Posted on 12/16/2015 5:57:04 AM PST by C19fan
Bad news for anyone celebrating a birthday tomorrow... December 16 is the worst day of the year to be born, according to new research.
The study suggests that while July 28 is the best day to celebrate a birthday, December 16 is the worst while January birthdays are the most likely to be forgotten. Famous people born on December 16 include Ludwig van Beethoven, Jane Austen and ZZ Top star Billy Gibbons who turns 66 this year.
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C’mon. What do you have against Jane Austen?
Don’t know how I missed Beethoven’s birthday. I’ll probably listen to the Immortal 9 in their entirety through the day.
Sirius/XM is playing all of Beethoven’s symphonies today. I was listening to the 7th when they mentioned it is Beethoven’s b’day.
also a bad day to be sitting in the Ardennes in 1944.
I dropped Sirius/XM when they dropped the Classical Pops channel. I remember back when we had station KLEF here in Houston. They would have their "Beethov-a-thon" every Decemmber 16. Each symphony recording featured a different conductor. That was when I first heard Carlos Kleiber's 5th in the late 70's. I rushed out an bought the first of several LP copies. Still enjoy that version (among others).
I listened to #2 coming to work this morning on Sirius. It is always funny to hear how critics panned famous works from back then.
It’s also the anniversary of the Boston Tea Party.
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