Happy birthday to me! Yep, it’s the big day (actually not really very big at all – 24 is another lame birthday year), also notable because of the following historic events:

• In 1879, Albert Einstein was born.
• In 1794, Eli Whitney received a patent on the cotton gin.
• In 1933, Quincy Jones was born.
• In 1990, Mikhail Gorbachev was elected president of Russia.

Plans for today include chocolate martinis at the Good Life, in Central Square, and dinner at Central Kitchen. Yum.