Life update + This Date in History

I had a wonderful weekend filled with wonderful people. :) I'm incredibly sore from playing way too many doucheball games in a single day. I had a great time playing, though.

I continue to reread parts of the Twilight Saga because I can't just stop. lol... I just reread the parts that I really like at bedtime. Yeah, I know. I'm crazy and obsessed. Oh, well. Not much I can do now. :)

Today is my 4 year anniversary with Joe. We've had our ups and downs, but we're still here together. With four wonderful pups to show for it. lol Gosh, we have a dog for every year we've been together. I don't think I could handle it if that kept up! Anyway, in honor of our anniversary, I've collected a list of important events which took place on this date in history.

• 63 BC - Birth of Augustus Caesar, Roman Emperor (d. 14)
• 1642 - First commencement exercises occur at Harvard College.
• 1806 - Lewis and Clark return to St. Louis, after exploring the Pacific Northwest of the United States.
• 1846 - Discovery of Neptune by French astronomer Urbain Jean Joseph Le Verrier and British astronomer John Couch Adams; verified by German astronomer Johann Gottfried Galle.
• 1889 - Nintendo Koppai (Later Nintendo Company, Limited) founded by Fusajiro Yamauchi to produce and market the playing card game Hanafuda.
• 1920 - Birth of Mickey Rooney, American actor
• 1930 - Birth of Ray Charles, American musician (d. 2004)
• 1939 - Death of Sigmund Freud, Austrian psychiatrist (b. 1856)
• 1941 - The first gas murder experiments are conducted at Auschwitz.
• 1949 - Birth of Bruce Springsteen, American singer and songwriter
• 1959 - Birth of Jason Alexander, American actor
• 1973 - Juan Perón returns to power in Argentina.
• 1973 - Death of Pablo Neruda, Chilean poet, Nobel laureate (b. 1904)
• 1976 - Birth of Kip Pardue, American actor and model
• 1983 - Gerrie Coetzee of South Africa becomes the first African boxing world heavyweight champion.
• 1999 - NASA announces that it has lost contact with the Mars Climate Orbiter.
• 2004 - At least 1,070 in Haiti reported killed by floods due to Hurricane Jeanne
• Astrology: Usually the first day of sun sign Libra in the tropical zodiac.
• In ancient Latvia, the second day of Mikeli.
• Roman Catholic Saints - Feast day of Saint Adomnan of Iona, Saint Thecla, Padre Pio of Pietrelcina
• Saudi Arabia - National Day (unification 1932).
• Celebrate Bisexuality Day was first recognized in 1999 and is observed mainly in the U.S., Canada, Europe, and Australia.

Well, some pretty crappy stuff happened on this date in history. In fact, the very same day that Joe and I started dating, over a thousand Haitians died in floods! But, at least we got Ray Charles on this date as well. :)

Now that you're all informed about this date in history, have a lovely day.