One of those simple birthdays: during business errand downtown a "quick" stop to bookstore for ritual blank journal from display under photos of Obama's visit after signing ACA. Turns out trip drains the meter but shows good restraint with only two unintended purchases instead of the one (and no parking ticket).
Later, a surprise gift from husband — one even he didn't know he would give. Not so simple a birthday after all ending with search for mother-in-law's birth data pieced together from her husband's memoir — that generation of women who didn't want a fuss, and custom of deflecting age.
Moon 21° 42' Cancer (00:00) - Leo 5° 19' (23:59)
Celestial events that year:
Total solar eclipse*: Sun/Moon 6° 31' Cancer
Mercury transit: Sun 6° 43' Scorpio
Partial eclipse**: Sun/Moon 1° 21' Capricorn
* same Saros series as eclipse next month
** peaked in Weddell Sea near Larsen Ice Shelf