Tuesday, February 2, 2010

On My Birthday!

April 8th is the greatest day of the year. Many things happened that day throughout the ages and in 1995 I was born.


On April 8, 1994 Kurt Cobain, the songwriter and front man for the band Nivan was found dead in his Seattle home. He had a single gunshot to the head and a suicide note and gun were found nearby. He had a wife and an 18 month old daughter.
On April 8, 1973 Alex Gonzalez the infielder for the Toronto Blue Jays was born. He signed onto the Blue Jays April 4, 1994. His last appearance was May 20, 2006 and at that time he was on the Philadelphia Phillies.


On April 8, 1960 John Schneider was born. He is an actor and began at the age of 8. He had a small part in Smokey and the Bandit at age 14. He got his big break when he was cast as Bo Duke in “Dukes of Hazzards” in 1789. He also later became a famous country singer and wrote a couple of hit songs like “I’ve Been Around Enough to Know” and “Country Girls”.

On April 8, 2000 Claire Trevor, another actor, passed away. She was famous for the rolls of molls, floozies and broads and an owner of a saloon in many western films. She made her debut in 1933 and became a leading lady in many films with John Wayne, Clarke Gable, Glenn Ford and William Holden. She won an academy award for Key Largo in 1948. She died in Newport beach due to respiratory ailments.



On April 8 2009 A US space tourist, Charles Simonyi with his two crew members landed in Kazakhstan. They had all spent six months in the space station and landed in ‘good condition’. Charles Simonyi is the world’s first space tourist to visit the ISS twice. Simonyi used to be a Microsoft executive before deciding to travel into space. A link below will bring you to a video of their successful landing.




As you can see April 8 is one of the best days of the year many cool things happened but most importantly I was born.

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