BIRTHDAY FACTS!

That's right, it's the wee birthday!!! I am here to share all you ever cared to know about March 23rd!!

March 23 is the 82nd day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (83rd in leap years). There are 283 days remaining.

The Roman Empire celebrated Tubilustrium with a feast in honor of Mars.

752 - Stephen is elected Pope. He died three days later, before being ordained bishop, and is not considered a legitimate pope.

1775 - American Revolutionary War: Patrick Henry delivers his famous speech -"give me liberty or give me death" at St. John's Church in Richmond, Virginia.

1801 - Tsar Paul I of Russia is struck with a sword, then strangled, and finally trampled to death in his bedroom at St. Michael's Castle.

1839 - First recorded use of "OK" as an abbreviation for "oll korrect" in the Boston Morning Post.

1857 - Elisha Otis's first elevator is installed at 488 Broadway, New York City.

1908 - Joan Crawford, American actress is born (d. 1977).

1919 - In Milan, Italy, Benito Mussolini founds his Fascist political movement.

1933 - The Reichstag passes the Enabling act of 1933, making Adolf Hitler dictator of Germany.

1962 - NS Savannah, the first nuclear-powered cargo-passenger ship, was launched as a showcase for Dwight D. Eisenhower's Atoms for Peace initiative.

1972 - Cristóbal Balenciaga, Spanish fashion designer dies (b. 1895).

1983 - the Apatosaurus is made the official state dinosaur of Guam.

1986 - Orange County, California - Laura Small, age 5, was attacked by a mountain lion in the Ronald W. Caspars Wilderness Park. The female lion attacked her head and dragged her off. Laura suffered paralysis of her right side and was confined to a wheelchair for a period of time. She has had 11 operations. Now Laura has a steel plate in her skull. Her right leg is weak, her right arm is partially paralyzed and she is blind in her left eye.

* Laura was my childhood best bud. Very hard to comprehend when you are only 7 years old.

1989 - Stanley Pons and Martin Fleischmann announce cold fusion at the University of Utah.

1998 The movie Titanic" tied won 11 Academy Awards, including best picture, best director and best song, to tie the record set by 1959's "Ben-Hur."

2006 - Desmond Doss, American soldier and first Conscientious objector Medal of Honor recipient dies(b. 1919).