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Happy Birthday - Born on 04-13 Today is your Birthday!

Author
Quiet. Please
Published
Sun 13 Apr 2025
Episode Link
https://www.spreaker.com/episode/happy-birthday-born-on-04-13-today-is-your-birthday--65555200

Ah, April 13th—officially the perfect day to celebrate history, hilarity, and a few birthday candles. It's one of those rare dates where the calendar feels like it's flexing a bit, showing off just how much can happen in a single revolution of the sun. I mean, seriously—on this day in 1970, Apollo 13 launched into space, and less than 56 hours later, it gave us one of the most iconic understatements ever uttered: “Houston, we’ve had a problem.” Which basically translates to, "We were just trying to go for a little moonwalk, and now we’re MacGyvering air filters with duct tape and a prayer." Spoiler alert: they made it home, but not before scaring the world, redefining NASA crisis response, and giving Tom Hanks another movie role decades later.

But speaking of stars—terrestrial ones, this time—today we raise a slice of virtual birthday cake to Allison Williams, born on this day in 1988. If you’ve seen the HBO series "Girls," you’ll remember her as Marnie, the overachieving, type-A friend who you simultaneously want to hug and lecture about her life choices. Or maybe you spotted her in Jordan Peele’s psychological thriller "Get Out," where she absolutely nailed the role of the disturbingly courteous girlfriend with sinister secrets. Trust me, if you ever meet a woman who offers tea and intense eye contact—politely decline.

Fun fact: acting runs in her family. Allison is the daughter of Brian Williams, the respected journalist and former NBC Nightly News anchor. So, yes, the Williams household was probably the only place where dinner conversation could veer from the merits of method acting to the ethical responsibilities of war reporting without skipping a beat.

Now, April 13 isn’t just about space scares and birthday toasts—it’s also National Scrabble Day in honor of Alfred Butts, the American architect who invented the most competitive game ever to be banned in family game nights. So while you're spelling "quizzify" for 102 points, just remember: you're celebrating history. And probably traumatizing your siblings.

Back to our birthday girl—Allison, if you’re listening, here’s to you. May your roles be complex, your scripts be sharp, and your horror thrillers be strictly fictional. Whether you're crooning folk tunes with puppet bears on late-night talk shows or throwing shade with Shoshanna in Brooklyn, you've carved out a niche for wit, nuance, and a dash of jaw-dropping unpredictability.

So let’s raise a toast to April 13—a day where astronauts improvised, Scrabble players celebrated, and Allison Williams got her first close-up. It’s not just another spring day, it’s basically a cosmic cocktail of smarts, sass, and survival. Cheers.

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