14. Januar 1882

Mother Abagail Freemantle

wird an diesem Tag geboren. An ihrem hundertstem Geburtstag erhält sie ein Gratulationsschreiben von Präsident Ronald Reagan. Mit 108 Jahren sammelt sie die Überlebenden der Superflu um sich im Kampf gegen das Böse.

(Stephen King, "The Stand", 1984/89)

11. Januar 19??

Der Stier

Bellas erstes Kalb wird mit tatkräftiger Unterstützung durch die Ich-Erzählerin an diesem Tag geboren.

(Marlen Haushofer, "Die Wand", 1963)

08. Januar 1960

Calliope Helen "Cal" Stephanides

der Ich-Erzähler, der wegen eines seltenen genetischen Alpha 5 Reduktase-Defekts die ersten 15 Jahre seines Lebens als weiblich gilt, wird geboren.

(Jeffrey Eugenides, "Middlesex", 2002)

.. ist heute fällig, denn heute vor genau 1 Jahr, ging
Babas Welt zum ersten Mal online.

...

*strahl*

Tja, das wäre wirklich ein wahrer Juwel in meinem literarischen Geburtstagskalender gewesen:

06. Januar 1854

Sherlock Holmes

wird geboren.

(Arthur Conan Doyle, "???", 18??)

Aber leider, leider, es scheitert schon an dem literarischem Beleg. Tatsache ist nun einmal, daß in keiner der 56 Kurzgeschichten und 4 Romane ein genaues Geburtsdatum verzeichnet ist, vielmehr haben sich offenbar einige übereifrige Sherlockians dieses Datum ausgeklügelt:

It is generally concluded by the Sherlockians that Holmes was born on January 6, 1854. The evidence for the year is fairly conclusive since Holmes is described as a man of 60 in His Last Bow, which takes place in 1914. The date of January 6th is more speculative. Among the most credible reasons are two: in The Valley of Fear, Holmes appears unusually grumpy on the morning of January 7th, suggestive of a hangover. It was concluded by some scholars that Holmes had celebrated his birthday the night before. Another reason, perhaps less credible, if possible, was that Holmes liked to quote from Twelfth Night, which is, of course, the 6th of January. However, Conan Doyle was by no means disposed to provide a clue to this important fact. How could one rely on the author anyway, for the Canon is filled with inconsistencies? The most notorious example is Watson's war wound suffered in Afghanistan from a Jezail bullet, which involved his shoulder in A Study in Scarlet, and his leg in The Sign of the Four. Given this example, there may be some question as to whether Holmes was really 60 in 1914.

Wirklich schade. Sherlock Holmes als Dreikönigstags-Geburtstagskind, das wär's doch :-) Aber was solls. Muß ich mich eben mit Professor Moriarty's Todestag (4. Mai 1891) begnügen. Das zumindest ist eindeutig bei Doyle nachlesbar und anders als Holmes ist der Professor auch nicht aus dem Reichenbach Falls wieder aufgetaucht ...

".. If you wanted to apply for officer's training, I'd support your application." He chuckled encouragingly. "After what you did today, half of Parliament would support your application."
"Officer's training?" Torin lifted her combat vest off the chair where the medic had placed it.
"That's right."
"Thank you, sir, but no." One by one, she slid the cylinders out of her vest and indicated that the general should hold out his hands. "There's two very good reasons that I'd make a lousy officer." She dropped the (ashes of the) thirteen Marines who'd paid for his place in history into his cupped palms. "First of all, I work for a living."
Stepping back, she gestured at his face. "You should have a doctor see to that, sir." The gesture snapped into a perfect salute, that he was unable to return, there were too many cylinders for him to hold with only one hand. Then she turned on her heel and walked toward the hatch.
"Staff Sergeant Kerr."
One hand on the hatch release, she paused.
"You said there were two reasons. What was the second?"
"The second reason, sir?"
"Yes."
"My parents were married."

(Tanya Huff, "Valor's Choice", 2000)

Ich liebe einfach Bücher mit einer Pointe am Schluß, und mag sie auch noch so bitter und/oder sarkastisch sein. Falls einer die Pointe hier nicht gleich versteht: ich hab auch ein bißchen gebraucht ...

04. Januar 1991

Peter Goldsmith-Redman

das erste gesunde Baby nach der Superflu wird geboren.

(Stephen King, "The Stand", 1989)