Today in history
Wednesday, August 1, 2007
It was 32 years ago today (the hottest day EVER according to my grandfather) that my adventure on this planet began. What else happened on this day? Funny you should ask.
- 1498 - Christopher Columbus reaches the mainland of North America.
- 1793 - The metric unit of mass, the kilogram, is introduced in France.
- 1944 - 13-year-old Anne Frank made the last entry in her diary.
- 1963 - Coolio was born in a gangsta’s paradise.
- 1964 - Adam Duritz of Counting Crows was born.
- 1975 - Bloom is born.
- 1981 - MTV made its debut at 12:01 a.m. The first music video shown on the rock-video cable channel was, appropriately, “Video Killed the Radio Star”, by the Buggles.
- 1982-2006 - Yadda, yadda, yadda.
- 2007 - You read this.

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