler Building in New York City officially opens.

1934

Near Callander, Ontario, the Dionne quintuplets are born to Oliva and Elzire Dionne; they will be the first quintuplets to survive infancy.

1936

Alan Turing submits On Computable Numbers for publication.

2002

Mars Odyssey finds signs of large ice deposits on the planet Mars.

Famous Birthdays

1660

King George I of Great Britain (d. 1727)

1779

Thomas Moore, Irish poet (d. 1852)

1853

Carl Larsson, Swedish painter (d. 1919)

1858

Carl Rickard Nyberg, Swedish inventor (d. 1939)

1888

Jim Thorpe/Wa-Tho-Huk, American pentathlete, decathlete, football, baseball and basketball player (d. 1953)

1908

Ian Fleming, English author (d. 1964)

1940

Maeve Binchy, Irish novelist

1944

Rudy Giuliani, 107th Mayor of New York City
Gladys Knight, American R&B and soul singer and actress

1945

John Fogerty, American singer, songwriter and guitarist (Creedence Clearwater Revival)

1947

Zahi Hawass, Egyptian egyptologist

1968

Kylie Minogue, Australian actress and singer

1970

Glenn Quinn, Irish actor (d. 2002)

1982

Alexa Davalos, American actress

1986

Michael Oher, American football player