Today is a day of up most importance. It is one that has changed the direction of not only blogging, art, and the culinary arts but the very core of humanity. No, I am not referring to National Potato Day in Peru. I am alluding to a day that has recently made the history books, an event that sent historians into a tizzy updating all their important information and text books:
May 30th according to Wikipedia

Births

* 1010 - Emperor Renzong of China (d. 1063)
* 1423 - Georg Purbach, German mathematician and astronomer (d. 1461)
* 1623 - John Egerton, 2nd Earl of Bridgewater, English politician (d. 1686)
* 1672 (O.S.) - Peter the Great, Tsar of Russia (d. 1725)
* 1718 - Wills Hill, 1st Marquess of Downshire, English politician (d. 1793)
* 1719 - Roger Newdigate, English politician (d. 1806)
* 1814 - Michael Bakunin, Russian anarchist (d. 1876)
* 1814 - Eugène Charles Catalan, Belgian mathematician (d. 1894)
* 1858 - Siegfried Alkan, German composer (d. 1941)
* 1879 - Colin Blythe, English cricketer (d. 1917)
* 1881 - Georg von Küchler, German field marshal (d. 1968)
* 1882 - Wyndham Halswelle, Scottish runner (d. 1915)
* 1895 - Maurice Tate, English cricketer (d. 1956)
* 1896 - Howard Hawks, American film director (d. 1977)
* 1899 - Irving Thalberg, American film producer (d. 1936)
* 1901 - Cornelia Otis Skinner, American writer and actress (d. 1979)
* 1902 - Stepin Fetchit, American dancer and actor (d. 1985)
* 1908 - Hannes Alfvén, Swedish physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1995)
* 1908 - Mel Blanc, American voice actor (d. 1989)
* 1909 - Benny Goodman, American clarinetist and bandleader (d. 1986)
* 1910 - Inge Meysel, German actress (d. 2004)
* 1912 - Julius Axelrod, American biochemist and Nobel laureate (d. 2004)
* 1912 - Erich Bagge, German physicist
* 1912 - Hugh Griffith, Welsh actor (d. 1980)
* 1918 - Guadalupe “Pita” Amor, Mexican poet (d. 2000)
* 1920 - Ralph Metcalfe, American athlete (d. 1978)
* 1920 - Franklin Schaffner, American film director (d. 1989)
* 1922 - Hal Clement, American writer (d. 2003)
* 1926 - Christine Jorgensen, activist (d. 1989)
* 1927 - Clint Walker, American actor
* 1928 - Agnès Varda, French director
* 1934 - Aleksei Leonov, cosmonaut
* 1936 - Keir Dullea, American actor
* 1939 - Michael J. Pollard, American actor
* 1943 - James Chaney, American civil rights activist (d. 1964)
* 1943 - Gale Sayers, American football player
* 1947 - Vashti Murphy McKenzie, bishop
* 1951 - Stephen Tobolowsky, American actor
* 1951 - Zdravko Čolić, Bosnian singer
* 1953 - Colm Meaney, Irish actor
* 1955 - Topper Headon, British musician (The Clash)
* 1958 - Marie Fredriksson, Swedish singer and songwriter (Roxette)
* 1964 - Wynonna Judd, American singer
* 1964 - Tom Morello, American musician (Audioslave, Rage Against The Machine)
* 1966 - Stephen Malkmus, American musician (Pavement)
* 1971 - Idina Menzel, American actress and singer
* 1972 - Manny Ramirez, Dominican Major League Baseball player
* 1973 - Leigh Francis, British comedian
* 1973 - Angela Teixeira, Portuguese Mum of two, good friend
* 1974 - Cee-Lo, American musician
* 1978 - Helio Alves, Friend of Pitagoras
* 1979 - Fidget, world renowned blogger and artist
* 1980 - Steven Gerrard, English footballer
* 1981 - Devendra Banhart, American singer and songwriter

Happy Birthday to me and though my mom’s present has not arrived yet, I think I an just greatful that she never did THIS to me, ever.