Web Resources
- Birthday Foods
- Multicultural information. This encyclopedic article explores various foods prepared and enjoyed by different cultures during birthday celebrations.
- Birthday Traditions from Around the World
- Scroll down their page to begin reading.
- Birthday Traditions in Different Countries
- Factmonster.com: Today's Birthday
- Profiles of historical/famous people born today.
- Famous Birthdays on this Day in History
- From HistoryOrb.com. Also see their Today in History page for interesting trivia of the day.
- PBS Parents: Birthday Party Themes
- Thematic guides and ideas for parents and guardians of young children.
- Planetary Age Calculator
- How old would you be on Venus, Mars, Jupiter, and other planets in our solar system? Also calculate your weight! From the University of Texas at Arlington. (Note: Pluto isn't listed here. See next site.)
- Your Age on Other Worlds
- Calculate what your age would be on other planets and when your next birthday would occur (in Earth years). From Exploratorium: The Museum of Science, Art and Human Perception.