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So today being March 9th, at least for now, is my birthday. My 38th birthday to be precise. It's not just mine, it's Adrian's and Skippy's too, (Both of whom are precisely a year older than I am, BWAAHAHAHAAHAHAHAAA)
ANYway, I thought I'd dig up some of the random stuff and people that happened on this day, 'cause it's kind of neat sometimes.
Stuff that happened the day I was born
On 9 Mar 67, Svetlana Allilueva, Stalin's daughter, defected to the West, and L Chernykh discovered asteroid #1790 Volkov
Stuff that happened LONG before I was born
First battle between metal/ironclad ships happened when the Monitor defeated the Virginia on 9 Mar 1862
Top songs of 9 Mar 67:
Groovin' by the Young Rascals
Daydream Believer by The Monkees
Somethin' Stupid by Nancy & Frank Sinatra
Light My Fire by the Doors
Windy by The Association
Happy Together by The Turtles
To Sir with Love by Lulu
Ode to Billie Joe by Bobbie Gentry
The Letter by The Box Tops
Hello Goodbye by The Beatles
Lyndon Johnson was U.S. President, Hubert H. Humphrey was U.S. Vice President
A gallon of gas was $.33US
A car averaged $2,425US
The average house cost $24,600US
The average US income was $8,801/yr
The U.S. Minimum wage was $1.40US
The DOW Avg was 905
Oscar Winners for 1967
Best Picture: In The Heat Of The Night, Produced By Walter Mirisch
Best Actor: Rod Steiger, In The Heat Of The Night
Best Actress: Katherine Hepburn, Guess Who's Coming To Dinner
Other people born on 9 Mar
1918 - Mickey Spillane, [Frank], Brooklyn NY, mystery writer (I the Jury)
1959 - Barbie doll (Mattel)
1965 - Brian Bosworth NFL quarterback (Seattle)
1454 - Amerigo Vespucci, Italian explorer (America)
1943 - Trish Van Devere [Patricia Dressel] Englewood Cliffs NJ, actress (Changeling, Movie Movie, Hearse)
1971 - Emmanuel Lewis Brooklyn NY, actor (Webster)
1791 - George Hayward, US, surgeon, 1st to use ether
1948 - Jeffrey Osborne Providence RI, funk vocalist (Earth, Wind, & Fire and Solo)
1912 - Alan David Melville polymath
1917 - Dante B Fascell (Representative-Democrat-FL (Miami))
1934 - Yuri Gagarin Russia, cosmonaut, 1st man into space (aboard Vostok 1)
1936 - Glenda Jackson Birkenhead Cheshire England, actress (Hopscotch, Touch of Class)
1943 - Bobby Fischer US, world chess champion (1972-75)
1936 - Mickey Gilley Ferriday LA, country singer (Urban Cowboy)
1942 - John Cale Welsh/US bassist/violinist/singer (Velvet Underground)
1950 - Danny Sullivan Indy-car racer (over 10 wins)
TV Shows on in March of '67
Hogan's Heroes The Carol Burnett Show Green Acres
The Ed Sullivan Show Dragnet Petticoat Junction
The Virginian Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theater The Beverly Hillbillies
The F.B.I. The Jackie Gleason Show I Spy
Rat Patrol Walt Disney's Wonderful World of Color Get Smart
The Red Skelton Show Bonanza Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In
Bewitched The Dean Martin Show It Takes a Thief
The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour I Dream of Jeannie Tarzan
Books of 1967
Children of Crisis by Robert Coles
Speak, Memory by Vladimir Nabokov
Up a Road Slowly by Irene Hunt
The Art of the Soluble by Peter B. Medawar
That's not everything, but a bit of a snapshot, and kind of neat to see what was happening almost 40 years ago.
Not 40, but almost. Two years for 40. That's important. 38, NOT 39, or 40.
50 is RIGHT out.
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Today is also my brother's 38th birthday. Looking at the prices of things the year you were born can always make you feel old, but he got a far worse shock. Last week, a letter from some generic insurance company arrived that began "With your upcoming 65th birthday, we would like to offer..." Take comfort if those haven't started arriving for you yet, and Happy Birthday.
Posted by: Liz | March 9, 2005 08:54 AM
BWAAHHAHAHAHAHAAH
Luckily I haven't gotten that yet...just a lot of smarmy comments from my son.
Posted by: John C. Welch | March 9, 2005 04:34 PM
the Monitor defeated the Virginia ?? Don't you mean the merrimack?
xoxo old dude.
G
Posted by: Gypsye Dammette | March 9, 2005 06:57 PM
heh...common mistake.
The Merrimack was the ship's name as a Union vessel. The Confederacy captured it, and rechristened it as the C.S.S. Virginia. It was later burned and scuttled.
Parts were recovered, but it was a navigation nusiance, so the major part of the hull was destroyed during dredging.
Posted by: John C. Welch | March 9, 2005 07:01 PM
I actually did remember your birthday... just not on the correct date. I remembered it last week. These are the problems with refusing to cooperate with time...
You cannot possibly be 38, because that would make me... Oh, never mind. I'm expecting one of those AARP things any day.
HAPPY BIRTHDAY
From your Ma, her strange Hubby, and the Biscuit.
Posted by: Karen | March 9, 2005 10:51 PM
Happy Birthday!
Posted by: Mike Zornek | March 11, 2005 03:54 PM
Thanks!
Posted by: John C. Welch | March 11, 2005 10:38 PM
I can't believe I'm older than you! Happy belated birthday fellow pisces.
Posted by: Mark | March 12, 2005 10:41 PM
Happy birthday, you are olllllld ;p If you're almost 40, that means I'm almost 30, and I am not sure I can accept that. So let's agree to start going in reverse with each year. Next year we'll be 27 and 37, respectively. In ten years I'll be 18 again, and you'll be 28. At that point, I will start going forward again until 20 years from now when I once again reach 28, and then reverse again. You can choose to reverse all the way back to 18 or just go to 28, depending on what works for you. The only problem is, if you keep wanting to date women half your age, you'll have to go younger, and then you'll start getting into issues of legality and morality. Maybe stick with women who are at least 21 or 22 so you don't get charged with intoxicating a minor. I know it will be rough, but stand strong :p
Anyway, happy birthday, my fine friend.
Love,
Rachel (who is about to go lie out by the pool in beautiful sunny Arizona, where it will be in the 80's today, so come visit her soon. And who also has BROWN hair. Not Red, BROWN, I SAY!)
Posted by: Rachel | March 13, 2005 10:04 AM