{"id":1072,"date":"2011-03-30T16:43:27","date_gmt":"2011-03-30T20:43:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/thundercloud.net\/infoave\/new\/?p=1072"},"modified":"2011-03-30T16:43:49","modified_gmt":"2011-03-30T20:43:49","slug":"what-happened-in-the-year-you-were-born-cloudeight-site-pick-3302011","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thundercloud.net\/infoave\/new\/what-happened-in-the-year-you-were-born-cloudeight-site-pick-3302011\/","title":{"rendered":"What happened in the year you were born? Cloudeight site pick 3\/30\/2011"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\"\"<\/strong>If you’re old like us, you probably will be shocked to learn what \t\thappened in the year you were born. I ran EB’s birth year through this \t\tthing and here’s what I found: <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

* Andrew Jackson was dead. Still is.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

* The “unsinkable” ocean liner Titanic sinks on maiden voyage after \t\tcolliding with an iceberg; over 1,500 drown (April 15).<\/p>\n

* Balkan Wars begin, resulting from territorial disputes: Turkey \t\tdefeated by alliance of Bulgaria, Serbia, Greece, and Montenegro (Oct.).<\/p>\n

President: William H. Taft
\nVice President: James S. Sherman
\nPopulation: 95,335,000<\/p>\n

More U.S. Statistics…<\/p>\n

* New Mexico and Arizona are admitted as states No. 47 and 48.<\/p>\n

* Woodrow Wilson is elected president.<\/p>\n

* William Randolph Hearst begins to acquire his media empire that will \t\tinclude 18 newspapers and nine magazines within two decades.<\/p>\n

* Girl Scouts of America founded by Juliette Gordon Low.<\/p>\n

Wow! A lot has happened since EB was born. I wonder if she was ever a \t\tGirl Scout. It was all so new back then. The only thing I know about \t\tGirl Scouts is that they make good cookies. I never met a cookie I \t\tdidn’t like, especially not a Girl Scout cookie. Please don’t try to \t\torder Girl Scout cookies from EB, she’s not been a Girl Scout for \t\teighty-some years. If you like you can contribute to her retirement fund \t\t(and therefore mine too) by making a donation or getting one of our \t\tgreat super-deluxe, Premium 3D Screen Saver USBs. Worth more than you \t\tdonate! You never know when EB might haul off and retire. It could be \t\tany day now. As for me? I’m waiting for my ship to come in.<\/p>\n

Oh, you’re wondering what happened in the year I was born, aren’t’ you? \t\tOK here you go:<\/p>\n

* Six US embassy aides escape from Iran with Canadian help (Jan. 29). \t\tBackground: Iran Hostage Crisis<\/p>\n

* US breaks diplomatic ties with Iran (April 7).<\/p>\n

* Eight US servicemen are killed and five are injured as helicopter and \t\tcargo plane collide in abortive desert raid to rescue American hostages \t\tin Teheran (April 25). Background: Iran Hostage Crisis<\/p>\n

* Anastasio Somoza Debayle, ousted Nicaraguan ruler, and two aides are \t\tassassinated in Paraguayan capital of Asunci\u00f3n (Sept. 17).<\/p>\n

* Iraqi troops hold 90 square miles of Iran after invasion; 8-year \t\tIran-Iraq War begins (Sept. 19).<\/p>\n

* Three US nuns and a lay worker are found shot in El Salvador (Dec. 4).<\/p>\n

More History…
\nU.S. Events
\nU.S. Statistics
\nPresident: James Earl Carter, Jr.
\nVice President: Walter F. Mondale
\nPopulation: 227,224,681
\nLife expectancy: 73.7 years
\nViolent Crime Rate (per 1,000): 59.5
\nProperty Crime Rate (per 1,000): 53.5<\/p>\n

More U.S. Statistics…<\/p>\n

* F.B.I.’s undercover operation “Abscam” (for Arab scam) implicates \t\tpublic officials (Feb. 2).<\/p>\n

* Ronald Reagan elected president in Republican sweep (Nov. 4).<\/p>\n

More History…
\nEconomics
\nUS GDP (1998 dollars): $2,784.20 billion
\nFederal spending: $590.95 billion
\nFederal debt: $909.1 billion
\nMedian Household Income
\n(current dollars): $17,710
\nConsumer Price Index: 82.4
\nUnemployment: 7.1%
\nCost of a first-class stamp: $0.15<\/p>\n

So, you can see I was born on the cusp of the computer age, not on the \t\tcusp of the industrial age. No wonder EB and I fight like cats and dogs. \t\tNo EB is the cat and I’m the dog. Ever seen my picture?<\/p>\n

Anyway, lots of good stuff on this week’s site of the week. What \t\thappened the year you were born? If you want to find out, visit our site \t\tof the week and take a gander. Really! That’s how EB talks!<\/p>\n

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Want to know what happened in the year you \t\twere born? You might be surprised! \t\tVisit today’s site pick to find out<\/a>!<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

If you’re old like us, you probably will be shocked to learn what happened in the year you were born. I ran EB’s birth year through this thing and here’s what I found: * Andrew Jackson was dead. Still is. * The “unsinkable” ocean liner Titanic sinks on maiden voyage after colliding with an iceberg; over 1,500 drown\u2026 Read More »<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1073,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[151],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thundercloud.net\/infoave\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1072"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thundercloud.net\/infoave\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thundercloud.net\/infoave\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thundercloud.net\/infoave\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thundercloud.net\/infoave\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1072"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.thundercloud.net\/infoave\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1072\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1075,"href":"https:\/\/www.thundercloud.net\/infoave\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1072\/revisions\/1075"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thundercloud.net\/infoave\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1073"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thundercloud.net\/infoave\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1072"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thundercloud.net\/infoave\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1072"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thundercloud.net\/infoave\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1072"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}