Sunday, April 26, 2009

Happy Birthday to my Mom!!!!

Here are a few things about your birth year –

Average annual salary: $1,750.00
Minimum wage: .30 per hour
Average Costs of:
Milk = .34 a gallon
Bread = .08 a loaf
Gas = .12 a gallon
Car = $850
Stamp = .03
New house = $4,075
Rent = $32

U.S. Population = 133,402,471

Franklin D. Roosevelt was sworn in for his 3rd term

Other World Leaders:
Prime Minister of Italy: Benito Mussolini
Prime Minister of the United Kingdom: Winston Churchill
Russian General Secretary: Joseph Stalin
Chancellor of Germany: Adolf Hitler

Unemployment was at 9.9%

Japan attacked Pearl Harbor

General Mills introduced a new cereal called CheeriOats

Citizen Kane premiered in New York City

Plutonium was discovered

Mt. Rushmore was completed

Joe DiMaggio has hitting streak in 56 consecutive games

Glenn Miller had a popular song called “Chattanooga Choo Choo”

Musician Paul Simon was born the same year

You were born in a very eventful year!
Hope you have a great day – we love you lots!!!!!

1 comment:

Grandma A said...

Thank you for the birthday wish, and for the information about what happened in my birth year. We won't mention what year that was.:)
I love you all alot. Mom