What was happening when I was born>>>

[HammerDown]

Population......171,274,000
3 Bed Room Home...$12,2225
Average Income....$4,971
Price of a Ford...$2,045
Gasoline-1Gal.....$.31
Bread,1 lb........$.19
Milk,1 gal........$1.00
Postage stamp.....$.03
A pair of Levi's .$3.95
Lennon met McCartney
What people were talking about in 1957...American Bandstand,Leave it to Beaver,and Perry Mason began TV series.Pat Boone, Everly Brothers were populae singers...
Birth of a very well known car...57 Chevy.
The new toy out...Frisbe, made by Whamo!
Popular movie.....Jail House Rock,with Elvis.
[ January 20, 2003, 09:11 AM: Message edited by: HammerDown ]

[Blown 472]

Your dads eyes were watering cuz your mom was squezzing his hand so hard???

[Her454]

I've been taking up space now for 14713 days, AND I share John Lennons B-day.
Big News was Col John Glenn became the 1st American in Orbit when he circled the world in the capsule Frienship 7.
Marilyn Monroe was found dead in her LA home.
MLB-New York Yankees
NFL Champs - GreenBay PAckers
Cost of a CHEVY- 5,029.00
Gunsmoke premiered.....
[ January 20, 2003, 09:00 AM: Message edited by: Her454 ]

[HammerDown]

[QUOTE]Originally posted by Her454:
I've been taking up space now for 14713 days, AND I share John Lennons B-day.
Big News was Col John Glenn became the 1st American in Orbit when he circled the world in the capsule Frienship 7.
Marilyn Monroe was found dead in her LA home.
MLB-New York Yankees
NFL Champs - GreenBay PAckers
Cost of a CHEVY- 5,029.00
Gunsmoke premiered..... [/QUOTE)
Ya shared Lennons B-Day....Oct.9'th 1940. eek! Ya look good for your age wink ...oops, sorry again

[ACCEPTENCE]

Her454:
I've been taking up space now for 14713 days, AND I share John Lennons B-day.
Big News was Col John Glenn became the 1st American in Orbit when he circled the world in the capsule Frienship 7.
Marilyn Monroe was found dead in her LA home.
MLB-New York Yankees
NFL Champs - GreenBay PAckers
Cost of a CHEVY- 5,029.00
Gunsmoke premiered..... So yes, I did the math on 14713, could that be right???

[carreraelite]

My calculater says 40.3, maybe she just shares the date not the year??

[Her454]

tough crowd......the date, NOT the year. eek!

[Kindsvater Flat]

carreraelite:
My calculater says 40.3, maybe she just shares the date not the year?? I thought we were never to bring up a womans age.

[carreraelite]

It's not up, It's just where it belongs!! :D

[Her454]

Kindsvater Flat:
carreraelite:
My calculater says 40.3, maybe she just shares the date not the year?? I thought we were never to bring up a womans age. GENTLEMAN Dont. :D

[carreraelite]

Alright,My bad cry

[Her454]

carreraelite:
Alright,My bad cry all is forgiven. wink

[carreraelite]

Thanks, I won't let it happen again. :)

[Her454]

this thread got "math" hijacked. Back to the original question....well?

[carreraelite]

If you figure it out , let me know if I can copy it!!

[Liberator TJ1984]

Holy Crapppppppp ! eek! 15058 days on this place so far jawdrop the bad part is it seems to be getting worse :(
1961 lets see :D
MAJOR EVENTS:
Outgoing President Eisenhower issues warning of a "military industrial complex" developing in America
President Kennedy establishes Peace Corps
Cuban exiles fail in their bid to invade Cuba through the Bay of Pigs; President Kennedy accepts responsibility
Soviets build wall dividing East and West Berlin
Nazi leader Adolf Eichmann tried in Israel, found guilty
"Freedom Riders" travel throughout the South to test and promote integration measures; many are assaulted and beaten
SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY:
Soviet cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin becomes first human in space during a single-orbit flight
Commander Alan Shephard Jr. becomes first American in space in a suborbital flight aboard Mercury 3; Virgil Grissom follows in similar fashion two months later
Soviet space probe Venera 1 becomes the first man-made vehicle to reach another planet when it arrives at Venus
First lasers developed
Anthropologists Louis and Mary Leakey discover Homo habilis in the Olduvai Gorge in Tanzania
SPORTS:
World Series: New York Yankees over Cincinnati, 4-1
Ty Cobb dies
ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT:
Movies: West Side Story, The Hustler, Judgment at Nuremburg
Songs: Moon River, Where the Boys Are, Will You Love Me Tomorrow, Blue Moon, The Lion Sleeps Tonight
TV Shows: Bullwinkle, Walt Disney's Wonderful World of Color, Hazel, Dick Van Dyke Show, Top Cat
Books: Stranger in a Strange Land, Robert Heinlein; Catch-22, Joseph Heller; The Carpetbaggers, Harold Robbins; The Making of the President: 1960, Theodore White; The Agony and the Ecstasy, Irving Stone; The Winter of Our Discontent, John Steinbeck
Henry Miller's 1934 novel Tropic of Cancer published legally in the U.S. for the first time
Ernest Hemmingway dies of a self-inflicted gunshot wound
Gary Cooper dies
EVERYDAY LIFE:
Electric toothbrushes introduced
"Frito" corn chips appear
FUN FACTS:
"Barbie" gets a boyfriend when the "Ken" doll is introduced
What the Hell It's been one Wild Ride !!

[HammerDown]

Her454:
this thread got "math" hijacked. Back to the original question....well? Good point, no more #'s
I still cant belive a Co. named Whamo made something famous called a Frisbe. And then theres the Slinky...WTF! Silly Putty that was cool, 007 Brief Case that shot bullets...I found out my pet fish didnt live long out of water. I'll go with that.
What famous toys were around when you were a (little)kid! And I'm not talking the neighbors daughter eek! !

[Her454]

HammerDown:
What famous toys were around when you were a (little)kid! And I'm not talking the neighbors daughter eek! ! I never touched the neighbors daughter but the little boy next door was fun to play with eek! My favorite were Hot Wheels (I still collect them and have the original tire case I carried them in) and Play Doh, had a pedal Bat-mobile too, used to tie a towel around my neck for a cape and pretend I was Cat woman wink , and I loved my spirograph and lite bright.

[Liberator TJ1984]

GI Joes,Red Ryder BB guns , Slingshots,Hula Hoops,Slip and Slides,Jolly Green Giant Kites...friggin'huge..used to fly ours w/80# line and salt water reels ,Tonto bow and arrow kits,Operation Game,Green Hornet Outfits...etc,etc,etc,,
No worrys at all back then :D

[HammerDown]

Yep...GI-Jo was the man, I had all the cool clothes for him Scuba, had the GI-Jeep all that crap! How about that western figure dude, Johny West? Had him to with his Indian friend.
But what got me into the car stuff was Match Box and Hot Wheels and cant leave out Johny Lightning. I had the biggest HO Car track on the block...that was the shit. Then came the Cox gas Dune Buggy, and the VW with the pull to start cord...ahhhh memories!
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