So I decided on the blunt and direct means of saying that yes, today is indeed my birthday.

So, being that I find it interesting to look back on what has come to pass, I thought I'd look at some interesting historical events that happened on what turns out to have been my birthday and some famous people with whom I share this day. ^^I thought they were silly as well as intriguing and I hope y'all do as well. Just a few little things:

1897: Zululand in South Africa is annexed as a province of what was then called the Cape Colony and is today part of South Africa.

1906: The Iranian Constitutional Revolution overthrows the last Shah of the Afghan-descended Qajar Dynasty and instates the rule of the constitutional monarchy under the Pahlavi Dynasty (the last, and to this date final royal line in Iran).

1911: Sun Yat-Sen, perhaps one of the most influential figures in modern Chinese history is elected the first president of the Republic of China.

1918: John Edgar Hoover decides to start calling himself "J. Edgar".

1922: The Treaty of the Creation of the Soviet Union is approved establishing the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics.

And in 2010, a real world milestone, China reached an internet population of 450 million.

And well, I suppose that's all I've got for now, I am hoping this is to be a fun, eventful day as well as a time to try and improve myself and get more stuff done.

Cheers everyone,

Orenthes