Happy Birthday!

As some of you may know, in 1650, the Irish archbishop, James Ussher dated the beginning of the universe using the Book of Genesis and calculated the date of creation to be October 22, 4004 BC. That would make the universe 6002 6009 years old today.

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Bugger! I brain-farted.

By John Lynch (not verified) on 21 Oct 2006 #permalink

I'm sure that someone has cast a horoscope for the earth. Let's see, wouldn't the earth be a Scorpio?
(Just to make it clear, I am joking.