Patriotic and Prestigious Are WE

July FOURTH, Baby!

July 13, y'all.

The prestige of MY birthday is evident. We all celebrate it here in the USA and we all know why - Independence Day when a pug Princess named Noodles was born.

Molly's birthday is coming up this weekend. We celebrated her big 2 at the same time as we celebrated mine - but we left room for a little more celebration when her big day comes around.

Some notable events on July 13

1787 - Congress establishes Northwest Territory (excludes slavery)

1865 - Horace Greeley advises his readers to "Go west young man"

1865 - P T Barnum's museum burns down

1868 - Oscar J Dunn, former slave, installed as lt governor of Louisiana

1930 - Sarnoff reports in NY Times "TV would be a theater in every home"

1934 - Babe Ruth hits HR #700 (against Detroit)

1939 - Frank Sinatra makes his recording debut

Some Famous People born on July 13

100 BC - Julius Caesar, Rome, Roman military and political leader, (d. 44 BC), (or July 12)

1826 - Stanislao Cannizzaro, Italian chemist (Reaction of Cannizzaro)

1901 - Tillie Ehrlich Lewin, leading industrialist (tomato queen)

1932 - Hubert Reeves, Canadian astrophysicist

1934 - Aleksei Stanislavovich Yeliseyev, USSR, cosmonaut (Soyuz 5, 8, 10)

1940 - Patrick Stewart, England, actor (Picard-Star Trek Next Generation)

1942 - Harrison Ford, Chicago Illinois, actor (Star Wars, Indiana Jones, Frantic)