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Tuesday was the 106th birthday of one Theodor Seuss Geisel, better known simply as Dr. Seuss, an occasion to be celebrated with all manner of Seuss-style stuff. For our part, we are very much in favor of getting theme-appropriate tattoos on such occasions (however inappropriate they may be by any other standard or for any [...]

Elvis Aron Presley, the man who would eventually come to be known simply as the King, was born in Tupelo, Mississippi, on this date back in 1935, making this his 75th birthday. Unfortunately, the world-renowned entertainer died much too young at age 42, but by then he’d already made sure that his name would live [...]

Former Prime Minister of the U.K., Margaret Thatcher, turns 84 today, and though we by no means espouse her political stances on, well, just about anything, we can’t deny that she was instrumental in establishing the terms of modern politics in Europe and around the world. Of course, now that she’s a frail old British [...]

The 42nd President of the United States of America celebrates his 63rd birthday today, perhaps you’ve heard of him? William Jefferson Clinton managed to remain one of the most popular Presidents during his time in office despite certain unmentionable scandals, and has only become more beloved since. After leaving office he single-handedly gentrified Harlem, and [...]

Today is beloved comic strip character Garfield’s 31st birthday, a fact regular readers of the lazy cat’s antics will already know since Jim Davis makes a point of marking his famous creation’s anniversary ever year. Not surprisingly, being that he’s a grumpy foodie who loves to eat about as much as he likes to be [...]

Though no two sources we found seemed to agree, at least one stated that today, June 1st, is the birthday of beloved Sesame Street character Oscar the Grouch. Of course, his first appearance on the show was on November 10, 1969, so we’re assuming that at some point a birthday was thrown on the show, [...]

Some lists just don’t pan out, you know? Like back at the end of November it was Winston Churchill’s birthday and we really wanted to create a listicle called “Top 10 Winston Churchill Scarecrows” because we knew of at least one. That turned out to be the only one though, so we scrapped the listicle [...]