{"id":8427,"date":"2014-10-10T19:51:37","date_gmt":"2014-10-10T23:51:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/thundercloud.net\/infoave\/new\/?p=8427"},"modified":"2014-10-10T19:55:06","modified_gmt":"2014-10-10T23:55:06","slug":"do-you-know-what-happened-the-year-you-were-born","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thundercloud.net\/infoave\/new\/do-you-know-what-happened-the-year-you-were-born\/","title":{"rendered":"Do You Know What Happened the Year You Were Born?"},"content":{"rendered":"
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What happened in the year you were born?<\/h1>\n<\/header>\n
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\"\"<\/strong>If you\u2019re old like us, you probably will be shocked to learn what happened in the year you were born. I ran EB\u2019s birth year through this thing and here\u2019s what I found:* Andrew Jackson was dead. Still is.<\/p>\n

* The \u201cunsinkable\u201d ocean liner Titanic sinks on maiden voyage after colliding with an iceberg; over 1,500 drown (April 15).<\/p>\n

* Balkan Wars begin, resulting from territorial disputes: Turkey defeated 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\u2026<\/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 include 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 Girl Scout. It was all so new back then. The only thing I know about Girl Scouts is that they make good cookies. I never met a cookie I didn’t like, especially not a Girl Scout cookie. Please don\u2019t try to order Girl Scout cookies from EB, she\u2019s not been a Girl Scout for eighty-some years. I’m figuring one of these days, BB’s going to haul off and retire. It could be any day now. As for me? I\u2019m waiting for my ship to come in.<\/p>\n

Just kidding about EB retiring. She’ll be working until the stick her and her computer into the ground. Yes indeed, I tells ya!<\/p>\n

Oh, you\u2019re wondering what happened in the year I was born, aren\u2019t\u2019 you? OK here you go:<\/p>\n

* Six US embassy aides escape from Iran with Canadian help (Jan. 29). Background: 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 cargo plane collide in abortive desert raid to rescue American hostages in Teheran (April 25). Background: Iran Hostage Crisis<\/p>\n

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

* Iraqi troops hold 90 square miles of Iran after invasion; 8-year Iran-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\u2026
\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\u2026<\/p>\n

* F.B.I.\u2019s undercover operation \u201cAbscam\u201d (for Arab scam) implicates public officials (Feb. 2).<\/p>\n

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

More History\u2026
\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 cusp of the industrial age. No wonder EB and I fight like cats and dogs. No EB is the cat and I\u2019m the dog. Ever seen my picture?<\/p>\n

Anyway, lots of good stuff on this week\u2019s site of the week. What happened the year you were born? If you want to find out, visit our site of the week and take a gander. Really! That\u2019s how EB talks!<\/p>\n

Want to know what happened in the year you were born? You might be surprised!<\/h3>\n

Visit today\u2019s site pick to find out<\/a>!<\/strong><\/h3>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

What happened in the year you were born? If you\u2019re old like us, you probably will be shocked to learn what happened in the year you were born. I ran EB\u2019s birth year through this thing and here\u2019s what I found:* Andrew Jackson was dead. Still is. * The \u201cunsinkable\u201d ocean liner Titanic sinks on maiden voyage after\u2026 Read More »<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"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\/8427"}],"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=8427"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.thundercloud.net\/infoave\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8427\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8430,"href":"https:\/\/www.thundercloud.net\/infoave\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8427\/revisions\/8430"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thundercloud.net\/infoave\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8427"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thundercloud.net\/infoave\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8427"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thundercloud.net\/infoave\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8427"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}