Dec 20 Babies
1833 - Samuel Mudd - the doctor imprisoned for conspiring with Booth to assassinate this American President
Lincoln
1606 - The English expedition left London in the Discovery, Godspeed, and Susan Constant to found this settlement in VA
Jamestown
Feb - At the Winter Olympics, the US beats the Soviet Union in a game that came to be known as this
Miracle on Ice
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For those who don't want to leave 39 behind, they say on each birthday after 39, "I'm 39 this"
Again
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For 40 days and 40 nights this boat weathered the Great Flood
Noah's ark
1932 - John Hillerman played Jonathan Higgins in this 1980s TV series filmed in Hawaii
Magnum P.I.
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1812 - These brothers first published their book of fairy tales (maybe sometimes better called scary tales)
Grimm
April - The U.S. severs diplomatic relations with this country in response to the taking of American hostages the previous November
Iran
39 is the number of books in this part of the Protestant Bible
Old Testament
40 is the number of spaces on this standard gameboard, without passing "Go" of course
Monopoly
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1949 - Cecil Cooper - He played this sport known as "America's Pastime"
Baseball
1860 - This U.S. state became the first to secede from the Union
South Carolina
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May - This bestselling arcade game of all time is released
Pac-Man
This ten-pin sport is played on lanes normally consisting of 39 wooden boards
Bowling
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40 is the number of thieves Ali Baba clashes with in this work of literature
Arabian Nights
1957 - Mike Watt - bassist born in this city which was the location of your first condo
Portsmouth
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1946 - This classic Christmas film starring James Stewart premiered in NY
It's a Wonderful Life
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Nov - These two men run for President of the U.S.
Carter and Reagan
39 is considered an unlucky number in this country which is home to the Taliban
Afghanistan
It took chemists 40 attempts to develop the magical spray officially named "Water Displacement, 40th formula," but commonly called this
WD-40
1980 - Ashley Cole, Fitz Hall, and Tony (Anthony) da Silva - all three of these Europeans played professional football which is called this in the U.S.
Soccer
1980 - The USSR formally announced the death of its Premier, Alexei Kosygin, the same day this American beauty is born
The birthday girl
Dec - This former Beatle is shot and killed in NYC
John Lennon
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These boisterous barking pinnipeds have taken over Pier 39 in San Francisco
Sea lions
During the plague of the Middle Ages, ships had to remain isolated in the harbor for 40 ("quaranta" in Italian) days, thus giving us this English word
Quarantine
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