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Sometimesnit’s hard to figure out the birthday of someone who lived long ago.nFor example, nobody knows for sure the birthday of famous author andnplaywright William Shakespeare! We have a record of the date that henwas baptized (April 26, 1564), and since babies were commonlynbaptized two or three days after they were born, in England backnthen, we commonly celebrate Shakespeare’s birth on April 23, 1564.n(Coincidentally, Shakespeare died on April 23, 1616. If our educatednguess about his birthday is correct, he died on his 52ndnbirthday.)
Sometimesnit’s hard to figure out the birthday of someone who lived long ago.nFor example, nobody knows for sure the birthday of famous author andnplaywright William Shakespeare! We have a record of the date that henwas baptized (April 26, 1564), and since babies were commonlynbaptized two or three days after they were born, in England backnthen, we commonly celebrate Shakespeare’s birth on April 23, 1564.n(Coincidentally, Shakespeare died on April 23, 1616. If our educatednguess about his birthday is correct, he died on his 52ndnbirthday.)n
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nSo,nif it is tough to figure out the birthday of someone who livedndecades or centuries ago, how hard is it to figure out the birthday ofnsomeone who never lived at all?
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nSomeonenhas gone to a fair amount of work to figure out Donald Duck’snbirthday. The anonymous writer explains:
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nn“DonaldnDuck’s birthday is commonly stated as being 1934 June 9, the day hendebuted in the Silly Symphony cartoon ‘The Wise Little Hen.’ But this definition of his ‘birthday’ is a little unsettling. Becausenif someone has to have appeared in a Hollywood film in order to havenbeen ‘born,’ then I myself must still be in my mother’s womb awaitingnmynSilvernScreen debut!”
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Thenwriter goes on to investigate what day Donald Duck was actuallynhatched, and I at least enjoyed reading how he came to the conclusionnthat he was born (hatched, really) on this date in 1914.
Thenwriter goes on to investigate what day Donald Duck was actuallynhatched, and I at least enjoyed reading how he came to the conclusionnthat he was born (hatched, really) on this date in 1914.n
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nnCelebratenDonald Duck!
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- Watchn“Toy Tinkers.”
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- Printnand color some coloring pages.
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- Donan online jigsaw puzzle of Donald Duck. (Note that you can change the cut ofnthe puzzle to make it easier or harder. Click “Change Cut” at thenfar left side of the screen.)
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- Playn“Spot the Difference” with Donald Duck.
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nAlsonon this date:
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nLook Up at the Night Sky Day
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nScientist Joseph Priestly’s birthday (he “discovered” oxygen!)