Deleting "Birthday" Calendar

I synchronize my iPhone with my Outlook calendar (and contacts) from my PC which runs Windows XP. When I upgraded to the iPhone 4 last week, a new calendar came up on my new phone called "Birthdays", and I have no idea where this came from. It currently has no events / entries. The "calendar" calendar is where all of my data in Outlook resides, but it is now displayed in red, or with a red dot (depending on the way I want to view it on the screen).
How do I delete the "birthdays" calendar?

The birthday calendar is a new feature for iOS 4. It pulls data from your contact entries. To turn it off: Tap the Calendar App>Tap Calendars>Other>Remove the check next to Birthdays.
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