9:08 ET, February 26, 1961

YEAH !!! I am officially 64 years old !!!

I was born at 9:08 a.m., Eastern Time, at Good Samaritan Hospital in West Islip, Long Island, New York, on February 26, 1961. In the 1960s and 1970s (and later), the windows of the hospital were much lighter.

When I was a kid at school in the 1960s and 1970s, I would jump up and say "YEAH !!!" at exactly 9:08 a.m. on my birthday in whatever classroom I was in, invariably interrupting my teachers.

I share my birthday with my cousin Jackie, also Victor Hugo, Tony Randall, William Frawley, Jackie Gleason, Johnny Cash, and Antoine "Fats" Domino. I am quite happy that my birthday is sandwiched between the birthdays of my dear friend Bryan, whom I have known for 64 years, and George Harrison, both on February 25, and my favorite pop singer, Rainhard Fendrich (from Austria), on February 27.

February 26, 2025, at home on my 64th Birthday

Aileen Santos