This picture was at a whole 7 hours old! What is he thinking? Born by ceasarian section, with his cord wrapped around his neck twice for good measure, he apparantly wasted no time at all in loudly proclaiming his presence. Michelle is doing well, and Jason is very proud. So are we!
What else happened on 19 May?
TE Lawrence, or Lawrence of Arabia, died of his injuries on 19 May 1935 six days after a motor cycle accident in Dorset. He was living under an assumed name and was a retired Royal Air Force mechanic! The Spanish Armada set sail on this day in 1588, not that any of us really remember! They wanted to gain control of the English channel and plonk the Brits, but bad weather delayed them and gave the English chance to organise and use their longer range guns to decimate the Spanish fleet. Oscar Wilde was released from prison on 19 May, 1897 after having a gay old time, and in 1967 the Soviet Union (remember them?) ratified an international treaty banning nuclear weapons from space.
And if you want any more, go here to the excellent pages of The History Channel.* (one of these fine days we will wake up and find the name changed to Msunduzi I expect)
2 comments:
Congratulations, Mark! I love being a grandfather. It's the most enjoyable role I have had in life. We, too, had a grandson born with a cord wrapped around, and he had to have a C-section.
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