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EmeraldSkies

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On this day in history...

Just enter your birthday,and it gives you all this information about the day,and year you were born. Here is mine...

Top News Headlines This Week:
May 20 - Soyuz 14 returns to Earth May 22 - Ruffian begins her racing career as a filly & dies 14 months later May 22 - Soccer team Veendam forms May 22 - US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site May 23 - Great Britain performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site May 23 - Italian Red Brigade officer Mario Sossi freed

Top Songs
Billy, Don't Be a Hero by Bo Donaldson & the Heywoods
Seasons In the Sun by Terry Jacks
Kung Fu Fighting by Carl Douglas
The Loco-Motion by Grand Funk
The Way We Were by Barbra Streisand
TSOP (The Sound of Philadelphia)by MFSB with the Three Degrees
The Streak by Ray Stevens
Annie's Song by John Denver
Having My Baby by Paul Anka
I Can Help by Billy Swan

Prices
Bread: $0.28/loaf
Milk: $1.39/gal
Eggs: $1.24/doz
Car: $4,440
Gas: $0.53/gal
House: $38,900
Stamp: $0.10/ea
Avg Income: $14,711/yr
Min Wage: $2.00/hr
DOW Avg: 616

Academy Award Winners
Best Picture: The Godfather Part Ii
Directed By Francis Ford Coppola
Best Actor: Art Carney
in Harry And Tonto
Best Actress: Ellen Burstyn
in Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore

On TV
Emergency
The Bob Newhart Show
M*A*S*H
Little House on the Prairie
The Rockford File
The Waltons
All in the Family
Columbo
Happy Days
The Mary Tyler Moore Show

Hot New Toys
Connnect Four
Evel Knievel Dragster
Star Trek figures
Evel Knievel Stunt Stadium
Monchhichi
Planet of the Apes figures
Digger the Dog
Rubik's Cube
Sit 'N Spin


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Music washes away from the soul the dust of everyday life. ~Berthold Auerbach
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Reply #1 posted 12/20/08 10:29am

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Reply #2 posted 12/20/08 11:23am

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Well this thread bombed neutral lol
Music washes away from the soul the dust of everyday life. ~Berthold Auerbach
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Reply #3 posted 12/20/08 4:18pm

Mach

Top News Headlines This Week:
Apr 10 - Demolition begins on Polo Grounds to clear way for housing project Apr 10 - Iranian motor launch catches fire & sinks killing 113 (Persian Gulf) Apr 11 - "Anyone Can Whistle" closes at Majestic Theater NYC after 9 perfs Apr 12 - 28th Golf Masters Championship: Arnold Palmer wins, shooting a 276 Apr 12 - Sandra Haynie wins LPGA Baton Rouge Ladies' Golf Open Invitational Apr 12 - Arnold Palmer wins his 4th Masters golf tournament
Top Songs for 1964
The House of the Rising Sun by Animals Can't Buy Me Love by Beatles
Oh, Pretty Woman by Roy Orbison I Feel Fine by Beatles
There! I've Said It Again by Bobby Vinton I Want to Hold Your Hand by Beatles
She Loves You by Beatles Baby Love by Supremes
Chapel of Love by Dixie Cups I Get Around by Beach Boys

1964 Prices US President
Bread: $0.21/loaf Lyndon B. Johnson
Milk: $1.06/gal US Vice President
Eggs: $0.98/doz No Vice President
Car: $2,350 Academy Award Winners
Gas: $0.30/gal Best Picture: My Fair Lady
Directed By George Cukor
Best Actor: Rex Harrison
in My Fair Lady
Best Actress: Julie Andrews
in Mary Poppins

House: $20,500
Stamp: $0.05/ea
Avg Income: $7,336/yr
Min Wage: $1.25/hr
DOW Avg: 874
People born on April 10
1936 - John Madden Oakland Raiders football coach, CBS sports commentator
1938 - Don Meredith Mount Vernon Texas, NFL QB (Cowboys)/Mon Night Football
1921 - Chuck Connors Bkln NY, actor (Rifleman, Branded, Cowboy in Africa)
1932 - Omar Sharif [Michael Shalhoub], Egypt, actor (Dr Zhivago, Top Secret)

On TV in 1964
The Dick Van Dyke Show The Beverly Hillbillies The Man From U.N.C.L.E.
Gilligan's Island The Flinstones Bewitched
The Fugitive The Addams Family The Twilight Zone
The Andy Griffith Show

Hot New Toys in 1964
Nutty Mads Gun That Shoots Around The Corner Bobbing Head Beatles Dolls
Foto-Electric Pro Football Hall of Fame Game Addams Family "Thing" Bank Easy Bake Oven
Agent Zero-M Invisible Ink Set Creepy Crawlers Mad Magazine Straight Jacket

Top Books in 1964
It's Like This, Cat by Emily Cheney Neville Why We Can't Wait, Martin Luther King by Jr.
Shadow and Act by Ralph Ellison
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horatio

EmeraldSkies said:

Well this thread bombed neutral lol



agree nod
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Reply #5 posted 12/20/08 4:27pm

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Tuesday, November 26, 1974
Top News Headlines This Week:
Nov 26 - Approximately 140 die when suspension bridge collapses (Nepal) Nov 26 - Catfish Hunter & Charlie Finley meet in arbitration Nov 26 - Greenidge scores 107 in 2nd innings of Test Cricket debut v India Nov 27 - Cardinals outfielder Bake McBride wins NL Rookie of Year Nov 28 - Bowie Kuhn suspends George Steinbrenner for 2 years Nov 28 - John Lennon's last concert appearance (Elton John concert in MSG NYC)

Top Songs for 1974
Billy, Don't Be a Hero by Bo Donaldson & the Heywoods Seasons In the Sun by Terry Jacks
Kung Fu Fighting by Carl Douglas The Loco-Motion by Grand Funk
The Way We Were by Barbra Streisand TSOP (The Sound of Philadelphia) by MFSB with the Three Degrees
The Streak by Ray Stevens Having My Baby by Paul Anka
Annie's Song by John Denver I Can Help by Billy Swan

1974 Prices US President
Bread: $0.28/loaf Gerald R. Ford
Milk: $1.39/gal US Vice President
Eggs: $1.24/doz Nelson A. Rockefeller
Car: $4,440 Academy Award Winners
Gas: $0.53/gal Best Picture: The Godfather Part Ii
Directed By Francis Ford Coppola
Best Actor: Art Carney
in Harry And Tonto
Best Actress: Ellen Burstyn
in Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore

House: $38,900
Stamp: $0.10/ea
Avg Income: $14,711/yr
Min Wage: $2.00/hr
DOW Avg: 616
People born on November 26
1938 - Rich Little Ottawa Canada, impressionist/actor (Love on a Rooftop)
1938 - Tina Turner [Anna Mae Bullock], Brownsville TX, singer (Proud Mary)
1933 - Robert Goulet Lawrence MA, singer/actor (Camelot, Naked Gun 2«)

On TV in 1974
Emergency The Bob Newhart Show M*A*S*H
Little House on the Prairie The Rockford Files The Waltons
All in the Family Happy Days The Mary Tyler Moore Show
Columbo

Hot New Toys in 1974
Connnect Four Evel Knievel Dragster Star Trek figures
Evel Knievel Stunt Stadium Monchhichi Planet of the Apes figures
Digger the Dog Rubik's Cube Sit 'N Spin

Top Books in 1974
Pilgrim at Tinker Creek by Annie Dillard The Lives of a Cell by Lewis Thomas
Working by Studs Terkel The Power Broker by Robert A. Caro
The Slave Dancer by Paula Fox



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