Taking a day off today.. But.. figured I'd do up something... kinda had fun searching back thru 'yesterday'... Most of us have been around long enough to witness the below.. and it leaves one wondering what tomorrow will bring... Happy reading...
1997... World mourns loss of Princess Dianna… TWA Flight 800, a Boeing 747 bound for Paris, exploded shortly after takeoff from New York… Timothy McVeigh and Terry Nichols convicted for their roles in the Oklahoma City bombing… Jeff Gordon won the Winston Cup (wow)… Bill was in office, and in the humidor… 21 year old Tiger Woods wins his first major… Michael Jordan led the NBA in scoring for the 9th time, and led the Bulls to their 5th NBA title… 27 yr old Brett Favre led the Packers to a Super Bowl win.. Dolly, the ewe, was cloned… On New Year’s Eve, gasoline was $1.30 per gallon… Ground beef was $.89-$1.40 a lb.... ER, Seinfeld, Suddenly Susan, Friends.. Life expectancy women 79.9 years, men 74.3 years… Bell Bottoms made a brief return… More and more wearing vintage fashion.. Showing skin also has become more fashionable - Mid-drift tops, spaghetti-strapped tops and min-skirts…
1987 The Cosby Show, Family Ties, Cheers, Murder - She Wrote… NY Giants beat Denver in Super Bowl XXI, .. Supreme Court rules Rotary Club must admit women… Postage stamp .22 Top movies: Moonstruck, Wall Street, The Last Emperor, Fatal Attraction… Prozac sales begin.. Best Picture: Platoon.. Reagan roamed the White House… Hillary Duff born… Average monthly rent $395.. Gas, .89/gallon.. Terry Waite kidnapped in Beirut.. Disposable contacts debut.. Fads included parachute pants, jelly bracelets, dying hair in punk circles… “Big” hair and curled bangs were popular…
1977 Happy Days, Laverne & Shirley, M*A*S*H, Charlie’s Angels… The Oakland Raiders win Super Bowl XI… Jimmy was in Office… Median Household income $13,572... Bjorn Borg won Wimbledon… Seattle Slew took the Derby.. Notre Dame NCAA football champs… Rocky wins Best Picture.. Also, Saturday Night Fever, Star Wars, Annie Hall, Close Encounters of the Third Kind… “The King” checks out in Memphis.. We also lost Bing, Groucho and Charlie Chaplin… “I write the songs” Grammy song of the year.. Sarah Michelle Gellar, Ludacris, Liv Tyler born… Gasoline, .64 per gallon.. Dozen eggs .82.. Dow Jones hit 999...
1967 Bonanza, The Red Skelton Hour, The Andy Griffith Show.. In the very first Super Bowl, Green Bay defeats the Chiefs 35-10... Born: Tim McGraw, Nicole Kidman, Julia Roberts, Will Ferrell… Race riots breakout in Detroit, NYC’s Spanish Harlem, Birmingham, AL… Postage stamp - a nickel.. Rolling Stone magazine debuts… “Strangers in the Night” -Sinatra, record of the year… First heart transplant performed.. We lose Spencer Tracy, Woody Guthrie and John Coltrane.. Mantle hits his 500th .. Westmoreland requests more troops for Viet Nam.. Milk $1.15 a gallon, Bread .22... Gallon of gas .28... New car $2,425.00.. Average income $6,120.. Best Actress Katherine Hepburn in “Guess Who’s Coming to Dinner” Actor: Steiger in “In the Heat of the Night.” Lyndon Johnson in Office…Flloyd Patterson Heavyweight Champ…
1957 I Love Lucy, The Ed Sullivan Show, The $64,000 question, Gunsmoke… Detroit Lions win the NFL title… Born: Vince Gill, Melanie Griffith, Gloria Estefan, Lyle Lovette (WHAT was Julia thinking?).. Russia launches Sputnik - the first orbiting satellite … Ike in Office… Milwaukee Braves win World Series… West Side Story debuts.. The world was introduced to Jerry Mathers as The Beaver… Top movies: The Bridge on the River Kwai, Peyton Place, Twelve Angry Men.. Bogie checked out… Minimum Wage $1.00/hr.. Dow Jones average 435.. New Home $20,000... Life expectancy men, 67 years, women 73 years… Underclothes items such as corsets or bodices were popular.. Hip pads werer worn in some dresses… Biker and beatnick fashion became hip: leather, wools, minks, crocodile skins…
Happy memories, love, Victurd.
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