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So, you were born in 1958, eh Tim????

Well, that was a year of poor economy, so the government spent some money establishing a new agency--the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA).

Some of the other things that were happening follow, see if they sound like they could have been written recently!!!!


  • The U.S. is in the worst recession since World War II, approximately 5.5 million people are out of work
  • Unemployment in the U.S. is 6.8%
  • Minimum Wage/Hour in the U.S. $1.00/hour
  • Average income in the U.S. $4,650
  • There is a 55.9% business failure rate in the U.S.
  • DOW average 583
  • Gross National Profit is $468.3 billion
  • The price of 1st class U.S. postage is raised to 4 cents (first increase in 26 years)
  • 31.3% of all domestic passenger travel was by railroad; 27.7% by bus; and 38% by air.
  • U.S. launches its first satellite, Explorer I; NASA is established
  • Pan Am introduced 707 trans-Atlantic jet service across the Atlantic
  • Douglas introduces DC-8 which made its maiden flight
  • The nuclear submarine U.S.S. Nautilus makes the first underwater crossing of the North Pole
  • U.S. Troops land in Lebanon
  • Charles de Gaulle becomes premier of France
  • Egypt and Sudan form the United Arab Republic
  • The John Birch Society, a radical anit-Communist organization, is created in the U.S.
  • Mao Tse-tung starts "Great leap forward" movement in China
  • UP & International News Service merge into United Press International
  • The National Association of Broadcasters bans subliminal ads
  • The book Dr. Zhivago is published in the U.S. and banned in the USSR.
  • The "Cha Cha" becomes a dance craze in the U.S
  • Crest toothpaste inaugurates the "Look, Ma! No Cavities!" ad campaign
And, yet we made it to 1959!!!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!​
 
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