July 14

While July 14 may be my date of birth,

a lot of things take/took place on this day:

It is the 195th day of the year ... unless it's leap year, then it's 196.

It's Bastille Day in France

1798 - Congress passed the Sedition Act, making it a federal crime to publish false, scandalous or malicious writing about the U.S. government.

1868 - The tape measurer was patented

1834 - James Whistler, American painter, was born (Think Whistler's Mother, but its actual title is "Arrangement in Gray and Black: Portrait of the Artist's Mother")

1862 - Gustav Klimt, Austrian painter was born (Think "The Kiss")

1881 - The outlaw known as Billy the Kid was shot and killed by Sheriff Pat Garrett in Fort Sumner, N.M.

1910 - William Hanna, one half of Hanna-Barbera, was born

1913- Gerald R. Ford, 38th President, was born

1966 - Matthew Fox, Party of Five/Lost fame, was born

1977 - Victoria, Crown Princess of Sweden

Hello! I share a birthday with a princess...
eh, it's alright my name means princess, so I'm set...hee hee