Facts Here, There, Everywhere

September 6 is the 249th day of the year (250th of this year and of every leap year). There are 116 days remaining until the end of the year (and 110 days before Christmas). British tennis stars Greg Rusedski and Tim Henman plus Prince Hisahito of Japan were all born on this date while Luciano Pavarotti succumbed to pancreatic cancer also on this same day last year. Swaziland celebrates its independece from the British Empire whereas USA and Canada observes Stillbirth Remembrance Day on September 6 every year.

1984 was a leap year starting on a Sunday. The XIV Winter Olympic Games were held at Sarajevo, (Former Yugoslav Republic of) Bosnia and Herzegovina in February while the XXIII Summer Olympic Games were held in Los Angeles, USA in July-August. The first MTV Video Music Awards Night was held September 14 and 36 of Britain's and Ireland's top musicians formed Band Aid and recorded the song "Don't They Know It's Christmas" to raise funds for Ethiopia famine relief.

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Since 1984:

There have been 5 Philippine Presidents (Marcos, Cojuangco-Aquino, Ramos, Estrada and currently, Macapagal-Arroyo), 4 US Commanders-in-Chief (Reagan, the older Bush, Clinton and the outgoing younger Bush), 4 UN Secretaries-General (Pérez de Cuéllar of Peru, Boutros-Ghali of Egypt, Annan of Ghana and Ban Ki-moon of South Korea), and 2 Popes (John Paul II and Benedict XVI). [1]

Olympic Games have been staged 14 times (7 Summer, 7 Winter).
1984 Sarajevo Winter
1984 Los Angeles Summer
1988 Calgary Winter
1988 Seoul Summer
1992 Albertville Winter
1992 Barcelona Summer
1994 Lillehammer Winter
1996 Atlanta Sunner
1998 Nagano Winter
2000 Sydney Summer
2002 Salt Lake City Winter
2004 Athens Summer
2006 Turin Winter
2008 Beijing Summer [2]

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World Population in the 80's is at 4.4 billion, today it has surpassed the 6.5 billion mark; there were only 53.35 million Filipinos in 1984, in July 2008 the latest census shows we currently stand at 92.68 million. [3]

The Peso-Dollar exchange rate in June 1984 was at PhP18.00/US$1.00, yesterday it closes at PhP46.12/US$1.00. [4]

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Yeah, this is how I celebrate the last one minute of my 24th birthday. Playing DotA and doing boring (and nerd) stuff.

Greet Me Here, There, Everywhere

Another year has come and gone.

Wait, this resembles my post last year. So, tamang-tama, another year has come and gone... But wait, there's more - do you know that Facebook has something like this:

Thank you to the Facebook Team (haha) and to the following people who greeted me just in time, after the clock struck 12:

Cholle, Winston, Topher, Chris, Martz, TJ and my DotA-mates (cleric0730, hunk123, denhizz, tasky_earl, ecemike, jokiz, hellboie, hell_boie, and a dozen more hehe).