Happy Birthday, Kirk
Today, March 22, is Captain James T. Kirk's birthday. He will be born on this day in the year 2233.
Roddenberry suggested in a book that Kirk was born in Iowa. In 1985, the town of Riverside, Iowa referring to the town as Kirk's birthplace. They later contacted Roddenberry and got official permission.
Of course, the town has an annual Star Trek/Kirk birthday celebration where you can buy "Kirk Dirt" and see their Enterprise-esque U.S.S. Riverside sitting in the town square.
(Fans of SpikeTV's Invasion Iowa will recognize this town. They got pranked on the show when Shatner and others pretended to be filming a movie in their town.)
I suggest, however, that they change their name from Riverside to Geekville.
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