'magical' 777 Baby, A baby girl born on 7 July 2007 — 07/07/07 Options

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THAILAND
'Magical' 777 baby gets scholarship

Wed, 18 Jul 2007

A baby girl born on 7 July 2007 — 07/07/07 — in the back of a Thai taxi bearing the licence plate 7777 is to receive a scholarship worth 700 000 baht ($21 000), a college said on Wednesday.

The girl, who has not yet been named but received the nickname "Seven," is just days old, but the Panyapiwat Institution of Technology has promised her a bursary until she graduates.

"It is an unconditional scholarship that we gave to her because she was born on 7 July of the year 2007, and in a taxi with the licence plate 7777," said Ratana Prasertsom, the rector of the institute.

"And when the mother and girl checked in at the hospital, they were given room 707 on the seventh floor."

Thais place great faith in the mystical importance of numbers, and the succession of sevens in the baby's birth has been seen as deeply auspicious. Newspapers have devoted entire pages to the infant and her good fortune.

AFP

Hi Kinjo-

I love stories like that, thank you. It would be wonderful to know how her life unfolds, check in with her every 7years. This has reminded me of another magickal birthday. In 1988 there was a baby born Aug.8, 1988 @ 8:18am. I have never herd anything more about her, ok I just googled the date- she is a British princess, Beatrice, and thats it. She must be very private (or boring).
With all the sevens involved with this Thai baby, and it being a natural birth, she truly is something special. I feel she will make more of a stir in the world than Princess B.

Thanks
fiona