I love the...Nov. 12s! 3D!

In honor of my birthday, I did a little research into what kinds of interesting things have happened on past November 12s. Here is what I came up with:

• In 1981 (the year I was born), the space shuttle Columbia became the first shuttle to be launched twice from Earth. Nothing happy ever happened on November 12 ever again, apparently.


• In 1993, Michael Jackson, hounded by allegations that he had molested a teenage boy, canceled the rest of his worldwide "Dangerous" tour, citing an addiction to painkillers.


• In 2001, an American Airlines Airbus crashed shortly after takeoff from JFK Airport in New York. More than 260 people died in the crash.


• In 2002, a new tape surfaced from suspected terrorist mastermind Osama bin Laden in which he warned U.S. allies to be ready for the consequences of supporting Washington against his al-Qaida network.


• In 2003, the defense rested its case in the Virginia Beach, Va., trial of accused Washington-area sniper John Allen Muhammad after only three hours.


• In 2004, the Palestinian people gave their leader Yasser Arafat an emotional, chaotic farewell, disrupting official burial plans in Ramallah on the West Bank.


• Also in 2004, a California jury found Scott Peterson guilty of the 2002 murders of his pregnant wife, Laci, and their unborn son. Peterson was sentenced to death.

I share my birthday with:
Auguste Rodin
Wallace Shawn (Awesome!)
Grace Kelly
Megan Mullally
David Schwimmer
Tonya Harding
Ryan Gosling
Anne Hathaway
Sammy Sosa