It was an ordinary. Reading about all the people who were born in the month of September. Not just famous people, but ordinary people like you and I. Did you know that nine of the ten most common birthdays are in September? I didn't know that...and I guess I should have since I was one of those birthdays. I was born on September 9 and that just happens to be the most birthday-packed day of the entire year. More people in America were born on September 9th than on any other day of the year. And...the second most popular day of the year to be born is September 19th.
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And...to top that off...fall babies who are born in October are far more likely to live until the age of 100. My wife will most certainly outlive me since she was born in October! Another fellow who writes a blog such as this one, Miles Stiles, compiled 20 years of real birth data from the U.S. National Center for Health Statistics and the U.S. Social Security Administration to build a chart of birthday popularity between 1943 and 2014. His chart is shown above and shows the week and a half between September 9th and September 20th containing nine of the top ten birthday days in America, with the top three being September 9, 19 and 12. So are you wondering by now which days of the year are the least common on which to be born? They happen to all be holidays with the three least popular being July 4 (the birthdate of my daughter), December 25 (the birthday of my Aunt Doris) , and January 1. What's even more remarkable is that there are fewer birthdays on each of those three holidays than there were on February 29th, which only comes once every four years. Another fact about my birthday of September 9th: September babies are more successful according to science. So why are these dates I just listed so popular? There are a few theories that may make some sense. First...turn back the clock 40 weeks from September and you'll find it is the December holiday season. Most, if not all, of these September babies would have been conceived in December. Are you one who takes a vacation around the Christmas holidays? And...what do you do with all your excess time during your holiday vacation? Make sense to you by now? There is actually data that says that more couples have sex while on vacation. Second...our bodies crave winter cuddles. Seems that there is a biological deterioration of sperm quality during summer which is rejuvenated by December. There is something known as "the birthday paradox" that shows that in a group of just 20 people, there is a 50% chance two of them will share the same birthday. Now, I didn't make that up and I'm not sure I believe that, but it was printed in an article I read...so it must be true! The article also said that in a group of 70 people, there is a 99.9% chance that two will share the same birthday. Check it out the next time you are together with 69 other people! Well, I hope you're not upset if your birthday may not be as popular as mine, but at least you can be sure that when your family and friends are shopping for a nice present for you, they are more apt to find it on the shelves than if they had been shopping for it when I was born. But remember...cash never goes out of style! It was another extraordinary day in the life of an ordinary guy.
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