April 11

Today is the 101st day of the year AND Ian Bell's birthday. On a sadder note there are 264 days until the end of the year and on this day in 1554 Thomas Wyatt the younger died. For those of you that don't know who Thomas Wyatt the younger was, (I didn't know either until about 30 seconds ago) he was an English rebel. Ya. Today is also Juan Santamaria Day, which marks the anniversary of his death in the SECOND (ya, I know right) Battle of Rivas, and is a state holiday in Costa Rica. Why was there a second Battle of Rivas, didn't they do a good enough job of killing people in the first battle? Or maybe they really wanted to call they're battle that but the name was already taken? I guess we will never know.