The man himself, beaming his huge toothless smile, declared that his year of birth was 1880.
Wearing an elegant suit and a red cap with his year of birth, Mr Mugabe waved to the crowds, flanked by his wife and two children.
In the centenary year of his birth, several are devoted to one of the most accomplished Scottish painters of the century, William Gillies.
Sir William was one of the most prominent 19th Century sculptors and the theft comes in the 150th anniversary year of his birth.
The work was commissioned by Aldeburgh Music as part of its year celebrating the birth of Britten in 1913.
The Proms will celebrate the 200th year of Wagner's birth with performances of his Ring cycle by Staatskapelle Berlin, conducted by Isreali-Argentine Daniel Barenboim.
In the year of America's birth, in the coldest of months, a small band of patriots huddled by dying campfires on the shores of an icy river.
The region suffers disproportionately from Russia's demographic curse a 142m-strong population shrinking by 700, 000 a year because of low birth rates and vodka-sodden ill-health.
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To illustrate the difference, Thomas Jefferson calculated that he made 4 percent a year on the birth of black children at Monticello.
There are also the typical difficulties of caregiving that people face, regardless of birth year: balancing work and dealing with the financial burden, among them.
Internet postings for Farouk1986 -- apparently a combination of his name and birth year -- reveal a young man who fought feelings of loneliness and struggled with balancing his life as a Muslim with the temptations of the secular world around him.
In the second half of a year marking the 200th anniversary of Wagner's birth, the Met originally planned a revival of "Parsifal" for next season but changed it to "Wozzeck" to accommodate Levine's comeback.
The Prize was created in 1995 on the occasion of the United Nations Year for Tolerance and the 125th anniversary of the birth of Mahatma Gandhi, thanks to the generosity of the Indian writer and diplomat Madanjeet Singh, who is also UNESCO Goodwill Ambassador.
But he ran for president in 1948, the year of Al Gore's birth, and landed up in the Senate in 1954.
The danger is that historians may record this year as the birth not of a better welfare system, but just of a more expensive one.
Last year, following the birth of her first foal, a colt, Rachel Alexandra also spent time at Rood and Riddle for what was described as a precautionary measure for pain management after her delivery.
The creation of the Prize in 1995 marked the United Nations Year for Tolerance and the 125th anniversary of the birth of Mahatma Gandhi.
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Records of his exact birth year are sketchy, but he was believed to be 63 years old.
The Daily Telegraph published an enormous picture on its front page of the British birth certificate of one of the men, 22-year-old Muhammad Tanweer(ph).
These instruments play an important role in the "Ring, " an epic tale of greed, revenge, love and redemption that will be presented around the globe this year during the bicentenary of Wagner's birth.
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So as 2012 begins and we toast the birth of a new year, I invite you to take a sip from the RedNek wine glass, think of Pat Gunkel and write down on that cocktail napkin the happy returns you can expect when you invest in creating a culture of ideas.
The new venue is set to open next year, the 150th anniversary of Munch's birth.
Next year marks the 150th anniversary of Munch's birth, an occasion commemorated by a major joint Norwegian museum exhibition (the event has its own Twitter feed).
Last month, figures from the National Audit Office showed the need for more than 250, 000 extra primary school places next year, to meet the demand of a rising birth rate.
Russian demographics have now improved to the point that if the trends of the first half of 2012 hold for the rest of the year, that is if the birth rate for the whole year increases by around 6.7% and the death rate for the whole year decreases by around 2.9%, then Russia will actually record a small natural increase in population.
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For those who need to spend the money in their flexible health spending account by the end of the year, the Chicago Tribune supplies a long list of items that qualify, including sunscreen and birth-control pills.
In their already discrepant accounts of the miraculous birth, the four gospels give us no clue as to what time of year or even what year it is supposed to have taken place.
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Controversial cases that fuelled the debate included that of a 62-year-old woman who gave birth after fertility treatment.
The longtime girlfriend of Lau gave birth to a son this year and has a daughter born in 2003.
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