That’s right, Chuck & Abe were born on the same day of the same year.
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That’s right, Chuck & Abe were born on the same day of the same year.
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Wow. That’s pretty cool. Y’know I had no idea that Darwin was born so early. I thought it was closer to 1825-ish.
Congrats!
I HEART DARWIN and ABE LINCLON! Two of my favorite historical figures, born on the same day!
My sister is still refusing to leave me alone.
Abe was born in Ill. I dont know where Charles Darwin was though. Sorry. Im very tired. i had hockey practice at 11:00 this morning and had to get up before 9. Poor Me.
darwin had a ship called the Beagle – cool!
Hmm, that’s weird. Happy B day, Lincoln. And *sigh* okay, okay: happy B day to Darwin too. Boy, Darwin didn’t live too long. Poor chap…
As I’m sure Bo would point out, AL was born in Kentucky, and CD didn’t own the Beagle–he just sailed on it (and learned a lot).
The ever-useful Wikipedia says Darwin was born in Shrewsbury.
Then why is Il called the land of Lincoln? Confusion!
HAPPY BIRTHDAY TOO YOU!
(sorry, but your nowhere near as cool as larry gonick)
Born in Kentucky, grew up in Indiana–all right, Illinoisans, WHY?
I DONT KNOW!!!!!!!!!!!!!AHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!IAsking a parent….He was elected to his first political position in Illinois. Okay.
Happy b-day!!!
I love how we always say happy b-day to dead people…
‘Ello all.
Sabach el chir.
whoohoo! I FINALLY REMEMBERED IT! Why have I learned many more complicated Arabic words, but I hadn’t learned “good morning” until now?
Actually it is evening, but I always say good morning no matter what time of day, b/c good evening sounds stuck up and overly formal, and good evening gives away the fact that I am a vampire.
Phoenix,
The sound at the end of “sabach” is different from the one at the beginning of the word for morning. It’s more like a hissy H (whereas the other one is a hawky KH). They’re written with different letters in Arabic, too. I’ve seen the phrase transliterated SabaH al-khair.
None of which has much to do with Lincoln or Darwin.
Happy birthday Mr. Darwin! And *sigh* happy birthday Abraham Lincoln.
Darwin bugged me a little. He was rich, he was spoiled, he was sickly, and he gets chronically insulted by Bertie Wooster and doesn’t care about it. Tut, tut. Wallace was nice too, but for some reason Charles Darwin made it and Wallace just didn’t. Incidentally, Darwin’s grandfather Erasmus hung out with Gregor Mendel.
Abe was born ill? The poor boy, I’m so glad he pulled through.
Hah! My suspicions are comfirmed! Phoenix is a vampire! That’s why she sharpens her fingernails! For when her teeth are dull.
By the way, Phoenix, there might not be any school tomorrow. The F school has already cancelled our town’s busing.
happy birthday!
About 20 years ago, National Public Radio broadcast a spoof in which children celebrated Darwin’s birthday by dressing up as monkeys and going from door to door begging for bananas. I’m surprised that the idea hasn’t caught on. Bananas are so much better for you than Halloween candy. (Hm, maybe that’s why.)
Well, see you later. Time for me to climb into my monkey suit…
Illinois is the land of Lincoln because we needed a motto.
I thought Lincoln was the fifth president for SO long. Stupid five dollar bill.
yay charles! (im a monkey, so i like him:lol:
greetings,
I heard that lincon grew his beard because a 5 year old girl told him to.
Did Darwin have a beard?
P.S.
Happy Hallowenn! : twisted :
SNOW DAY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
*laughs maliciously as she interrupts yet another thread*
I doubt Darwin had a beard. Does he seem like a beard sorta guy to you?
Do you mean cheese graters?
He did when he was old:
but not when younger:
Wow. Hey, at my sisters (purplecows) school, her teachers all had a beard growing contest. Well, the male ones at least. The students all voted on which looked best.
Hey that sounds fun! We should do that…except harvie’s goatee would win by a mile…but it’d still be fun…
i think i’ve seen that pic of the old darwin. Never seen young darwin though. Wow he looks WAAAAAY diff…
Shrewsbury’s not a bad place to be born in. It’s virtually surrounded by a river. I bet that’s why Darwin got hooked on boats.
I’d rather be born in London during Darwin’s lifetime and marry Bertie Wooster and hang out with all his friends (Catsmeat Potter-Pirbright, Gussie Fink-Nottle, Bingo Little) and talk to Jeeves. Jeeves is basically one of my heroes.
Yeah, it was hilarious. Only two teachers actually grew beards, but all the others wore fake ones. Someone even put a beard on this fake plastic skeleton they named Mr. Bones.
Guess who won? Yeah, the skeleton. Although my teacher came in second place. So the skeleton got this basket with a couple razors, some shaving cream, and the movies Barbershop and Barbershop 2.
cool
cool
Whose Abraham Lincoln? Just joking.
Ever since I was a little kid, I’ve researched on these two men, my heroes, who I share the pride and integrity of a birthday. A birthright, nonetheless. I’ve read somewhere that Lincoln and Darwin had corresponded through letters. I thought that was really interesting. In 2009, they will be 200 years old. We should proclaim that day Lincoln Darwin Day.