MY BIRTHDAY+GRATITUDE

EVENTS

• 1467 - The miraculous image of Our Lady of Good Counsel appears in Genazzano, Italy.
• 1607 - English colonists of the Jamestown settlement make landfall at Cape Henry, Virginia.
• 1802 - Napoleon Bonaparte signs a general amnesty to allow all but about one thousand of the most notorious émigrés of the French Revolution to return to France, as part of a reconciliary gesture with the factions of the Ancien Regime and to eventually consolidate his own rule.
• 1805 - United States Marines captured Derne, Tripoli under the command of First Lieutenant Presley O'Bannon.
• 1865 - Union cavalry troopers corner and shoot dead John Wilkes Booth, President Lincoln's assassin, in Virginia.
• 1964African nations Tanganyika and Zanzibar merge to form the new country of Tanzania.
• 1957In Britain, on BBC TV, the first transmission of The Sky At Night presented by astronomer Patrick Moore.
• 1923The marriage of Lady Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon (now the Queen Mother) to the Duke of York (who later becomes King George VI of England) at Westminster Abbey in London. The first royal wedding at the abbey since 1383.

BIRTHS

• 570 - Muhammed, founder of Islam, according to the Shi'a sect. Other sources suggest April 20.
• 1564 - William Shakespeare, English poet and playwright (d. 1616)
• 1878 - Saint Rafael Guízar Valencia, Mexican Catholic bishop
• 1910 - Tomoyuki Tanaka, Japanese movie producer and creator of Godzilla (d. 1997)
• 1963 - Jet Li, Chinese martial artist

HOLIDAYS & OBSERVANCES

• World Intellectual Property Day (since 2001).

WITH GRATITUDE FROM MY HEART....

Ok by now, you should not be wondering what all this is all about if you are a regular gueest...its my BIG DAY and its finally here, well though its beena quite day...i still feel that nostalgia inside of me, being alive to witness the years meet you on your BIRTHDAY does not come easy, no be bneans or yam, if you think it is, then go to Atan Cemetary and ask the graves (i mean the people inside) and you will be shock to be alive, trust me i know what am saying...so ven though am not celebrating it ina grand style, its been a period of reflection for me so far..trying to fugure out a couple of things that have become landmark as far as my life s concerend, the people in my life so far...the benefits of each person in my life, thier contributions and growth, well let me quickly say that if the next time you call me and i ask "who is this?", then it means you were one of the poeple i consider not to have made an impact on my life so i perhaps deleted your number from my fone...no offense, may be, you can still do that while there is time...now, i tried to find out some major things that happened in history today, so thats the reason for what you are seeing above, now let me use this opportunity to thank every one that has in one way or the other contributed to my life so far,MY PARENTS, MR & MRS ROBERTS...(where would i have been by now if you did not let that ecstacy come through and you decided not to flush it through...i love you with all my heart), my brothers, TOBI, GBENGA and my favourite of them all, i love you to the bone TUNDE ROBERTS, (you guys have been my support and hope), ok, my favourite Aunty in the world,FLORENCE TETTEH(you took care of me from when i was 8 months old till when i got to 15 years, no be beans jare, i love you more), my cousins, KOFI ANTHONY DODOO, CHARLES BOISON, KWAME QUARTEY, FRANK QUARTEY, ALICE, EDNA AND FELICIA(All of you in GHANA), NICHOLAS AMEYAW, VICTOR UKPA, JULUIS ATANDA, YINKA ADEKPEGBA, ZAMORANO, ONYE BABA,..................................... BLESSED UMOH,(you know i have always love you from the word start, even though we have has our own fare share of fights and arguements and we have said "goodbye" a thousand and one times like w just did few minutes ago, i have lived you like no other and will be proud to defend you no matter where, what or how...you own a special part if my life and heart and if i have to choose again, i will choose you over and over without a regret).Mr Xcellenc, CHRIS OYEYEMI,there are things you do that i just know that you have been destined for the very top, the sky is just your starting point, keep going bro, now to you my friend, my partner, my support, and care,OLAYINKA AFOLABI,somehow, you have managed and succeeded to always be there when i needed it most, i wont say much but know that you have made a big impression on me and if am to do or choose a business partner in my next life, i will choose you again above all, you are the backbone for ACT'V MEDIA and weather they like it or not, this company is a business empire that has come to stay, we are leaders in the IDEAS world.LINDA IKEJI, what can i say, though we dont get to se foten, the few times that i always get to hang out with you, you have shown qualities that any lady or a young person should aspire to have.the sky is the starting point for, you dont know how much i admire you, now to my BIG MAMA, FUNMI IYANDA, no matter what they say, no matter how they put it, you have motivated and inspired me in manu ways than a million,i will be proud to identify with you anyday any time, you ROCK!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!.Anty FUNI ADEYEMI, HELEN ODELEYE, ALHAJIA AMINA ABDULRAHEEM,YEMI OLOWA, EBUWA MAMEDU-GOd bless you guys for all the ingredients you added to make my life as beautiful as it is now.EFE ATIYIO-my leader, my brother, my friend...you have shown me what a leader needs, i have learnt so much from you that it just cant be compared and with each day, learn more, thank you for being there when no one was there, now to you MELVIS OKPETU, YOMI-BLACK, AUSTIN NWORI, the list is really endless and am doing all i can to remember you all, ORI AGBORO JOHN, you have so many talents and qualities that if only you can stop for one minute to look at the good in others, you will be amazed at what impact you will make in this world,but in all, i still lve you and will identify with you even though you have made so much enemies in trying to show you are far better than the rest in an arrogant manner,now to all my FACE OF WORLD SUPERMODEL contestants and winners esppecially, SEGUN-DUKE, NOMSO,SUNDAY, AMAKA TAYO and every other person, i say it was nice working with you all. Is it possible to forget you all in MBI?CHICHI, MR JUMBO, MR ANDREW IMAFIDON, POSIN,PATIENCE(even though you are not in MBI again),EKEN(samt for you too), and hey to you guys in AWESOME MUSIC ENTERTANMENT/RECORDS, dominic ajjufo AND THE REST OF THE HOUSE....all of you guys in CHRIST EMBASSY AKOKA-DOLAPO BELLO, FAVOUR EKORIKI, CYNTHIA KODU,MARTINS BELLO DAYO JAMES,TOPE BELLO, YOMI BELLO, MY PASTOR,-LANRE ADIO,from the SCHOOL OF JOURNALISM, OGBA, C.M.S. GRAMMAR SCHOOL 2000/2001 set, wow! i dont know what to say but if i did not mention it remember that...PART TWO IS COMING SOON!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!