Those of you who understood that the millenium didn\'t start until 2001 will not be confused when I say that today I enter my fourth decade. Yup, today is the big three-zero for me! So as not to dwell on my birth, here are some other equally momentous events that happened on this date:

• Sharing this birthday: President Andrew Jackson (1767), Jimmly Lee Swaggert and Judd Hirsch (1935), Sly Stone- the singer (1944), Dee Snider of Twisted Sister (1953), Fabio (1961), and Mark McGrath (1968)
• 44 BC: Julius Ceaser assasinated.
• 493 AD: Theodorik the Great beats Odoaker of Italy, was ticked off at being called \"Theodork\" by other rulers.
• 1493 AD: Columbus returns to Spain after his first voyage.
• 1672 - King Charles II enacts Declaration of Indulgence. Summary: \"It\'s good to be the king\".
• 1820 - Maine admitted as the 23rd state of the union, which begs the question - where the heck was Maine during the Revolutionary war?
• 1919 - The American Legion founded in Paris. What the heck is the American Legion?
• 1959 - Chad becomes autonomous republic in French Community,will take it in turns to act as a sort of executive officer for the week ...
• 1980 - Sweden changes order of succession to throne. You go over there, you come here, etc...
• 1989 - Gorbachev calls for \"radical agriculture reform\". Up until then, in Soviet Russia field plant you!
• 2000 - TV \"funyman\" Durward Kirby passed away, he outlived his career by almost 30 years..