Today I am 50. One year closer to retirement. Works for me. I was looking for 50 things that happened on Sept 23rd. I didn't have much luck. Then I got a Happy Birthday e-mail from Lindsay. It had just what I was looking for. Thanks Lindsay you're a sweetheart.
Wednesday, September 23, 1959
| Top News Headlines This Week: |
Sep 21 - 600 Indian Dutch emigrate to US
Sep 26 - Japan hit by typhoon Vera; about 5,000 die |
| Top Songs for 1959 |
| Lonely Boy by Paul Anka | The Battle of New Orleans by Johnny Horton |
| The Three Bells by The Browns | Smoke Gets In Your Eyes by Platters |
| Venus by Frankie Avalon | Heartaches By the Number by Guy Mitchell |
| Mack the Knife by Bobby Darin | Stagger Lee by Lloyd Price |
| Come Softly to Me by Fleetwoods | Sleep Walk by Santo & Johnny |
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| 1959 Prices | US President |
| Bread: | $0.20/loaf | Dwight D. Eisenhower |
| Milk: | $1.01/gal | US Vice President |
| Eggs: | $0.88/doz | Richard M. Nixon |
| Car: | $2,250 | Academy Award Winners |
| Gas: | $0.30/gal |
| Best Picture: | Ben-hur |
| | Directed By William Wyler |
| Best Actor: | Charlton Heston |
| | in Ben Hur |
| Best Actress: | Simone Signoret |
| | in Room At The Top |
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| House: | $18,400 |
| Stamp: | $0.04/ea |
| Avg Income: | $5,976/yr |
| Min Wage: | $1.00/hr |
| DOW Avg: | 679 |
| People born on September 23 |
| 1930 - Ray Charles Albany Ga, singer/pianist (Georgia) |
| 1712 - Ferdinand VI, the wise, King of Spain (1746-59) |
| 1852 - William Stewart Halsted established 1st US surgical school |
| 1910 - Elliot Roosevelt son of FDR |
| 1926 - John Coltrane saxophonist (Round Midnight) |
| 1938 - Clifford Ann Creed, LPGA golfer |
| 1943 - Bob Clement, (Rep-D-Tennessee) |
| 1967 - Harry Connick Jr singer (We Are in Love) |
| 1949 - Bruce Springsteen [Boss], Asbury NJ, rock musician (Born in the USA) |
| 1959 - Jason Alexander, [Greenspan], Newark NJ, actor (George-Seinfeld) |
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| On TV in 1959 |
| Perry Mason | Dragnet | Bonanza | The Twilight Zone | Gunsmoke |
| Alfred Hitchcock Presents | The Ed Sullivan Show | I Love Lucy | Leave it to Beaver |
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| Hot New Toys in 1959 |
| Risk | Troll Dolls | Fisher-Price Little People |
| Chatty Cathy | Barbie | Roller Derby Skateboard |
| Game of Life |
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| Top Books in 1959 |
| James Joyce by Richard Ellmann | Henderson the Rain King by Saul Bellow |
| The Witch of Blackbird Pond by Elizabeth George Speare | The Elements of Style by William Strunk and E. B. White |
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2 comments:
I send those to people on their birthday because I think it is fun to see the prices of things and all that. 1959 was a big year for toys! Most of those I think are still quite popular today!
HAPPY BIRTHDAY, KATHY! I hope you have a great rest of the day!
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