Happy National Coming Out Day Everyone!
I'm sure it's scary to come out to your friends and family, but I'm sure that a national holiday makes it that much easier.
Yes, it was just a mere 27 years ago on October 11, 1983 that Ernie was born, in the small hamlet of Springfield, Massachusetts, also the birthplace of basketball. But aside from National Coming Out Day being perfectly timed with the date of my birth, October 11th is also remembered for other famous events which occurred upon this most blessed day.
1776 - Benedict Arnold (still on team USA) fights valiantly on Valcour Island
1884 - Eleanor Roosevelt was born
1975 - Saturday Night Live debuts
1975 - Bill Clinton and Hillary Rodham are married (oh yeah...)
2002 - President Jimmy Carter is awarded the Nobel Peace Prize
2003 - Pedro Martinez and Don Zimmer fight in ALCS
To read more about this day in history and other days in history. Check out this link at
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/
UPDATE: I totally forgot to mention that the blog
The Daily Dish, which inspired me to start this blog, is celebrating its tenth birthday today! If you haven't checked out Andrew Sullivan's must read blog, then you're missing out on interesting, creative, funny and smart posts on a wide variety of subjects.