By loreen sarmiento
Cebu Daily News
7:16 am | Sunday, September 8th, 2013
Today, September 8 is the 251st day of the year (252nd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. There are 114 days remaining until the end of the year.
It’s the birthday of famous people like Peter Sellers (Pink Panther fame), often accredited as one of the greatest comedians of all time, John Thomas, Boston Celtics’ forward and Pink (born Alecia Beth Moore) who became famous for her rendition of “Lady Marmalade.â€
Also today in 1276 , John XXI was elected Pope; in 1522, Spanish navigator Juan de Elcano returned to Spain after completing the 1st circumnavigation of the globe and Ferdinand Magellan’s expedition began; in 1930, comic strip “Blondie†made its first appearance; in 1941, the entire Jewish community of Meretsch, Lithuania is exterminated, to name a few of the historical events remembered today.
The world can have an endless list of September 8 events and birthday celebrants. I’m sure we have our own personal lists, too. But allow me today to give honor to a birthday celebrant and an important historical event that signaled the end of many years of expectation and ushered in the time of hope, grace and salvation to all of us.
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