First line meme

Herewith the first line each month's first post from the year ...

January: If you celebrate the turning of the year today, then Happy New Year!

February: Today in 1902, in Joplin, Missouri, Langston Hughes was born.

March: It's Saint David's Day - Saint David, known is Wales as Dewi Sant.

April: It's the birthday of Charlemagne (probably), in either 747 or 748, in Herstal, a city close to Liège in modern day Belgium.

May: Whether you think of Spring or Labor, Happy First of May!

June: This judge was introduced by the president upon making his nomination as a "warm, intelligent person who has great empathy."

July: Mockingbirds have a remarkable territorial display.

August: I just found this note from two weeks ago, but it's timeless.

September: Born today in 1875, Edgar Rice Burroughs ...

October: At On the Other Hand Elizabeth reports that Opal loves hotdogs:

November: Live: "Hysteria", which is wonderful thought-provoking and entertaining play by the author of "Wittgenstein".

December: Today is the birthday of Rex Stout (1886).

Thanks to Drug Monkey