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Kurt Cobain Fans Remember Rock Icon With Park Cleanup

Feb 22nd 2011 – 1:16PM
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KOMO 4

Fans of rock legend Kurt Cobain celebrated what would have been his 44th birthday on Sunday by cleaning up a Seattle park next to his former home. The cleanup of Viretta Park was organized by local resident Daniel Johnson in conjunction with Seattle City Parks, which donated tools, local TV station KOMO reported. The...

As North Koreans Starve, Kim Jong Il Celebrates Birthday in Style

By Theunis BatesFeb 16th 2011 – 1:07PM
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KNS / AFP / Getty Images

They're hungry, impoverished and struggling to recover from a series of natural disasters. But North Koreans have today been ordered to forget about their worries and celebrate Kim Jong Il's birthday. The dictator's 69th birthday -- or 70th, if you look at Russian records -- is being marked with a week of extravagant...

Daniel Hernandez Celebrates 21st Birthday at State of the Union Address [VIDEOS]

By Mary Phillips-SandyJan 25th 2011 – 3:46PM

How did you spend your 21st birthday? Daniel Hernandez, the man credited with saving the life of Rep. Gabrielle Giffords, is celebrating his 21st in the U.S. House chamber, where he'll be sitting with first lady Michelle Obama as a guest of honor at tonight's State of the Union address. Related...

Baby Born on 1/11/11 at 1:11 a.m.

By Ben MuessigJan 12th 2011 – 1:46PM
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Now here's a first. Minnesota parents Amy Zeller and Codjo Mensah knew they were going to welcome one special baby into the world when they went to a St. Paul hospital Monday night -- but they no idea their daughter Flora would be born at 1:11 a.m. on 1/11/11. Zeller told MyFoxTwinCities.com that numerology wasn't the...

Celebrating Anime Master Hayao Miyazaki's Birthday With a Video Tribute

By Steven HofferJan 5th 2011 – 9:30AM

Japanese anime filmmaker Hayao Miyazaki -- known as the "Walt Disney of Japan" -- is celebrating his 70th birthday today. During the 1980s and 1990s, Miyazaki and his Studio Ghibli gave a shot in the arm to the Japanese animation industry. The artist eventually broke through to a wider American audience with 2001's...

Background on birthday

A birthday is a day or anniversary when a person celebrates his or her date of birth. Birthdays are celebrated in numerous cultures, often with a gift, party or rite of passage.

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