Birthdate & birthday coincidence

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I flew to New Orleans for a 5 day Mojo workshop in October (last year). There were 20 people on this workshop, mostly Americans, but also Brits, Italians, Irish and Swiss. When I introduced myself I said I had hit 50 that year. Chatting at coffee the next morning Annie mentioned she had also hit 50 that year. It was the same day as me. When we mentioned it later there was another person in the 20 who had the same day, but was 4 years younger than us. June 14th. 1961 Boy George's birthdate too!!!!!! Diana Years ago 2 of my English cousins (different maternal lines) ran into each other on the Great Barrier Reef (very long and very far away from England!!!!!) neither knew the other was in Australia.
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Date submitted:Sun, 15 Jan 2012 20:00:59 +0000Coincidence ID:4857