Thomas Jefferson was born on this date in 1743, and besides him there are three other people born on this date who are or were very important to me.
My grandfather, Vojetch Knez, was born on April 13, 1890, in a town called Cernic in what is now the Czech Republic. He immigrated to the United States in 1903, and when he became a citizen in 1923, he had his first name legally changed to Albert.
His daughter, Mae Tillie Knez (also sometimes Mary T.) was also born on April 13, in Chicago in 1909. She was always my favorite aunt.
And one of his grandsons was born on April 13 also -- that would be my brother, O. Richard Knez, born in 1941, which means he is now a septuagenarian.
Happy birthday, Bruddah, and many, many more!
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