The James Logan Courier

By Julie Deardorff
Chicago Tribune (MCT)

If you're celebrating a birthday this month, you're more likely to be nearsighted than those born in the winter.

But if your birth date falls in February, March or April, the news is more distressing: Winter and early spring babies have a greater risk of developing schizophrenia than summer-born ones.

Strange coincidences? Esoteric astrological claims? Neither.

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From wikipedia:
George Lewis (13 July,1900 – 31 December 1968) was an American jazz clarinetist who achieved his greatest fame and influence in his later decades of life. Gary Giddins describes him as "an affecting musician with a fat-boned sound but limited technique".

George Lewis' legal name was George Louis Francois Zenon. He was born in the French Quarter of New Orleans, Louisiana. Lewis was playing clarinet professionally by 1917. He played with Buddy Petit and Chris Kelly regularly, and sometimes with trombonist Kid Ory and many other band leaders, seldom traveling far from the greater New Orleans area.