October 5th birthdays

Heidi and I got to thinking, in the midst of diaper-changing and sleepless nights, who other than Colin was born on his birthday. After all, I share a birthday with JFK and Bob Hope, and Heidi shares one with Jesus, so we wondered who our little guy would be celebrating with.

What we found is that there are some heavy hitters on 10/5:

Movies/TV:
Kate Winslet (1975)
Guy Pearce (1967)
Bernie Mac (1957)
Karen Allen (1951)
Diahann Carroll (1935)
Donald Pleasance (1919)
Allen Ludden (1917)
Larry Fine (1902) Very cool, a stooge!

Sports:
Grant Hill (1972)
Patrick Roy (1965)
Mario Lemieux (1965) How exciting!!!
Michael Andretti (1962)

Music:
Bob Geldof (1954) Mr. Live Aid, himself!
Steve Miller (1943)

Business:
Ray Kroc (1902)

Politics:
Vaclav Havel (1936)
Chester A. Arthur (1829) Oh well, at least he was a president.

According to Wikipedia, October 5th is also notable for these events:

1582 - Pope Gregory XIII announced the Gregorian calendar, which we use today.
1910 - Portugal overthrows its monarchy, now celebrated as Republic Day.
1953 - Earl Warren sworn into the US Supreme Court.
1962 - The Beatles released their first hit, "Love Me Do" in Britain.
1969 - The first broadcast of Monty Python's Flying Circus.
1970 - PBS became a television station.

The actual day, October 5, 2004, also marked the marriage of Tiger Woods, as well as the death of Rodney Dangerfield, who made many laugh with some immortal lines.

We only hope Colin can make us so proud.