Entry bubble Your Special Day

By: Nancy | October 16, 2008 | Category: Fun

Being the Thursday blogger is the best! Not only do I get to share Thanksgiving Day, Christmas Day and New Year's Day with you in the coming months (and I KNOW you'll be reading Gov Gab on those days, right?) but I get to hang out with you today, on my birthday.

birthday girl and her candlesAs I'm writing, I'm devouring a piece of birthday pie baked by our apple pie expert, Arlene, the manager of Kids.gov. I wish I could send you a slice, but the crust keeps getting stuck in our fax machine. So in lieu of that, how about I share some birthday-related sites that I found today?

Is someone special in your life getting ready to celebrate a BIG birthday? If they're 80 or better, the White House can send them a birthday greeting. Greetings can also be sent for births, weddings and 50th+ anniversaries. You can also get birthday greetings from past presidents Bill Clinton, George H.W. Bush and Jimmy Carter. Be sure to request presidential greetings at least six weeks ahead of the big day.

Know a birthday person, veteran or patriot who'd appreciate a flag that was flown over the US Capitol? You can order one from your Senator or Member of Congress and you can specify which date you'd like the flag flown.

About three months before each birthday, you're mailed your Social Security Benefits Statement calculating the amount of money you've earned over the years and estimating the amount of Social Security benefits you and your family may receive. When you can collect your benefits depends on when you were born. The Social Security Administration's full retirement age calculator can help you figure it out. As of today, I am exactly 26 years from full retirement age. I'm not sure if that sounds alarmingly close or too far away right now. Either way, I'd better console myself with another little slice of pie.

Every day, the Library of Congress features a significant event that happened each date in history. Wonder what else happened on your birthdate over the years? Wander over to Wikipedia and search your birthdate. I'm sharing my birthday with dictionary creator Noah Webster, playwright Oscar Wilde and musician John Mayer. On this date, Desmond Tutu won the Nobel Peace Prize in 1984, John Paul II was elected pope in 1978, and both the Walt Disney Company (1923) and the Cuban Missile Crisis (1962) got their start. What a busy date!

Take a peek and let me know: what happened and who was born on your birthdate?

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