It's My Party And I'll Blog If I Want To

Today's my birthday (zzzzzzzzzz 32 zzzzzzzzzzzz) and so in honor of this momentous occasion, here are some factoids:

Birthdays on Feb. 24:

Steve Jobs (of Apple fame)

Joseph Lieberman [sarcasm] I couldn’t be more proud to share this birthday with Joe. [/sarcasm]

Winslow Homer (American landscape, marine and genre painter. He was a battlefront correspondent for Harpers Weekly in the Civil War.)

Chester William Nimitz (A graduate of Annapolis and chief of staff to the commander of the submarine force of the Atlantic fleet in WWI. Commanded the Pacific Fleet in WWII.)

Unsung hero of the silver screen, Billy Zane. Starred in Memphis Belle, among other [sarcasm] blockbusters. [/sarcasm]

Franz Courtens, a Flemish painter who created the masterpiece, Golden Rain.

Edward James Olmos, better known as Admiral William “Bill” Adama, of Battlestar Galactica fame. [For you folks who watched Miami Vice, he was in that too.]

Sammy Kershaw, country music “star” and artist, whose son was a fraternity brother of mine at Baylor U.

Exciting Happenings on Feb. 24:

1803 Supreme Court 1st rules a law unconstitutional (Marbury v Madison) [Probably the most boring case ever, it is mandatory 1st year law school reading, but among the thousands which are never again cited (because it goes without saying that the judiciary has the power to overrule legislation on the basis of unconstitutionality). Nonetheless, its a case that the mere mention of which makes the loins of many a constitutional law professor tingle.]

1836 3,000 Mexicans attack 182 Texans at Alamo, lasts 13 days. (At the same time, Davey Crockett brings dead animal skin headwear into fashion.)

1857 1st perforated US postage stamps delivered to government.

1863 Arizona Territory created.

1868 House of Reps vote 126 to 47, to impeach President Andrew Johnson.

1917 German plan to get Mexican help in WW I exposed (Zimmerman telegram).

1965 Beatles begin filming "Help" in Bahamas.

1979 Highest price ever paid for a pig, $42,500, Stamford, Texas.

See? Much more important things happened today than just my birthday.