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Do you share your birthday with a sad event?

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DAVE B

DAVE B Report 6 Aug 2005 00:30

Yes my wedding day lol! |Davex

Abigail

Abigail Report 5 Aug 2005 23:50

Well, it depends on how you look at it. My grandfather died on my 17th birthday. I am his eldest grandchild and his only grandaugher. We were quite close. But He had been suffering dreadfully from viciously aggressive lung cancer - it must have been oat cell looking back - and I feel like my birthday had the power to open the door to Heaven for him. Abigail

ErikaH

ErikaH Report 5 Aug 2005 23:35

My uncle's birthday was Feb 6th.....the day King George VI died and the date of the Munich disaster (Man Utd) My husband's grandson married (in France) on August 30th 1997........the date of Di's crash. Rose

VIVinHERTS

VIVinHERTS Report 5 Aug 2005 23:26

Elaine, Your son shares his birthday with Len from the Chilterns and me. Viv

VIVinHERTS

VIVinHERTS Report 5 Aug 2005 23:24

Len, I know it wasn't you! LOL Nice to know that we share a birthday. Viv

ஐ+*¨^¨*+e+*¨^¨*+ஐ Mildred Honkinbottom

ஐ+*¨^¨*+e+*¨^¨*+ஐ Mildred Honkinbottom Report 5 Aug 2005 23:23

My son was born on the 15th March 1995.....two years to the day of my grandads funeral. I only realised a few years later when I came across an old diary. Elaine x

PinkDiana

PinkDiana Report 5 Aug 2005 23:17

Emma.... I don't know what to say!! Mine is 19th August - the day Micheal Ryan went mad in Hungerford with a shotgun and killed lots of people including a friends Dad!! i always feel guilty celebrating it now!!

Len of the Chilterns

Len of the Chilterns Report 5 Aug 2005 22:57

Viv It wasn't me....it was the others, Brutus & co, len

Emma

Emma Report 5 Aug 2005 13:58

my 25th birthday - the day my dad chose to take his own life. guess i'll stay 25 for ever though as i'll never feel like celebrating again!

BrianW

BrianW Report 5 Aug 2005 13:44

Yes: sad for the German Air Force. The day the Third Reich lost the chance to win WWII. It was Battle of Britain Day, or at least an anniversary of it.

Bec

Bec Report 5 Aug 2005 13:27

22nd November 1997, Michael Hutchence was found dead in a hotel room. Same day as Christine, Lucia and my birthday.

VIVinHERTS

VIVinHERTS Report 5 Aug 2005 10:59

Snap Len! I was also born on the Ides of March. For those that don't know the 15th March was the day when Julius Caesar was supposedly assassinated. Viv

Glenys the Menace!

Glenys the Menace! Report 5 Aug 2005 10:46

No Louise, but Bob and I were married the very day before Princess Di was killed. Therefore, friends and family remember our anniversary, but not for the normal reasons. x

Len of the Chilterns

Len of the Chilterns Report 4 Aug 2005 21:54

I was born on the Ides of March. len

Margaret

Margaret Report 4 Aug 2005 21:53

My Nanna, whom I was named after died and her funeral was on my 21st birthday.

***Julie*Ann***.sprinkling fairydust***

***Julie*Ann***.sprinkling fairydust*** Report 4 Aug 2005 21:42

my mums funeral was the same day as my lads 3rd birthday,

Anna

Anna Report 4 Aug 2005 21:41

26 th March.My nanas funeral.It was my 12th birthday the day she got buried Anna :-)

Sue

Sue Report 4 Aug 2005 21:39

My 16th birthday, 30 January 1965, was the day of Winston Churchill's funeral. Charles 1 died 300 years before I was born on 30 January 1649 - I don't remember that though! Sue xx

*~♥~*Anita

*~♥~*Anita Report 4 Aug 2005 20:38

Yes...it was the same day as Mums funeral....

Nana Anna

Nana Anna Report 4 Aug 2005 20:37

My birthday on 7th July too (London bombings)