fun birthday facts

Celebrities born on May 21:
- Mr. T: Famous for massive gold chains, scowl, catch-phrases, afrohawk.

- Notorious BIG: Famous for making music, being fat, being dead.

- Judge Reinhold: Famous for Beverly Hills Cop I, II & III, Santa Clause 3 (in production).

Obscure historical events that occurred on my birthday:
- Ford Motor Company issues a recall for the 1981 Ford F-250 because some trucks were manufactured without a portion of the floor pan insulation material.

- The US Senate approves a $20 billion program to reinstate full-scale American production of chemical and nerve gas weapons. Some of these weapons are later transferred to Saddam Hussein. Rummy and Saddam shake on it.

- Francois Mitterrand becomes President of France. This reminds me of a joke:

One day President Mitterrand called an aide into his office.

Mitterrand: When I die I must be buried somewhere grand—somewhere befitting my status as the notable leader of a great nation.

So the aide immediately began researching the best and most famous burial plots in the world, searching for the perfect place for the President to be buried. Finally, he found one.

Aide: President Mitterrand, I have found the perfect place for you to be buried.

Mitterrand: Well, where is it?

Aide: In the tomb of Jesus Christ, sir. The Israeli government is asking $10 million as the burial fee.

The President paused, contemplating the offer. Then,

Mitterrand: Ten million? Isn’t that a bit expensive for three days?