SOME NOTABLE AND INTERESTING DATES

March 14, 1879: Albert Einstein's Birthday
March 26, 1827: Beethoven's death. He started decomposing. (Sorry.)
April 5, 1947: My birthday.
April 20, 1889: Adolf Hitler's Birthday
May 7, 1824: World premier of Beethoven's Ninth Symphony.
May 20, 1886: Birthday of Jake "Greasy Thumb" Guzik, Al Capone's accountant.
May 23, 1618: Defenestration of Prague, start of The Thirty Years' War
May 29, 1453: Fall of Constantinople
June 21 (approximately): Midsummer's Eve, the night before the day of the Summer Solstice, the longest day of the year.
June 25, 1991: Slovenia declares its independence
July 23, 1980: Divorce ending my first marriage granted. "Free at last, free at last, hot digity damn, I'm free at last."
August 22, 1485: Battle of Bosworth Field, death of Richard III
August 22, 1994: My first day on the job at Johns Hopkins Hospital. In a strange foreshadowing, the night before my job interview I watched the movie "Richard III" starring Sir Laurence Olivier on the television in my hotel room.
October 15, 1844: Fredrich Nietzsche's birthday
November 5, 1605: Guy Fawkes' Day, the Gunpowder Plot
December 16, 1770: Ludwig Von Beethoven's birthday
December 22, 1808: World premier of Beethoven's Fifth Symphony.