Google just wished me Happy Birthday!
Apr. 6th, 2019 10:17 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
dimity_blueI was doing a search on Chrome and realised there was a Google Doodle. It was a row of birthday candles and the little pop up said, "Happy Birthday, Sarah!"
I had no idea they did that.
Fun facts from On This Day (https://www.onthisday.com/day/april/6):
1722 Peter the Great, Tsar of Russia, ends tax on men with beards.
1830 Joseph Smith & 5 others organize Mormon church in Seneca Co, NY.
1841 Cornerstone laid for 2nd Mormon temple, Nauvoo, Illinois.
1860 Joseph Smith III, creates the Reorganized Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints by reorganizing the previous church organized by his father, Joseph Smith, Jr. (Mormons really like April 6th!)
1883 Start of Sherlock Holmes "Adventure of Speckled Band". \o/
1889 George Eastman begins selling his Kodak flexible rolled film for the first time.
1893 Mormon Temple in Salt Lake City dedicated. (What did I say about Mormons?)
1924 4 planes leave Seattle on 1st successful around-the-world flight.
1967 Premier Georges Pompidou forms new French government.
2009 "Star Trek" film reboot directed by J.J. Abrams, starring Chris Pine and Zachary Quinto premieres in Austin, Texas.
Also sharing my birthday: Elinor M. Brent-Dyer (the author of the Chalet School books), Billy Dee Williams (actor), and Jonathan Firth (actor).
I had no idea they did that.
Fun facts from On This Day (https://www.onthisday.com/day/april/6):
1722 Peter the Great, Tsar of Russia, ends tax on men with beards.
1830 Joseph Smith & 5 others organize Mormon church in Seneca Co, NY.
1841 Cornerstone laid for 2nd Mormon temple, Nauvoo, Illinois.
1860 Joseph Smith III, creates the Reorganized Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints by reorganizing the previous church organized by his father, Joseph Smith, Jr. (Mormons really like April 6th!)
1883 Start of Sherlock Holmes "Adventure of Speckled Band". \o/
1889 George Eastman begins selling his Kodak flexible rolled film for the first time.
1893 Mormon Temple in Salt Lake City dedicated. (What did I say about Mormons?)
1924 4 planes leave Seattle on 1st successful around-the-world flight.
1967 Premier Georges Pompidou forms new French government.
2009 "Star Trek" film reboot directed by J.J. Abrams, starring Chris Pine and Zachary Quinto premieres in Austin, Texas.
Also sharing my birthday: Elinor M. Brent-Dyer (the author of the Chalet School books), Billy Dee Williams (actor), and Jonathan Firth (actor).
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Date: 2019-04-06 11:32 am (UTC)Ha, yes, that always causes me to do a double take as well!
Happy birthday!! <3
You share your birthday with some good people. Also beards for all!
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Date: 2019-04-06 01:23 pm (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2019-04-06 09:08 pm (UTC)Thanks.*hugs*
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Date: 2019-04-06 09:10 pm (UTC)Thanks! I had quite a lot of sunshine though it turned chilly tonight.
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Date: 2019-04-07 04:53 am (UTC)WOW!
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Date: 2019-04-07 03:41 pm (UTC)