what do you know about the year you were born

[wolfdogs]

(i know fred will have fun with this one too...LOL)

me:

cost of living:

new house - 6,650.00
av. income - 2,854.00
new car - 1,290.00
rent - 68.00 per month
movie ticket - .55
gasoline - 15 cents per gallon
stamp - 3 cents

eggs - 23 cents a dozen
hamburger - 42 cents a pound
bread - 13 cents a loaf
milk - 78 cents per gallon


who was born in the same year?

Arnold Swarzenegger
David Bowie
Steven Spielberg
Billy Crystal
Elton John
David Letterman
Richard Dreyfuss
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar

Music:

Chi-Baba Chi-Baba by Perry Como

Mam'selle by Frank Sinatra

Open the Door, Richard by Count Basie

Movies:

Dark Passage
Miracle on 34th Street
The Bishops Wife
The Ghost and Mrs. Muir

National News:

Everglade National Park is established
Congress passes the Taft-Hartley Acto over Trumans Veto.

Word news:

The French break off talks with HO Chi Minh in Vietnam
U.S. gives up the peace effort in China
The first Dead Sea scrolls are discovered..

Life expectancy: 62.9 years.

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so..thats the year I was born... you youngins that keep whinnin about "im gittin old"..... compare these stats......

then realize....you aint so old after all........


LOL

[Rhode Island Red]

about time to give up... you've almost reached your expiration date

[raroZ28]

you forgot invention of the wheel, wolf

j/k, you know you're my favorite old guy.

I know the tigers won the world series for me.

[Gary94Formula]

I'll chime in...


The cold war continued to worsen with the USSR exploding some very large bombs during testing and then masterminding the building of the Berlin Wall separating East from West Berlin, America sent a battle group to Germany and Americans and Russians Glared at each other across the border, due to this uncertainty many Americans built backyard fallout shelters incase of nuclear war. To make matters worse the Americans financed anti-Castro Cubans for an invasion at the bay of pigs which was an unmitigated disaster. The Soviets put the first man in space in April Yuri Gagarin followed by the US in May with Alan Shepard. popular music included Chubby Checkers "The Twist" and top movies included "West Side Story" and "The Parent Trap" .


Cost of Living

Yearly Inflation Rate USA 1.07%
Yearly Inflation Rate UK 2.9%
Average Cost of new house $12,500.00
Average Income per year $5,315.00
Cost of a gallon of Gas 27 cents
Average Cost of a new car $2,850.00
Bacon for 1LB 67 cents
Eggs per dozen 30 cents
Below are some Prices for UK guides in Pounds Stirling

Average House Price 2,770


Fidel Castro declares Cuba is to adopt Communism


US Cuban Exiles and CIA mount unsuccessful attempt to overthrow Castro ( Bay of Pigs )


John F. Kennedy inaugurated as President of the United States


President John F. Kennedy advises American families to build bomb shelters


The Peace Corps is established John F. Kennedy


President Kennedy asks Congress for $531 million to put a man on the moon


Race Riots in Cities throughout the United States


Britain applies for membership of the EEC


Segregation on railways in the south ends


Construction of the Berlin Wall begins.


East German Authorities close the border between east and west Berlin


UN General Assembly condemns Apertheid


Estimate of the Worlds Population reaches 4 billion


Farthings no longer legal tender in Britain


Last Journey of The Orient Express Paris - Bucharest


Amnesty International Started in United Kingdom


Members of The UK Portland Spy Ring are found guilty of selling plans of the HMS Dreadnought, Britain's first nuclear submarine to the Russians


The World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF) started


Popular Culture
The farthing coin, used since the 13th century, ceases to be legal tender in the United Kingdom.
British satirical magazine Private Eye is published for first time
The Jerk , the Frug , the Pony become popular dances
Black and white 5 pound notes cease to be a legal tender in the UK
Popular Films

The Guns of Navarone
The Parent Trap
The Absent-Minded Professor
The Alamo
Swiss Family Robinson
101 Dalmatians
Breakfast at Tiffany's
El Cid
West Side Story
Popular TV

Mister Ed
The Avengers


Yuri Gagarin is the first human in space.


The First inflight movie is shown on TWA


The First electric toothbrush is produced Squibb Co.


Alan Shepard makes first US Space Flight


Niagra Falls starts producing hydroelectric power


The first quasar is discovered by Allan Sandage at Mt Palomar, California


IBM introduces the Selectric typewriter Golfball

[thomas]

were do you guys find this stuff

[Wild Willy]

Gee, I don't remember much, I was sorta young- Without going into the Internet and researching, the stuff I can pretty much recall-

We were a couple years into Dwight Eisenhower's first term- the guy that is credited with creating the phrase "the military industrial complex" in a warning speech when he was leaving- Not sure how much was going on in Korea, yet, though my dad was probably sweating bullets- he was Navy reserve, and probably worried about being called up-

Gas was around 23 cents a gallon, and large candy bars were a nickel- there was plenty of penny candy, and even two for a penny- malted milk balls, root beer barrels- I could hurt myself, really, for a quarter-

School lunches were about 25 cents, and an extra milk was another nickel- We used to do the air raid drills, getting under the desk- I wasn't too interested in cars, yet, and lots of the 50's cars were still 6 volt systems-

Pop tops not invented yet, needed a 'church key' can opener- most vending machines were bottles, anyway, cokes for dime. I think pay phones were still a nickel for a local call- Bottle deposits- 2 cents for a regular bottle, 5 cents for a quart bottle. I would walk along the ditches and fill my wagon with littered bottles, they go cash them in for 25 or 35 cents and stock up on candy!

No color tv, yet-- black and white, and they went off the air at like 12:00 AM, came on at about 6:00 AM- used to run the national anthem and show a flag. Anybody else remember the test patterns? Saturday morning was my time for TV, cartoons- the only time they were on until the Flintstones started up in prime time, Friday nights-

I am at a dangerous age- old enough to have seen much, and young enough to still remember!

[Joe 1320]

Plans to build the New York World Trade Center are announced.

The Rolling Stones release their debut album, The Rolling Stones

The Beatles appear on The Ed Sullivan Show, marking their first live performance on American television.

First Moog synthesizer designed by Robert Moog.

The Good Friday Earthquake, the most powerful earthquake in U.S. history at a magnitude of 9.2, strikes South Central Alaska, killing 125 people and inflicting massive damage to the city of Anchorage, Alaska.

A Dallas, Texas jury finds Jack Ruby guilty of killing John F. Kennedy assassin Lee Harvey Oswald.

U.S. President Lyndon B. Johnson announces that the United States has developed a jet airplane (the A-11), capable of sustained flight at more than 2,000 miles per hour and of altitudes of more than 70,000 feet.

Teamsters President Jimmy Hoffa is convicted by a Federal jury of tampering with a Federal jury in 1962.

The first Ford Mustang rolls off the assembly line at Ford Motor Company.

Former United States President Herbert Hoover dies in New York City.

U.S. presidential election, Incumbent U.S. President Lyndon B. Johnson defeats Republican challenger Barry Goldwater with over 60 percent of the popular vote.

Berkeley Free Speech Movement: Police arrest over 800 students at the University of California, Berkeley, following their takeover and massive sit-in at the administration building, protesting the U.C. Regents' decision to forbid Vietnam War protests on U.C. property.

United States Surgeon General Luther Leonidas Terry reports that smoking may be hazardous to one's health (the first such statement from the U.S. government).

[bru333]

Looks like Gary already posted everything I could have, and a few I had no idea about.

[wolfdogs]

Gee, I don't remember much, I was sorta young- Without going into the Internet and researching, the stuff I can pretty much recall-

We were a couple years into Dwight Eisenhower's first term- the guy that is credited with creating the phrase "the military industrial complex" in a warning speech when he was leaving- Not sure how much was going on in Korea, yet, though my dad was probably sweating bullets- he was Navy reserve, and probably worried about being called up-

Gas was around 23 cents a gallon, and large candy bars were a nickel- there was plenty of penny candy, and even two for a penny- malted milk balls, root beer barrels- I could hurt myself, really, for a quarter-

School lunches were about 25 cents, and an extra milk was another nickel- We used to do the air raid drills, getting under the desk- I wasn't too interested in cars, yet, and lots of the 50's cars were still 6 volt systems-

Pop tops not invented yet, needed a 'church key' can opener- most vending machines were bottles, anyway, cokes for dime. I think pay phones were still a nickel for a local call- Bottle deposits- 2 cents for a regular bottle, 5 cents for a quart bottle. I would walk along the ditches and fill my wagon with littered bottles, they go cash them in for 25 or 35 cents and stock up on candy!

No color tv, yet-- black and white, and they went off the air at like 12:00 AM, came on at about 6:00 AM- used to run the national anthem and show a flag. Anybody else remember the test patterns? Saturday morning was my time for TV, cartoons- the only time they were on until the Flintstones started up in prime time, Friday nights-

I am at a dangerous age- old enough to have seen much, and young enough to still remember!

so...your 47..... the year i was born....LOL

[wolfdogs]

about time to give up... you've almost reached your expiration date

thats the life expectancy for people that lived and was an adult in that year... not born that year..... dillweed!

[Craig 94 TA GT]

Ronald Reagan was sworn into office and had his first inaugural address on the day I was born. The Raiders won the Super Bowl 5 days later...yuck, the Raiders.

[Dave-S]

As part of the old timer crowd here's what was happening when I was born.

Franklin Delano Roosevelt is president of the US
The Battle of the Midway begins, marketing the first major defeat for the Japanese
Fire at the Coconut Grove nightclub in Boston kills 491
Forced detention of 110,000 Japanese Americans on the West Coast begins
German General Rommel is defeated at the Battle of El Alamein
Pan American Airlines becomes the first commercial airline to have a flight go around the world
Stephen Hawking, Muhammad Ali, Tammy Faye Bakker, Martin Scorsese, and Jimi Hendrix born
St. Louis Cardinals win the World Series
Washington Redskins win the NFL championships
Toronto Maple Leafs win the Stanley Cup


and some other stuff:

Average Cost of new house $3,770.00
Average wages per year $1,880.00
Cost of a gallon of Gas 15 cents
Average Cost for house rent $35.00 per month
Bottle Coca Cola 5 cents
Average Price for a new car $920.00

War Bonds introduced raising $13 billion
Cyclone in Bengal Bangladesh kills 61,000
Voice of America begins broadcasting
Car Makers switch from making cars to making War Materials
26 countries agree to create the United nations
World War II
Singapore Surrenders to the Japanese
Norway under German Occupation is ruled by Vidkun Quisling,
The K9 corps begins training dogs for use in warfare
In Allied countries around the world government war efforts encourage the population to help by giving scrap metal as much needed raw materials for guns and tanks
US Gas Rationing goes into effect 3 gallons per week
Executive Order 9066 is signed into law which authorized the physical removal of all Japanese Americans into internment camps
The Mediterranean island of Malta is awarded the George Cross Medal for Bravery


Popular Culture
Popular Films

Road to Morocco, starring Bob Hope, Bing Crosby, and Dorothy Lamour
Casablanca
Bambi
Mrs. Miniver
Yankee Doodle Dandy
Holiday Inn
Popular Musicians

" White Christmas " Bing Crosby
" Deep in the heart of Texas " by Alvino Ray


Technology
Worlds first Nuclear Reactor Built in Chicago
Manhattan Project Started
Instant Coffee Introduced

Inventions Invented by Inventors and Country ( or attributed to First Use )
Atomic Power USA by Enrico Fermi's team creating first self-sustaining chain reaction
Napalm USA from Harvard University
Guided Missile Germany by Werner von Braun

[Rhode Island Red]

thats the life expectancy for people that lived and was an adult in that year... not born that year..... dillweed!

you must of known I knew that

[Wild Willy]

So, this was (just a little bit) before my time- when did FDR die, and Harry S Truman take the reins? I know he was the guy that had to make the decision to drop the A-bomb on Hiroshima. I know in his election that the press thought he lost, I have seen photos of him standing next to newspapers proclaiming the "DEWEY WINS!"
I didn't check in until 1954, apparently putting me in the middle of the pack in this group- Maybe we should change the name to the 'old guys car club....'

[Jeff 97SS]

I was born in 1970, widely regarded as the peak of the original musclecar era, which is about all I know of the year. Unfortunantly I was much to young to buy a 450 HP big block Chevelle SS, GTO Judge, Hemi Cuda or Challenger, or a Boss 429 Mustang. If only my parents put one of the fore-mentioned vehicles away for me. If they did, I haven't found it yet. If it's any consolation, I guess my 97 SS is better on gas.