Today is Shakespeare’s 444th birthday.
This means that if Shakespeare were alive today, he would be the world’s oldest human. In fact, he would be the oldest human who ever lived.
The number 444 makes me think of the Iran Hostage Crisis. The hostages were held for 444 days.
444 is a Harshad number. It is also a palindrome.
The year 444 AD was precisely 1564 years ago. What year was Shakespeare born? 1564. Believe it or not!
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May 2nd, 2008 at 9:01 pm
Well, yeah, 444 AD is 1564 years ago, and Shakespeare was born in 1564.
He was born in 1564 or B (for birth) + 1564.
And 2008 – 444 = 1564.
So 2008 – 1564 = 444.
QED
GOW
May 5th, 2008 at 3:55 pm
Welcome, Genius on Wheels!
This was, of course, meant to be a joke. The whole post is actually meant to be taken as tongue-in-cheek.
I saw a friend of mine at a party on Friday night, and he mentioned that this post seemed to be a little more stream-of-conscious than most of the posts on this blog.
I wanted to acknowledge the birthday, but didn’t really have anything profound to say, so I just decided to have a little fun with the number.