RitcheyRch
07-30-2007, 03:12 PM
http://cbs2.com/topstories/local_story_211135300.html
Austrians threw a party for one of their most famous sons -- Arnold Schwarzenegger -- celebrating his 60th birthday Monday with strudels and schnitzels.
"A Day for Arnold," was proclaimed by officials in the Austrian village where the governor was born.
A brass band played, a priest celebrated a special birthday Mass and 59 people joined the mayor of the village in a ceremony to wish Schwarzenegger well.
The mayor also sent the enameled number of the house where Schwarzenegger was born to the governor as a birthday present.
Schwarzenegger emigrated to the U.S. in 1968 and became a naturalized citizen in 1984. Although he remains fairly popular in Austria, he lost a bit of luster in 2005 after he refused to block the execution of a convicted gang founder.
The governor will also celebrate his birthday back home in Santa Monica.
Austrians threw a party for one of their most famous sons -- Arnold Schwarzenegger -- celebrating his 60th birthday Monday with strudels and schnitzels.
"A Day for Arnold," was proclaimed by officials in the Austrian village where the governor was born.
A brass band played, a priest celebrated a special birthday Mass and 59 people joined the mayor of the village in a ceremony to wish Schwarzenegger well.
The mayor also sent the enameled number of the house where Schwarzenegger was born to the governor as a birthday present.
Schwarzenegger emigrated to the U.S. in 1968 and became a naturalized citizen in 1984. Although he remains fairly popular in Austria, he lost a bit of luster in 2005 after he refused to block the execution of a convicted gang founder.
The governor will also celebrate his birthday back home in Santa Monica.