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On The Day That You Were Born

Sun, 08/03/2008 - 6:39am by Beachwalker
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TIME CAPSULE

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This is a cool website that allows you to type in any date
to find out what happened that day in history. Find out the
top headlines, hit songs, prices, and what else was going
on the day you were born!

Visit: TIME CAPSULE

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  • 1

    This seems amazing! Thanks for sharing Beach!
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    "You jump, I jump remember?"
    - Jack played by Leonardo DiCaprio (Titanic)

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  • 7

    That was really great. I plan to send that to my friends and family.

    Thursday, May 27, 1971
    Top News Headlines This Week:
    May 23 - Rock group Iron Butterfly disbands
    May 27 - 23rd Walker Cup: Great Britain/Ireland 13-United States 11
    May 27 - UCLA wins NCAA basketball championship
    May 28 - Paul McCartney releases his 2nd solo album "Ram"

    Top Songs for 1971
    Knock Three Times by Dawn
    Maggie May by Rod Stewart
    How Can You Mend a Broken Heart by Bee Gees
    Go Away Little Girl by Donny Osmond
    It's Too Late by Carole King
    Family Affair by Sly & the Family Stone
    Joy to the World by Three Dog Night
    One Bad Apple by Osmonds
    Brand New Key by Melanie
    Gypsies, Tramps & Thieves by Cher

    1971 Prices
    Bread: $0.25/loaf
    Milk: $1.32/gal
    Eggs: $1.18/doz
    Car: $3,742
    Gas: $0.36/gal

    US President Richard M. Nixon
    US Vice President Spiro T. Agnew

    Academy Award Winners
    Best Picture: The French Connection Directed By William Friedkin
    Best Actor: Gene Hackman in The French Connection
    Best Actress: Jane Fonda in Klute

    House: $28,300
    Stamp: $0.08/ea
    Avg Income: $11,583/yr
    Min Wage: $1.60/hr
    DOW Avg: 890

    People born on May 27
    1911 - Vincent Price St Louis MO, actor (House on Haunted Hill, The House of Usher, Pit and the Pendulum, Scream and Scream Again, The Fly)
    1818 - Amelia Jenks Bloomer suffragette known for her pantaloons
    1961 - Peri Gilpin Waco TX, actor (Roz Doyle-Frasier)
    1837 - "Wild Bill" Hickok [James Butler] cowboy/scout
    1965 - Todd Bridges San Fransisco CA, actor (Diff'rent Strokes, Fish)
    1871 - Georges-Henri Rouault Fr expressionist painter (Miserere et Guerre)
    1907 - Rachel Louise Carson biologist/ecologist/writer (Silent Spring)
    1923 - Henry Kissinger Secretary of State (1973-77)/Nobel Peace Prize (1973)
    1935 - Lee Meriwether Los Angeles CA, Miss America (Time Tunnel, Barnaby Jones)
    1961 - Cathy Silvers New York NY, actress (Jenny-Happy Days, Foley Square)
    1936 - Louis Gossett Jr Brooklyn NY, actor (An Officer & a Gentleman, The Deep)
    1957 - Siouxsie Sioux [Janet Susan Dallion] Kent England, punk rock vocalist (Siouxsie & the Bandshee-Wild Thing)
    1971 - Monika Schnarre Toronto Ontario Canada, actress (Ivana-Bold & Beautiful)

    On TV in 1971
    The Ed Sullivan Show
    Adam-12
    The Brady Bunch
    The Carol Burnett Show
    The Beverly Hillbillies
    Bewitched
    The Odd Couple
    Columbo
    Gunsmoke
    Mission: Impossible
    All in the Family
    Hawaii Five-0
    The Mary Tyler Moore Show
    Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In
    Hogan's Heroes
    Bonanza
    Green Acres

    Hot New Toys in 1971
    Easy-Bake Premier Oven
    Toss Across
    Barrel of Monkeys
    Mastermind
    Spirograph
    Nerf Ball
    Silly String
    Weebles

    48 weeks 2 days ago Report Comment

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