60th Birthday facts

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There is a copy of the Qur'an written in Saddam Hussein's blood which he had commissioned for his 60th birthday. Over the course of 2 years he provided up to 57 pints of his blood to complete the 336,000+ words that make up the text

Saddam Hussein had a Qur’an printed in his own blood for his 60th birthday. It took two years and 27 liters of blood for the calligrapher to complete all 114 chapters. The project was the result of Hussein re-embracing his religion after his son Uday survived an assassination attempt.

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1. The Queen of England sends out personalized congratulatory cards to fellow countrymen who reach their 100th and 105th birthdays, and every year thereafter. The same is done for couples celebrating their 60th, 65th, and 70th wedding anniversaries, and every year thereafter.

2. A portrait of Prince Charles was created with Scrabble tiles in 2008 to honor his 60th birthday and the 60th anniversary of Scrabble.

3. Chuck Berry's "Johnny B. Goode" is one of the songs selected by Carl Sagan to be on NASA's Voyager Golden Record. For Berry's 60th birthday, Sagan wrote him a letter to notify him of this.

4. In 1967, on Astrid Lindgren's 60th birthday, her publisher Rabén & Sjögren established the Astrid Lindgren Prize for children's authors. It is an annual prize still being awarded each year in Sweden.

5. For Chuck Berry's 60th Birthday in 1987, Keith Richards and director Taylor Hackford put together a concert with an all star backup band. The project almost failed due to Berry's monetary demands with Richards saying "He gave me more headaches than Mick Jagger''.

6. Martin Manley, a 60-year-old man, who created a comprehensive list on why and how he planned on killing himself. The site went live on his 60th birthday, also the day of his suicide.

7. Homer Simpson's Drivers' Licence says he was born May 12th 1956, making today his 60th Birthday.