I’m 39 today, which is nice.
These people were also born on this day, at various points through history: Auguste Rodin, Roland Barthes, Grace Kelly, Neil Young, Naomi Wolf Mariella Frostrup and Charles Manson. You will no doubt have your own opinion as to which of those is the most pertinent of coincidences.
There are also a couple of events which really stand out:
On the 12th November, 1980 Tim Berners Lee submitted his first proposal for what would come to be the World Wide Web.
But better *even* than that, I recently learned that my all-time favourite internet meme took place on the same day that I exploded onto the world.
Thank you, Oregon State Highway Division. I can think of no more fitting event.
Read all about it:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Exploding_whale
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