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posted by James - 2:52 PM

If you didn't know, today is my birthday. And yahoo was good enough to send me a list of "stuff" that happened on my birthday.

Some highlights:

• 1945: On the deck of the USS Missouri, Japan surrendered, ending World War II. We kick ass!



• 1944: Future president George Herbert Walker Bush was shot down by Japan after a successful bombing run. He was the only member of his crew to survive. Why couldn't Japanese forces have caught him and castrated him or something?



• 1864: I'm sure Scott will get a kick out of this... Union General William Sherman occupied Atlanta. Much like Cubs fans did last October.



• 1945: Ho Chi Minh declared Vietnam independent...



• 1963: ...then died on the same day 18 years later.



• Other birthdays: Tennis great Jimmy Connors, Former Pittsburgh Steeler QB Terry Bradshaw, Former MLB Commish Peter Ueberroth, Salma Hayek, Keanu Reeves...



• Saving the best for last... 1901: Vice President Teddy Roosevelt gives his famous "Speak softly, and carry a big stick" speech.

...and now ESPNews is telling me that it is also Beano Cook's birthday. If you know who this is, it's either a good or bad thing depending on your opinion of him (bad: he made it to another birthday. good: he's one birthday closer to death. lol). If you don't know who this is, consider yourself blessed.

If you have any other Sept. 2 tidbits, send them along. I love this kind of stuff.

I'm off to enjoy the rest of my birthday, which will be kinda hard to do since I just had my bike stolen this morning while buying myself a birthday present and I just found out some Cubs games this weekend might be postponed.