Wednesday is a truly important day in history.

Ninety-three years ago this Wednesday, the first pawnbroking ordinance was passed in New York City. Seventy-three years ago, Henry Schoolcraft discovered the source of the Mississippi River in Minnesota.

Wednesday will also mark the 60th aniversary of the explosion of the first atomic bomb, in New Mexico, as well as the 140th aniversary of the fire that destroyed PT Barnum's museum. In Geneva, 51 years back, the United States, Great Britain and France reached an accord on Indochina which divided Vietnam into two countries, North and South, along the 17th parallel.

Celebrities, too, have a reason to honor July 13th. On July 13, 1994, O.J. Simpson handed over some hair samples for testing, and Jeff Gillooly was sentenced to 2 years for the attack on Nancy Kerrigan. The BBC banned the Sex Pistols' "No One is Innocent" exactly 27 years ago on this most hallowed day, and Ol' Blue eyes made his recording debut on July 13, 1939.

And if we reach all the way back to July 13, 1568, we can celebrate Dean of St. Paul's Cathedral and his perfection of a way to bottle beer.

But this Wednesday also marks the twenty third aniversary of perhaps the most powerful historical event of all time: the day the All-Star Game was played outside the United States for the first time. They played in Montreal, Canada.

Seriously, though, Wednesday is my birthday. Candy, action figures, and birthday spankings will be graciously accepted.