HAPPY BIRTHDAY

A woman was 13 years old when U.S. soldiers grabbed her birthday cake from a windowsill.

With a round of “Happy Birthday” in Italian and English, the U.S. Army toasted an Italian woman with a birthday cake Thursday to replace the one that U.S. soldiers ate as they entered her hometown during one of the final battles of World War II. Meri Mion, who turns 90 on Friday, wiped away tears as she was presented with the cake during a ceremony in Vicenza, northwest of Venice. The event marked the anniversary of the day the 88th Infantry Division fought its way into the city on April 28, 1945.

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Flight instructors in training at JBSA-Randolph broke into “Happy Birthday” for one of the nation’s most decorated and accomplished Tuskegee Airmen, Brig. Gen. Charles E. McGee, who is celebrating his 102nd birthday Tuesday.

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Reuben Goodman dressed as Star War Trooper dances outside of his house on his 5th birthday party during the outbreak of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in South Orange, New Jersey U.S., April 14, 2020. REUTERS/Eduardo MunozEmily and Dan Goodman instead decided to combine a variety of coronavirus-safe activities for their son, an avid Star Wars fan. Friends and families are using Zoom video conferencing to throw virtual parties, featuring renditions of Happy Birthday, a song that has become a coronavirus anthem. (Health experts say a thorough hand-washing takes 20 seconds, about the time it takes to sing Happy Birthday twice.) In San Diego, California, when a former U.S. Marine couldnt go anywhere for her 104th birthday, her friends brought the party to her front lawn.