{"id":1918,"date":"2014-08-13T12:10:21","date_gmt":"2014-08-13T17:10:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.senioradvisor.com\/blog\/?p=1918"},"modified":"2020-12-10T05:14:28","modified_gmt":"2020-12-10T11:14:28","slug":"international-left-handers-day-5-famous-baby-boomer-southpaws","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/d30braiqprupoq.cloudfront.net\/blog\/2014\/08\/international-left-handers-day-5-famous-baby-boomer-southpaws\/","title":{"rendered":"Left Handers Day"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1>Left Handers&#8217; Day<\/h1>\n<h2>5 Famous Baby Boomer Southpaws<\/h2>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/s3.us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/img.prod.aplaceformom.com\/main\/uploads\/sa-blog\/2014\/08\/Happy-International-Left-Handers-Day.jpg\" alt=\"Happy International Left-Handers Day! Famous Baby Boomer Southpaws | SeniorAdvisor.com Blog\" width=\"350\" height=\"350\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-1925\" srcset=\"https:\/\/s3.us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/img.prod.aplaceformom.com\/main\/uploads\/sa-blog\/2014\/08\/Happy-International-Left-Handers-Day.jpg 800w, https:\/\/s3.us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/img.prod.aplaceformom.com\/main\/uploads\/sa-blog\/2014\/08\/Happy-International-Left-Handers-Day-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/s3.us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/img.prod.aplaceformom.com\/main\/uploads\/sa-blog\/2014\/08\/Happy-International-Left-Handers-Day-350x350.jpg 350w, https:\/\/s3.us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/img.prod.aplaceformom.com\/main\/uploads\/sa-blog\/2014\/08\/Happy-International-Left-Handers-Day-768x768.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 350px) 100vw, 350px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>There\u2019s a long-held myth that left-handers die young. Making up roughly less than 10% of the world\u2019s population, they face a barrage of right-handed biases, from scissors to can openers to spiral-bound notebooks. But there are a few enterprising lefties that have risen above their disadvantages to take the world by storm. Now, in honor of International Left-Handers&#8217; Day, we present some of the most famous left-handed baby boomers. <\/p>\n<h2>1. Barack Obama<\/h2>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/s3.us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/img.prod.aplaceformom.com\/main\/uploads\/sa-blog\/2014\/08\/Barack-Obama.png\" alt=\"Barack Obama\" width=\"283\" height=\"180\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-1919\" \/><br \/>\nSo what can we say that you don\u2019t already know about the United States\u2019 current (and 44th) president, other than that he is, perhaps surprisingly, indeed left-handed. Before pursuing politics, he was a civil-rights lawyer and teacher, and today holds the distinction of being the first African American to be elected president. Amazingly, his father grew up herding goats in Kenya before receiving a scholarship to study in Hawaii, where he would meet and marry President Obama\u2019s mother. He was born Aug. 4, 1961.<\/p>\n<h2>2. Bruce Willis<\/h2>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/s3.us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/img.prod.aplaceformom.com\/main\/uploads\/sa-blog\/2014\/08\/Bruce-Willis.png\" alt=\"Bruce Willis\" width=\"280\" height=\"194\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-1920\" \/><br \/>\nWillis was born in West Germany to a military father, and later raised in the blue-collar working class of New Jersey. He had his first big tv break with \u201cMoonlighting,\u201d an audition which he legendarily beat out 3,000 other actors for one day after being turned down for Madonna\u2019s flick, \u201cDesperately Seeking Susan.\u201d He would go on to smash box offices with his \u201cDie Hard\u201d movies, and later evolve into complex action-mysteries like \u201cThe Six Sense\u201d and \u201cLooper.\u201d Willis was born March 19, 1955. <\/p>\n<h2>3. Oprah Winfrey<\/h2>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/s3.us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/img.prod.aplaceformom.com\/main\/uploads\/sa-blog\/2014\/08\/Oprah-Winfrey.png\" alt=\"Oprah Winfrey\" width=\"279\" height=\"179\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-1923\" \/><br \/>\nFamously from rural Mississippi, Winfrey worked her way to the top with stops along the way in Baltimore and Chicago before landing her own \u201cThe Oprah Winfrey Show\u201d which would air for 25 seasons. It included unforgettable moments like a free car giveaway to every audience member attending her taping. Winfrey is today a billionaire who owns her own network, as well as an actress, producer, and global philanthropist. Winfrey was born January 29, 1954.<\/p>\n<h2>4. Larry Bird<\/h2>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/s3.us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/img.prod.aplaceformom.com\/main\/uploads\/sa-blog\/2014\/08\/Larry-Bird.png\" alt=\"Larry Bird\" width=\"270\" height=\"181\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-1921\" \/><br \/>\nHailing from the great basketball state of Indiana, Bird spent his entire NBA career with the Boston Celtics. Over the course of his 13 seasons he led the team to three championships, was named NBA Most Valuable Player three times, and made the All-Star team 12 times. He would go on after retirement to coach the Indiana Pacers (later named NBA Coach of the Year) and then on to serve as NBA President of Basketball Operations (later name NBA Executive of the Year). Bird was born December 7, 1956.<br \/>\nBest prices for generic viagra on the Internet! The safest way is to ask your physician to try an alternate prescription. Viagra sildenafil <a href=\"https:\/\/www.senioradvisor.com\/blog\/2018\/12\/cheap-pharmacy-viagra\/\">https:\/\/www.senioradvisor.com\/blog\/2018\/12\/cheap-pharmacy-viagra\/<\/a> is a medication to help men with dysfunction to achieve an erection. Patients can complete consultations to buy Sildenafil online.<\/p>\n<h2>5. Ned Flanders<\/h2>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/s3.us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/img.prod.aplaceformom.com\/main\/uploads\/sa-blog\/2014\/08\/Ned-Flanders.png\" alt=\"Ned Flanders\" width=\"259\" height=\"170\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-1922\" \/><br \/>\nWe couldn\u2019t leave out the most pro-lefties activist around, even if he does happen to be a fictional character. Ned Flanders, the super-friendly, next &#8220;diddly-door&#8221; neighbor from Fox\u2019s \u201cThe Simpsons\u201d is also the founder and CEO of the \u201cLeftorium,\u201d where he promotes and sells everything a left-handed citizen of Springfield could need. There\u2019s no better place for southpaws to buy that left-handed corkscrew they\u2019ve been searching for to celebrate International Left Handers Day. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Left Handers&#8217; Day 5 Famous Baby Boomer Southpaws There\u2019s a long-held myth that left-handers die young. Making up roughly less than 10% of the world\u2019s population, they face a barrage of right-handed biases, from scissors to can openers to spiral-bound notebooks. But there are a few enterprising lefties that have risen above their disadvantages to take the world by storm. 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