Today I turn 42 (one's existence could be questioned when Time Magazine comes out with a cover like this on the same day one is born).I share my birthday with Patricia Arquette, Julian Lennon, John Schneider, Barbara Kingsolver, Gary Carter, Michael Bennett, Vivienne Westwood, Fred Ebb, Betty Ford (who turns 90 today), and Buddha - with whom lately I seem to share so many physical traits.
But I share the actual birth DATE with sexy British racing driver, Mark Blundell; accomplished Brazilian footballer, Mazinho; mean-looking Nigerian K1 fighter, Bobby Ologun; and beautiful American actress, Robin Wright Penn. Today, we all turn 42.
Aside from my birth, here are some other noteworthy things that happened on April 8th:
1994 - The lead singer of rock band Nirvana, Kurt Cobain, commits suicide by shooting himself.
1990 - AIDS activist Ryan White dies at the age of 19.
1986 - American actor Clint Eastwood is elected Mayor of Carmel in California.
1967 - Bare-foot English singer Sandie Shaw wins the Eurovision Song Contest for the United Kingdom with 'Puppet On A String'.
1953 - Future Kenyan President Jomo Kenyatta is convicted in Kenya of involvement with the terrorist Mau Mau organization.
1940 - World War II: Germany invades Norway.
1925 - The Australian Government and the British Colonial Office offer low-interest loans to encourage Britons borrow the money to emigrate to Australia.
1908 - King Edward VII appoints Liberal politician Herbert Asquith as British Prime Minister following the death of Sir Henry Campbell-Bannerman.
1907 - Britain and France confirm the independence of Siam (now Thailand).
1904 - Britain and France settle the foreign affairs differences under the auspices of a newly negotiated 'Entente Cordiale'. Britain recognizes the Suez Canal Convention and surrenders its claim to Madagascar.
1838 - Brunel's 236 foot steamship Great Western leaves Bristol for New York on her maiden voyage.
1513 - Spanish explorer Juan Ponce de Leon discovers Florida.
