Celebrating the birthdays of fictional characters, of course.
Today is the 113th birthday of Woodrow Wilson Smith, aka Lazarus Long. I would say may he live forever…but that would be redundant.
George Carlin used to get pissed off about Mickey Mouse’s birthday being a thing that was announced on the news. Its coming up on November 18th, he will be 97.
Cookie Monster’s birthday is November 2. We don’t know what year he was officially “born” but he was first introduced in 1966, 59 years and a little over a week ago.
Horatio Hornblower was born July 4, 1776, according to the earliest book in the series chronologically, Mr Midshipman Hornblower. However, he was born several years earlier than that, on an unspecified date, according to the first book of the series to be published, The Happy Return (also known as Beat to Quarters).
James T. Kirk, captain of the Starship Enterprise, will be born in Riverside, Iowa, on March 22, 2228.
Holmes was January 6, supposedly.
That’s why he had so many epiphanies.
In 1976 DC Comics released a calendar and on it there are many character birthdays. Do any of them match yours? 
Sesame Street has released several calendars with character birthdays. They also often wish characters a happy birthday on their social media accounts, so now we know more! Here’s a list:
Frodo and Bilbo Baggins were September 22nd.
If HAL 9000 counts, January 12, 1992 or 1997, depending on whether you’re watching the movie or reading the book, respectively.
55 years ago today, Tonya Harding was born in OR, while very much a real person, the OR Highway Division EXPLODED A WHALE to celebrate her birth…(or to try to get said dead whale off the beach)
So I’ll ask, has anyone celebrated the birth of any of your fictional characters with ½ ton of dynamite?
Doogie Howser: September 21, 1973.
Doogie is 52.
mmm
That’s also my birthday. And I am eating a custard cream while typing this.
Harry Potter, July 31, 1980, making him exactly 15 years younger than JK Rowling.
From Sue Grafton’s alphabet series, Kinsey Millhone was born on Cinco de Mayo, 1950 as best as I can tell. It could be 1951 but that’s a lot less likely. Her friend and landlord, Henry Pitt, was born on Valentine’s Day, 1900, again as best as I can tell. It could be 1899 or 1901, but those date’s are a lot less likely.
Hyman Kaplan was born on October 12, the fact of which ended up completely derailing his ESL teacher’s attempt at teaching a lesson about Columbus Day.
When I saw the thread yesterday, I thought of Kinsey and realized that was the only fictional birthday I knew. I guess her mentioning Cinco de Mayo helped. (and it helps me remember the birthday of someone in real life)
Such hilarious books. “My oncle has a glass eye.”
Speaking of computers–according Terminator 2: Judgement Day Skynet goes online on August 4, 1997 and becomes self-aware at 2:14 a.m., EDT, on August 29, 1997.
Which would also be actor William Shatner’s 297th birthday. (Kirk was given the birth date of March 22nd in honor of Shatner’s actual birthday.)