Saturday, 7 January 2023

Scrappy Checkerboard

 


On this day in 1572, Pope Gregory XIII was born. He’s the pope who commissioned the calendar most of the world uses. Of course, he wasn’t called Gregory when he was born. His parents named him Ugo. (I guess we’re pretty lucky we’re not using the Ugonian calendar.) On this day in 1964, Nicholas Cage was born. He’s famous for several movies like It Could Happen to You, National Treasure, The Sorcerer’s Apprentice, and The Family Man. He’s also famous for blowing his fortune on dinosaur bones, Lamborghinis and islands in the Bahamas. On this day in 1971, Jeremy Renner was born: the actor who portrayed Hawkeye in several Marvel movies. He’s currently in hospital, recovering from being run over by a 7-ton snow plow. But the most important person to be born on this day was Heather, in 1986. An event as significant as this can’t just be celebrated in one day. We started Friday, and we'll still be partying Monday.

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