40 years ago today, a Jelly Bean named his seed after a piece of Japanese beef. 40 years later, many of us refer to that beef as a deadly snake (Black Mamba) or a cheap wine (Vino). Many of us have also labeled that beef our favorite or the best ever. And if you are Steve Nash, you just refer to the legend that is Kobe Bryant as a "motherf***ing a**hole."

In honor of that a$$holes' birthday today, here's a timeline of memorable and great moments from arguably the greatest Laker of all-time.

40+ AMAZING KOBE MOMENTS

A couple of years ago, Bleacher Report writer Adam Fromal created a nice tribute to the former iVillage writer called "34 Most Amazing Kobe Bryant Career Highlights to Celebrate Mamba's 34th Birthday." Here's his list plus 6 (or more) videos to celebrate each year of Kobe Bryant's life.

1. Drafted and Traded, 1996 - Picked 13th by the Hornets and traded to the Lakers for Vlade Divac
   
2. First NBA Start, 1997 - Kobe scored 12pts, 3rebs, 2ast, 2stls, 1blk  & Lakers beat the Mavs by 19
   
3. Scoring 33 Against Michael Jordan, 1997 - MJ scored 36 & Bulls won
   
4. Slam Dunk Champion, 1997
   
5. Dunking on Ben Wallace
   
6. 2000 Western Conference Finals, Game 7
   
7. 2000 NBA Finals, Game 4
   
8. All-Star Game MVP, 2002
   
9. Kobe over Todd MacCulloch, 2002
   
10. Hitting 12 3-Pointers, 2003
    
11. Scoring Explosion in February of 2003: 9 straight 4o+ point games
    
12. The Passing of the Torch, 2003 - Kobe scores 55 points against MJ
    
13. Poor Vincent Yarbrough, 2003
    
14. Before They Were Teammates, 2004 - Dunks on Dwight Howard
    
15. Kobe Wins the Division, 2004
    
16. Kobe Goes Reverse Against KG, 2004
    
17. Shaquille O'Neal Traded in 2004
    
18. Outscoring Dallas Mavericks Through Three Quarters, 2006 - 62pts in 3 quarters
    
19. Dropping 81, 2006
    
20. 30 in a Quarter vs Jazz, 2006
    
21. Before They Were Teammates, 2006 -Dunks on Steve Nash
    
22. Kobe over Yao, 2006
    
23. 2006 Western Conference First Round, Game 4
    
24. 50 Is a Nice Number, 2007 - 50+pts in 4 straight games
    
25. The Self-Pass
    
26. 2008 MVP
    
27. 61 at Madison Square Garden, 2009
    
28. 2009 NBA Finals, Game 1
    
29. Becoming the Lakers' All-Time Leading Scorer, 2010
    
30. 2010 Western Conference Finals, Game 6 - 37pts
    
31. Kobe Isn't Human - vs Matt Barnes
    
32. Kobe Posterizes Okafor, 2011
    
33. So many Buzzer Beaters
    
34. All the Championships
    
35. The Final Game
    

If that wasn't a cornucopia of Kobeness for you then feel free to spend the remaining part of your day watching these bonus vids.