What's so special about the day you were born?

[shadowhound]

1st of May...
Mother goose Day and Save the rhino day :S

[knight_of_the_night]

Hey everyone, long time lurker, first time poster. My b-day is Sep 11, No News Is Good News Day.

And an off topic question, how do you quote a post?

[shadowhound]

Welcome to IW knight of the night, to quote a post look above the message you want to quote and there will be a button which says quote press it.

[Borvik]

January 1st is first foot day (and Z day)??? What's that supposed to be?

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[Donut]

National Honesty Day (No I made that up!) No I didn't, it's true

• 311 Galerius Valerius Maximianus issued an edict under which Christians were legally recognised in the Roman Empire. (I recognise you - your that Yorick bloke)
• 1789 George Washington inaugurated as 1st president of the USA
• 1804 - Shrapnel, named after the British soldier Henry Shrapnel, was used for the first time in warfare by the British against the Dutch in Surinam
• 1906 - London bus routes were numbered.
• 1933 - Born this day, Dickie Davis, TV sports presenter.
• 1933 - Born this day, Willie Nelson, country singer
• 1945 - Adolf Hitler and his wife, Eva Braun, committed suicide in his underground bunker in Berlin; Russian troops penetrated central Berlin, capturing the Reichstag and other government buildings; Allied troops captured Munich and the French crossed the border into Austria.
• 1953 - Born this day, Merrill Osmond, singer
• 1964 - Born this day, Ian Healey, cricketer. (spits)
• 1975 - The South Vietnamese capital of Saigon fell to Communist forces, the Vietnam War ended when South Vietnam's government surrendered to North Vietnam
• 1980 - In central London, armed gunmen seized the Iranian embassy demanding the release of political prisoners in Iran, taking 20 people hostage. The siege lasted six days. They threatened to blow it up if their demands were not met
• 1991 - An estimated 125,000 people died as a cyclone struck Bangladesh
• 1999 - A bomb exploded at a gay pub in London, killing three and injuring more than 70.

[Callum Kerr]

Well waddaya know... Neither Rain nor Snow day... boy am I EXCITED!!!!!

What A day to commemorate... and the real things that happened on my birthday aren't ALL that great

On September 7th 1838, a girl and her father rescued the crew of a ship...
And on the year i was born, 1988, another girl rescued some people

woop-de-doo

Guess it's not a memorable day really...

[Donut]

Originally posted by Callum Kerr: Well waddaya know... Neither Rain nor Snow day... boy am I EXCITED!!!!! What A day to commemorate... and the real things that happened on my birthday aren't ALL that great On September 7th 1838, a girl and her father rescued the crew of a ship... And on the year i was born, 1988, another girl rescued some people woop-de-doo Guess it's not a memorable day really...

Ahem!! Grace Darling - national heroine!


Grace Darling
or
The Wreck of the "Forfarshire"

As the night was beginning to close in one rough September day
In the year of 1838, a steamer passed through the Fairway
Between the Farne Islands and the coast, on her passage northwards;
But the wind was against her, and the steamer laboured hard.

There she laboured in the heavy sea against both wind and tide,
Whilst a dense fog enveloped her on every side;
And the mighty billows made her timbers creak,
Until at last, unfortunately, she sprung a leak.

Then all hands rushed to the pumps, and wrought with might and main.
But the water, alas! alarmingly on them did gain;
And the thick sleet was driving across the raging sea,
While the wind it burst upon them in all its fury.

And the fearful gale and the murky aspect of the sky
Caused the passengers on board to Lament and sigh
As the sleet drove thick, furious, and fast,
And as the waves surged mountains high, they stood aghast.

And the screaming of the sea-birds foretold a gathering storm,
And the passengers, poor souls, looked pale and forlorn,
And on every countenance was depicted woe
As the "Forfarshire" steamer was pitched to and fro. And the engine-fires with the water were washed out,
Then, as the tide set strongly in, it wheeled the vessel about
And the ill-fated vessel drifted helplessly along;
But the fog cleared up a little as the night wore on.

Then the terror-stricken crew saw the breakers ahead,
And all thought of being saved from them fled,
And the Farne lights were shining hazily through the gloom,
While in the fore-cabin a woman lay with two children in a swoon.

Before the morning broke, the "Forfarshire" struck upon a rock,
And was dashed to pieces by a tempestuous shock,
Which raised her for a moment, and dashed her down again,
Then the ill-starred vessel was swallowed up in the briny main

Before the vessel broke up, some nine or ten of the crew intent
To save their lives, or perish in the attempt,
Lowered one of the boats while exhausted and forlorn,
And, poor souls, were soon lost sight of in the storm.

Around the windlass on the forecastle some dozen poor wretches clung,
And with despair and grief their weakly hearts were rung
As the merciless sea broke o'er them every moment;
But God in His mercy to them Grace Darling sent.

By the first streak of dawn she early up had been,
And happened to look out upon the stormy scene,
And she descried the wreck through the morning gloom;
But she resolved to rescue them from such a perilous doom

Then she cried, Oh! father dear, come here and see the wreck,
See, here take the telescope, and you can inspect;
Oh! father, try and save them, and heaven will you bless;
But, my darling, no help can reach them in such a storm as this.

Oh! my kind father, you will surely try and save
These poor souls from a cold and watery grave;
Oh! I cannot sit to see them perish before mine eyes,
And, for the love of heaven, do not my pleading despise!

Then old Darling yielded, and launched the little boat,
And high on the big waves the boat did float;
Then Grace and her father took each an oar in hand,
And to see Grace Darling rowing the picture was grand.

And as the little boat to the sufferers drew near,
Poor souls, they tried to raise a cheer;
But as they gazed upon the heroic Grace,
The big tears trickled down each sufferer's face.

And nine persons were rescued almost dead with the cold
By modest and lovely Grace Darling, that heroine bold;
The survivors were taken to the light-house, and remained there two days,
And every one of them was loud in Grace Darling's praise.

Grace Darling was a comely lass, with long, fair floating hair,
With soft blue eyes, and shy, and modest rare;
And her countenance was full of sense and genuine kindliness,
With a noble heart, and ready to help suffering creatures in distress.

But, alas! three years after her famous exploit,
Which, to the end of time, will never be forgot,
Consumption, that fell destroyer, carried her away
To heaven, I hope, to be an angel for ever and aye.

Before she died, scores of suitors in marriage sought her hand;
But no, she'd rather live in Longstone light-house on Farne island,
And there she lived and died with her father and mother,
And for her equal in true heroism we cannot find another.

A day memorable enough to be honoured by a poem by William McGonagle!

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[Callum Kerr]

national where?

[Donut]

Originally posted by Callum Kerr: national where?

NeverNeverland of course!

[Callum Kerr]

Ah I see... now I can totally get worked up over the fact that a national hero in Neverneverland saved some people on my birthday...