Is your birthday approaching? Just want to find out some cool information about the year you were born? Give this a whirl... You only need to give it your name and a date. Graphics are kinda cool too as the gears turn. So, maybe I'm easy.....
The year I was born:
The average wage earner made $4,650.00 per year, a loaf of bread sold for $.19, a new car sold for $2,200.00 and gas cost $.24 per gallon. One of the top songs was "The Purple People Eater" by Sheb Wooley. Hey, I remember some of those lyrics, yikes!
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ok, that was cool! Here are the highlights from my year -
The National Football League title goes to the Green Bay Packers after a 23-12 victory over the Cleveland Browns. No wonder I'm a fan :)
A gallon of milk sold for $1.05, a loaf of bread sold for $.21, a new car sold for $2,350.00, a gallon of gas sold for $.24
The average wage earner made $6,469.00 per year
Most popular soung was I Got You Babe by Sonny & Cher. Also topping the musical charts:My Girl by The Temptations; Stop! In the Name of Love by The Supremes; and the ever popular Ticket to Ride by Beatles.
Gallon of milk was $.84; bread $.14...Frankie Lane was a hot commodity. Oh dear......let me get my cane.
And the big news for me: The Braves move from Boston to Milwaukee. WOO HOO!
Oooh, goodie, someone older than I am! Hurray for Logjam!
AH SHIT!!!!
I'm glad I made you feel better Beejay...be it at my expense, I'm still happy for you...
Liz and I are the same age. What's odd is this:Packers beat the Cowboys 34-27 to win the NFL title. Gallon of milk was $1.11,loaf of bread was $.22,gallon of gas was $.23,and new car was $2410.
The popular songs were Rolling Stones-Paint it Black,The Beatles-We Can Work It Out and the Lovin' Spoonful-Summer in the City. I'm a big fan of these songs!
The website only works back to the year 1880, so there are no stats available for my birthday.
Summer in the City...omigod! I hate these kids...Orbs and KK can't we do something about them...Summer in the City....oh no....
a gallon of milk sold for $.84, a loaf of bread sold for $.14, a new car sold for $1,650.00, a gallon of gas sold for $.20, and a new house sold for $14,300.00. The Dow Jones Industrial Average was about 200.13.
Holly bajesus that's old...ain't it Beejay?
Beejay, father time will get them too. There is only one way out of getting older... and I still have way too much kick for that!
SER, I find it amusing that gas when we were born was $.20/per gal and when I got my first car in 1969 (68 Mustang), I paid .23/gal and filled it up for less than $3!
Oh, I loved that car...wide oval tires, 'c' stripe on the side.....
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