ABOUT THE DAY I WAS BORN
I share my birthday with:
Charles "Lucky Lindy" Lindbergh (1st fly over Atlantic Ocean, born 1902)
Rosa Lee Parks (civil right pioneer, born 1913)
J. Danforth Quayle (44th US president, born 1947)
Famous Events on my birthday:
69 electors vote for George Washington as the first President of USA (1789)
The USO was founded to serve the need of men and women in the armed forces (1941)
The US postal service issued a commemorative stamp honoring Sojourner Truth (1986)
The Top headline news on my birthday
WORLD:
US join Canada in banning Brazil beef (Mad cow disease)
Britain drops plan to privatize part of London subway system
In India earth quake death haunts the living
UN appeals for calm after Kosovo violence
USA :
Bush's proposed plan for 10 year $1.6 trillion tax cut
General Electric layoffs could hit 80,000
California signs $10 billion deal to purchase electricity to end energy crisis
Car sale slump hits Chrysler hardest, sales skid 16%
Stock Market: DOW: 10864.10, NASDAQ: 2660, S & P : 1373.47, NYSE: 660.22, AMEX : 921.85
INDIA
Weather: Showers, temp high 68 and low 42 (Delhi)
LOCAL NEWS, Manhattan (Kansas):
Out reach center will open to helpout youth( high school students)
Governor's tech budget proposals worry University Students.
Weather: Sunny & Windy, with highs in 40s. (Manhattan)
ABOUT THE YEAR I WAS BORN
Best of the year:
Children's TV: Blue's Clues, Rugrats
Children's Video: Pokemon: the movie 2000, Fantasia 2000, Our lips are sealed
Children's Book: Bud, not Buddy by Christopher Curtis
Best Movie: American Beauty
TV Shows: Friends, Who wants to be a millionaire.
Top News Stories: George W. Bush is sworn in as the 43rd President of the United States.
The federal trade commission approves the $111 billion union between AOL and Time warner, largest merger
in US history.
COST OF COMMON ITEMS
In USA:
Average price of a new home: $182,000
Average movie ticket cost: $7.00
Gallon of unleaded gasoline: $1.68
First class postage stamp: 34 cent.
Gallon of milk $2.89, Loaf of bread $1.25
FUN AND FASHION
Favorite toys include Poo-Chi, Barbie VW beetles, Urban scooters, and Pokemon booster cards
Boys like puffed reversible vests, sports jerseys, convertable pants with extra pockets, athletic boots, baseball caps.
Girls wear 3/4 lenght sleeves, flared pant-legs, pleated skirts, denim jackets, fashion boots, glitter makeups, beaded
jewelry.
See thru backpacks, gel pens, portable CD players are hot. Britney Spears, N'Sync and Backstreet Boys are musical
favorites.
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