Birthdays and more

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understandinguncertainty.org was produced by the Winton programme for the public understanding of risk based in the Statistical Laboratory in the University of Cambridge. The aim was to help improve the way that uncertainty and risk are discussed in society, and show how probability and statistics can be both useful and entertaining.

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I was born on my parents' wedding anniversary, 17th July. When I met my boyfriend's father, now my father-in-law, I thought it was a coincidence his birhday was the same day. A couple of years later I was pregnant, due around the 28th July, but my waters broke early and they decided to induce me, and wondered why I was laughing at the thought; it was late on the 16th July and I knew policy was not to let labour continue more than 24 hours. My daughter was born in the afternoon of the 17th, My father-in-law was particularly happy as he had hoped that my husband would be born on his birthday, but he'd put in his appearance early, on the 12th.
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Date submitted:Sat, 14 Jan 2012 14:42:21 +0000Coincidence ID:4089