Happy Birthday to Me! - The Year I was Born

Another year . . . Another birthday

Others that share my day with me today: Mia Farrow (actress),

Chris Gardner (Author, The Pursuit of Happyness), William Henry Harrison (the 9th U.S. President),

Carole King (singer/songwriter),

Carmen Miranda (dancer),

Joe Pesci (actor) and
Alice Walker (author, The Color Purple)

Popular movies in 1953: The Robe, From Here to Eternity, Shane, How to Marry a Millionaire, Peter Pan, Hans Christian Anderson, House of Wax, Mogambo, Gentlemen Prefer Blondes and Moulin Rouge


Most popular television shows: I Love Lucy, Dragnet, Arthur Godfrey's Talent Scouts, You Bet Your Life, The Milton Berle Show, Arthur Godfrey and His Friends, Ford Theatre, The Jackie Gleason Show, Fireside Theatre and The Colgate Comedy Hour

Other events and happenings that year . . .

Ernest Hemingway won a Pulitzer Prize for "The Old Man and the Sea" - "The Power of Positive Thinking" by Norman Vincent Peale was released - The Holy Bible - Standard Version was revised - Joseph Stalin died - Watson & Crick published the structure of DNA - The Academy Awards were televised for the first time - The Korean War ended - Queen Elizabeth II was crowned Queen of England - The first color television sets go on sale in the U.S. for $1,175.00 - The corvette goes on sale -
The Transistor Radio was invented

The average cost of a car was $1510.00 - A gallon of gas was 20 cents - Average income was $4,000.00 a year - You could buy a house for $9,550.00 - A Kodak Brownie Flash camera was $13.00


WOW, I've been around awhile! LOL

PS My favorite Jazz radio station remembered my birthday. Now if they would only remember to call my name for the "Trip a Day" contest, so I can tell them I want to go to Paris, France! *smiles*