Another friend sent this message to Roosevelt on his forty-sixth birthday: "You have made a very good start in life.

VOA: special.2010.08.12

President Obama will return to Illinois to celebrate Abraham Lincoln's two hundredth birthday at a big dinner in Springfield this Thursday.

VOA: special.2009.02.09

And every year on January nineteenth -- Poe's birthday -- people watch for a man dressed in black to appear.

VOA: special.2009.02.02

Some parents take their children's birthday parties very seriously, even when the child is too young to fully understand the celebration.

VOA: special.2009.09.11

The group's Web site gives suggestions on how to keep birthday celebrations simple, meaningful and fun without spending a lot of money.

VOA: special.2009.09.11

At his ninety-fifth birthday party in March, Norman Borlaug told VOA that he was worried about the world's ability to feed itself.

VOA: special.2009.09.22

By the nineteen fifties, however, most Americans could expect to live well past their sixtieth birthday.

VOA: special.2011.07.21

In fact, the profits from Seeger's big birthday concert went to Hudson River Sloop Clearwater.

VOA: special.2009.05.22

It was released in two thousand five to observe his ninetieth birthday.

VOA: special.2009.09.27

Last December,King Bhumipol was unable to deliver his annual birthday speech to the nation due to health reasons.

VOA: standard.2009.09.21

Activists and politicians are marking Aung San Suu Kyi's 64th birthday with gatherings of support from Thailand to Europe and the United States.

VOA: standard.2009.06.19

On his 95th birthday, he told VOA that the work to improve crop yields must continue.

VOA: standard.2009.09.16

"Traveling to Graceland during August on the anniversary of his passing or in January for his birthday is really just a tribute to the legacy,".

VOA: standard.2010.01.07

(HAPPY BIRTHDAY SONG) It used to be rare for people to live to 100.

VOA: standard.2010.04.08

At his 95th birthday party in Dallas last March, Borlaug spoke to VOA about the need to continue expanding food production to meet the needs of a growing world population.

VOA: standard.2009.09.13

Tributes to Prima, whose 100th birthday is being celebrated this year, will include performances by his children, Louis Prima,Jr.,and Lena Prima, as well as his former wife and collaborator Keely Smith.

VOA: standard.2010.04.26

Twenty-two percent of blacks, The fact that almost twice as many blacks don't have health care as whites in part explains why black children are twice as likely to die before their first birthday as white kids.

VOA: standard.2009.09.09

Iranian officials say at least 27 people were killed and some 270 wounded in twin suicide bomb attacks at a mosque in Zahedan in Sistan-Baluchistan province, where worshippers had gathered to mark the birthday of the Prophet Muhammad's grandson, Imam Hussein.

VOA: standard.2010.07.16