Happy Birthday to ME!

These were the events that made history that coincide with your birthday.

• 509 BC

  The Temple of Jupiter Optimus Maximus on Rome’s Capitoline Hill is dedicated on the ides of September.
• 1501

  Michelangelo begins work on his statue of David.
• 1782

  American Revolutionary War: Franco-Spanish troops launch the unsuccessful “grand assault” during the Great Siege of Gibraltar.
• 1791

  King Louis XVI of France accepts the new constitution.
• 1843

  The Greek Army rebels (OS date: September 3) against the autocratic rule of king Otto of Greece, demanding the granting of a constitution.
• 1899

  Mackinder, Ollier and Brocherel make the first ascent of Batian (5,199 m – 17,058 ft), the highest peak of Mount Kenya.
• 1933

  Elizabeth McCombs becomes the first woman elected to the New Zealand Parliament.
• 1942

  World War II: Second day of the Battle of Edson’s Ridge in the Guadalcanal Campaign. U.S. Marines successfully defeated attacks by the Imperial Japanese Army with heavy losses for the Japanese forces.
• 1988

  Hurricane Gilbert is the strongest recorded hurricane in the Western Hemisphere, later replaced by Hurricane Wilma in 2005 (based on barometric pressure).
• 2007

  The Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples is adopted by the United Nations General Assembly.

My mother always told the story that I was born around the change in the time and the doctor said she could choose Friday the 12th or Saturday the 13th. She referred to this poem and said she knew I’d need to work for a living and chose the 13th.

I suspect this decision was based upon her childhood. Orphaned with her older brother when she was around age three, she spent her life in foster homes. Working for a living was a part of her entire life. She was a registered nurse and worked full-time her entire married life until her death.

I’ve been fortunate to be able to semi-retire at age 50, fully retire at age 60 – at least from being out in the work force. I still work from home, as you all know, writing my books.

Ahhhh, cheers to me!

Ciao for now!

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