# Bakers Dozen **URL:** \ **Category:** Thread Games\ **Created:** [August 4, 2010, 5:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173 "2010-08-04T17:56:40Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 152
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2011, 2:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/3021 "2011-01-05T14:34:57Z")
Famous people with your birthday (list the day first, please) 1. 27 May - Dashiell Hammett 2. 29 October - Joseph Goebbels 3. 28 April - Saddam Hussein 4. 26 October - Hillary Rodham Clinton 5. 25 December - Annie Lennox (1954–same year, too) 6. 14 September - Amy Winehouse 7. 1 September - Rocky Marciano ---
**Author:** ![Ponch8](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ponch8/32/9883_2.png) [@Ponch8](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ponch8)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2011, 2:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/3022 "2011-01-05T14:39:42Z")
Famous people with your birthday (list the day first, please) 1. 27 May - Dashiell Hammett 2. 29 October - Joseph Goebbels 3. 28 April - Saddam Hussein 4. 26 October - Hillary Rodham Clinton 5. 25 December - Annie Lennox (1954–same year, too) 6. 14 September - Amy Winehouse 7. 1 September - Rocky Marciano 8. 15 September - President Howard Taft ---
**Author:** ![EristicKallistic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/85e7bf/32.png) [@EristicKallistic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EristicKallistic)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2011, 2:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/3023 "2011-01-05T14:47:47Z")
Famous people with your birthday (list the day first, please) 1. 27 May - Dashiell Hammett 2. 29 October - Joseph Goebbels 3. 28 April - Saddam Hussein 4. 26 October - Hillary Rodham Clinton 5. 25 December - Annie Lennox (1954–same year, too) 6. 14 September - Amy Winehouse 7. 1 September - Rocky Marciano 8. 15 September - President Howard Taft 9. 16 February - Kim Jong-Il, Dear Leader ---
**Author:** ![Tom\_Scud](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/f08c70/32.png) [@Tom\_Scud](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tom_Scud)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2011, 3:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/3024 "2011-01-05T15:05:49Z")
Famous people with your birthday (list the day first, please) 1. 27 May - Dashiell Hammett 2. 29 October - Joseph Goebbels 3. 28 April - Saddam Hussein 4. 26 October - Hillary Rodham Clinton 5. 25 December - Annie Lennox (1954–same year, too) 6. 14 September - Amy Winehouse 7. 1 September - Rocky Marciano 8. 15 September - President Howard Taft 9. 16 February - Kim Jong-Il, Dear Leader 10. 6 November - Suleiman the Magnificent ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2011, 6:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/3025 "2011-01-05T18:03:27Z")
> [@Ponch8](#): > > … > 8. 15 September - President Howard Taft That’s William Howard Taft, BTW. ---
**Author:** ![notfrommensa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/f14d63/32.png) [@notfrommensa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/notfrommensa)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2011, 7:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/3026 "2011-01-05T19:10:02Z")
Famous people with your birthday (list the day first, please) 1. 27 May - Dashiell Hammett 2. 29 October - Joseph Goebbels 3. 28 April - Saddam Hussein 4. 26 October - Hillary Rodham Clinton 5. 25 December - Annie Lennox (1954–same year, too) 6. 14 September - Amy Winehouse 7. 1 September - Rocky Marciano 8. 15 September - President Howard Taft 9. 16 February - Kim Jong-Il, Dear Leader 10. 6 November - Suleiman the Magnificent 11. 6 March - Michaelangelo ---
**Author:** ![Infovore](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/infovore/32/420_2.png) [@Infovore](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Infovore)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2011, 7:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/3027 "2011-01-05T19:12:42Z")
Famous people with your birthday (list the day first, please) 1. 27 May - Dashiell Hammett 2. 29 October - Joseph Goebbels 3. 28 April - Saddam Hussein 4. 26 October - Hillary Rodham Clinton 5. 25 December - Annie Lennox (1954–same year, too) 6. 14 September - Amy Winehouse 7. 1 September - Rocky Marciano 8. 15 September - President Howard Taft 9. 16 February - Kim Jong-Il, Dear Leader 10. 6 November - Suleiman the Magnificent 11. 6 March - Michaelangelo 12. 11 November - Leonardo di Caprio ---
**Author:** ![Sternvogel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bc79bd/32.png) [@Sternvogel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sternvogel)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2011, 9:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/3028 "2011-01-05T21:09:28Z")
> [@Elendil's Heir](#): > > “Works,” Sternvogel? That wasn’t the category. Since _Animal Farm_ won as a novella, as opposed to a novel, but wasn’t eliminated from the list, I changed the title to make it more accurate. Famous people with your birthday (list the day first, please) 1. 27 May - Dashiell Hammett 2. 29 October - Joseph Goebbels 3. 28 April - Saddam Hussein 4. 26 October - Hillary Rodham Clinton 5. 25 December - Annie Lennox (1954–same year, too) 6. 14 September - Amy Winehouse 7. 1 September - Rocky Marciano 8. 15 September - President Howard Taft 9. 16 February - Kim Jong-Il, Dear Leader 10. 6 November - Suleiman the Magnificent 11. 6 March - Michaelangelo 12. 11 November - Leonardo di Caprio 13. 30 August – Ted Williams New category: Newsmakers of 1911 1. William Howard Taft – U.S. President ---
**Author:** ![Tom\_Scud](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/f08c70/32.png) [@Tom\_Scud](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tom_Scud)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2011, 9:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/3029 "2011-01-05T21:14:05Z")
Newsmakers of 1911 1. William Howard Taft – U.S. President 2. Frank “Home Run” Baker - Philidelphia Athletics 3rd baseman and World Series hero. ---
**Author:** ![JessMagic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/c0e974/32.png) [@JessMagic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JessMagic)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2011, 9:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/3030 "2011-01-05T21:39:40Z")
Newsmakers of 1911 1. William Howard Taft – U.S. President 2. Frank “Home Run” Baker - Philidelphia Athletics 3rd baseman and World Series hero. 3. Roald Amundsen - Norwegian polar explorer. ---
**Author:** ![ComeToTheDarkSideWeHaveCookies](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e9bcb4/32.png) [@ComeToTheDarkSideWeHaveCookies](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ComeToTheDarkSideWeHaveCookies)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2011, 9:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/3031 "2011-01-05T21:47:41Z")
Newsmakers of 1911 1. William Howard Taft – U.S. President 2. Frank “Home Run” Baker - Philidelphia Athletics 3rd baseman and World Series hero. 3. Roald Amundsen - Norwegian polar explorer. 4. Inaugural running of the Indy 500 which was won by The Marmon Wasp ---
**Author:** ![Rebo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rebo/32/13005_2.png) [@Rebo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rebo)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2011, 10:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/3032 "2011-01-05T22:01:50Z")
Newsmakers of 1911 1. William Howard Taft – U.S. President 2. Frank “Home Run” Baker - Philidelphia Athletics 3rd baseman and World Series hero. 3. Roald Amundsen - Norwegian polar explorer. 4. Inaugural running of the Indy 500 which was won by The Marmon Wasp 5. [Inventor Franz Reichelt leaped to his death from the Eiffel Tower testing his “overcoat/parachute”](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BepyTSzueno) ---
**Author:** ![notfrommensa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/f14d63/32.png) [@notfrommensa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/notfrommensa)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2011, 2:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/3033 "2011-01-06T02:37:02Z")
Newsmakers of 1911 1. William Howard Taft – U.S. President 2. Frank “Home Run” Baker - Philidelphia Athletics 3rd baseman and World Series hero. 3. Roald Amundsen - Norwegian polar explorer. 4. Inaugural running of the Indy 500 which was won by The Marmon Wasp 5. Inventor Franz Reichelt leaped to his death from the Eiffel Tower testing his “overcoat/parachute” 6. Supreme Court dissolves Standard Oil (Sherman Antitrust Act). ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2011, 2:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/3034 "2011-01-06T02:49:24Z")
Newsmakers of 1911 1. William Howard Taft – U.S. President 2. Frank “Home Run” Baker - Philidelphia Athletics 3rd baseman and World Series hero. 3. Roald Amundsen - Norwegian polar explorer. 4. Inaugural running of the Indy 500 which was won by The Marmon Wasp 5. Inventor Franz Reichelt leaped to his death from the Eiffel Tower testing his “overcoat/parachute” 6. Supreme Court dissolves Standard Oil (Sherman Antitrust Act). 7. The Mona Lisa is stolen from the Louvre ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2011, 3:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/3035 "2011-01-06T03:37:22Z")
Newsmakers of 1911 1. William Howard Taft – U.S. President 2. Frank “Home Run” Baker - Philidelphia Athletics 3rd baseman and World Series hero. 3. Roald Amundsen - Norwegian polar explorer. 4. Inaugural running of the Indy 500 which was won by The Marmon Wasp 5. Inventor Franz Reichelt leaped to his death from the Eiffel Tower testing his “overcoat/parachute” 6. Supreme Court dissolves Standard Oil (Sherman Antitrust Act). 7. The Mona Lisa is stolen from the Louvre 8. Sun Yat-sen returns to China to found the Republic of China ---
**Author:** ![Sparky812](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/eb9ed0/32.png) [@Sparky812](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sparky812)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2011, 4:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/3036 "2011-01-06T04:33:25Z")
Newsmakers of 1911 1. William Howard Taft – U.S. President 2. Frank “Home Run” Baker - Philidelphia Athletics 3rd baseman and World Series hero. 3. Roald Amundsen - Norwegian polar explorer. 4. Inaugural running of the Indy 500 which was won by The Marmon Wasp 5. Inventor Franz Reichelt leaped to his death from the Eiffel Tower testing his “overcoat/parachute” 6. Supreme Court dissolves Standard Oil (Sherman Antitrust Act). 7. The Mona Lisa is stolen from the Louvre 8. Sun Yat-sen returns to China to found the Republic of China 9. [Hiram Bingham](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hiram_Bingham_III) rediscovers [Machu Picchu](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Machu_Picchu). ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2011, 5:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/3037 "2011-01-06T05:20:01Z")
Newsmakers of 1911 1. William Howard Taft – U.S. President 2. Frank “Home Run” Baker - Philidelphia Athletics 3rd baseman and World Series hero. 3. Roald Amundsen - Norwegian polar explorer. 4. Inaugural running of the Indy 500 which was won by The Marmon Wasp 5. Inventor Franz Reichelt leaped to his death from the Eiffel Tower testing his “overcoat/parachute” 6. Supreme Court dissolves Standard Oil (Sherman Antitrust Act). 7. The Mona Lisa is stolen from the Louvre 8. Sun Yat-sen returns to China to found the Republic of China 9. Hiram Bingham rediscovers Machu Picchu. 10. Kaiser Wilhelm botches the Agadir Crisis ---
**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2011, 2:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/3038 "2011-01-06T14:21:41Z")
Newsmakers of 1911 1. William Howard Taft – U.S. President 2. Frank “Home Run” Baker - Philidelphia Athletics 3rd baseman and World Series hero. 3. Roald Amundsen - Norwegian polar explorer. 4. Inaugural running of the Indy 500 which was won by The Marmon Wasp 5. Inventor Franz Reichelt leaped to his death from the Eiffel Tower testing his “overcoat/parachute” 6. Supreme Court dissolves Standard Oil (Sherman Antitrust Act). 7. The Mona Lisa is stolen from the Louvre 8. Sun Yat-sen returns to China to found the Republic of China 9. Hiram Bingham rediscovers Machu Picchu. 10. Kaiser Wilhelm botches the Agadir Crisis 11. Max Blanck and Isaac Harris, owners of [Triangle Shirtwaist Factory](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Triangle_Shirtwaist_Factory_fire) ---
**Author:** ![Tom\_Scud](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/f08c70/32.png) [@Tom\_Scud](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tom_Scud)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2011, 2:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/3039 "2011-01-06T14:49:29Z")
Newsmakers of 1911 1. William Howard Taft – U.S. President 2. Frank “Home Run” Baker - Philidelphia Athletics 3rd baseman and World Series hero. 3. Roald Amundsen - Norwegian polar explorer. 4. Inaugural running of the Indy 500 which was won by The Marmon Wasp 5. Inventor Franz Reichelt leaped to his death from the Eiffel Tower testing his “overcoat/parachute” 6. Supreme Court dissolves Standard Oil (Sherman Antitrust Act). 7. The Mona Lisa is stolen from the Louvre 8. Sun Yat-sen returns to China to found the Republic of China 9. Hiram Bingham rediscovers Machu Picchu. 10. Kaiser Wilhelm botches the Agadir Crisis 11. Max Blanck and Isaac Harris, owners of [Triangle Shirtwaist Factory](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Triangle_Shirtwaist_Factory_fire) 12. Theodore Roosevelt - announces as a candidate for President, against his own successor and former protege Taft. ---
**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2011, 2:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/3040 "2011-01-06T14:54:50Z")
Newsmakers of 1911 1. William Howard Taft – U.S. President 2. Frank “Home Run” Baker - Philidelphia Athletics 3rd baseman and World Series hero. 3. Roald Amundsen - Norwegian polar explorer. 4. Inaugural running of the Indy 500 which was won by The Marmon Wasp 5. Inventor Franz Reichelt leaped to his death from the Eiffel Tower testing his “overcoat/parachute” 6. Supreme Court dissolves Standard Oil (Sherman Antitrust Act). 7. The Mona Lisa is stolen from the Louvre 8. Sun Yat-sen returns to China to found the Republic of China 9. Hiram Bingham rediscovers Machu Picchu. 10. Kaiser Wilhelm botches the Agadir Crisis 11. Max Blanck and Isaac Harris, owners of Triangle Shirtwaist Factory 12. Norwegian explorer. Ronald Amundsen, using dogs and sleds, leads the 1st team to the South Pole Biggest news stories of the 2000’s (so far): 1. 9/11 terrorist attacks [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173.md?page=151) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173.md?page=153)