and I just keep on getting older...

I'm now *glances at clock* 19 years and 24 minutes old. Ooo...make that 25.

Just of note, here's some of the things that wikipedia has noted on my special day:

• 780 BC - The first historic solar eclipse is recorded in China.
• 1769 - A transit of Venus is followed five hours later by a total solar eclipse, the shortest such interval in the historical past.
• 1783 - The Montgolfier brothers publicly demonstrate their montgolfière (hot air balloon).
• 1913 - Emily Davison, a suffragette, runs out in front of the king's horse, Anmer, at the Epsom Derby. She is trampled and dies a few days later, never having regained consciousness.
• 1973 - patent for the ATM granted to Don Wetzel, Tom Barnes and George Chastain.
• 1974 - The Cleveland Indians attempt an ill-advised ten cent beer promotion for a game against the Texas Rangers at Cleveland Municipal Stadium. Cleveland forfeits 9-0 after alcohol-fueled mayhem and violence spreads from the stands onto the field.
• 1989 - The Tiananmen Square protests are suppressed in Beijing and are covered live on television.
• 1989 - Ufa train disaster: A natural gas explosion near Ufa, Russia, kills 575 as two trains passing each other throw sparks near a leaky pipeline.

Births:

• 470 BC - Socrates, Greek philosopher (d. 399 BC)

• 1932 - John Drew Barrymore, American actor (d. 2004)
• 1956 - Keith David, American actor
• 1965 - Mick Doohan, Australian motorcycle racer
• 1966 - Cecilia Bartoli, Italian mezzo-soprano
• 1975 - Angelina Jolie, American actress

Holidays and observances

• Feast day of St Francis Caracciolo
• Feast day of Saint Petrock of Cornwall
• International Innocent Child Abuse Victim Day
• Tonga - National Day
• Finland - National flag day of the Finnish Defence Forces (on Mannerheim's birthday)
• Hong Kong - Tiananmen Square Protest of 1989 memorial day

Seems like any other day so far...