Friday, September 28, 2012

Birthday

It's my birthday and I decided to look and see what was going on the year I was born.

•  First meeting of the UN in London

•  The Philippines gained their independence from the US

•  The first automatice electronic digital computer ENIAC is dedicated at the University of      Pennsylvania

•  A first class stamp costs $0.03

•  Gas cost $0.15 a gallon

•  A new car cost $1,120

•  A new house cost $5,600

•  Average wages were $2500 a year

•  Born that year were Cher, Donald Trump, George W. Bush, Sylvester Stallone, Steven Spielburg and
   Bill Clinton

Flash forward to 2012.

•  The UN is in New York and it's a waste of time and money

•  The Phillippines are set to be the next important economy

•  A first class stamp costs $0.45

•  Gas locally costs $3.65 a gallon

•  Average price of a new car is a bit over $30,000

•  Average price of a new house $295,300

•  Average wage (according to the Soc.Sec. Admn.) is $41,673

We'll have to wait a while to see if anyone interesting was born this year.

What happened the year you were born?

4 comments:

  1. Wishing you a very happy birthday. Hope you're being spoiled rotten and having a great day x

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  2. Yes, a very happy birthday to you!

    I don't know what happened the year I was born - I was too young at the time to pay any attention. (You asked for it, you know.) :)

    Love the new header painting!

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  3. Belated happy birthday wishes! Great idea for a post, I'll try to remember that for some day when I've got the time to look into it (what happened in the year I was born, I mean). As Mrs Micawber says, we tend to be rather self-centered at the time...

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  4. Belated birthday wishes, hope you had a wonderful day:)

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