Comments on: This Is What Happened In The Year I Was Born http://www.wasting-your-time.com/2007/02/03/this-is-what-happened-in-the-year-i-was-born/ Just a bunch of time wasting stuff Thu, 20 Nov 2008 16:43:47 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.2 By: blah http://www.wasting-your-time.com/2007/02/03/this-is-what-happened-in-the-year-i-was-born/#comment-7 blah Mon, 05 Feb 2007 01:23:48 +0000 http://wasting-your-time.com/2007/02/03/this-is-what-happened-in-the-year-i-was-born/#comment-7 hey Jose, thanx for stopping by. exactly what i was saying: my year was kind of dissapointing. ;) hey Jose,

thanx for stopping by.
exactly what i was saying: my year was kind of dissapointing. ;)

]]> By: Jose http://www.wasting-your-time.com/2007/02/03/this-is-what-happened-in-the-year-i-was-born/#comment-6 Jose Mon, 05 Feb 2007 00:27:55 +0000 http://wasting-your-time.com/2007/02/03/this-is-what-happened-in-the-year-i-was-born/#comment-6 Good question. I don't often think of what happend the year I was born. I had to go to Answers.com to find out. The year was 1962: <b>Political:</b> The Organization of American States (OAS) ousts Cuba from membership. Soviet authorities release U.S. espionage pilot Gary Powers February 10 in exchange for Soviet espionage agent Col. Rudolf Abel, who has been in U.S. hands since 1957. The Cuban missile crisis in October produces a tense nuclear confrontation between Washington and Moscow that comes perilously close to an exchange of nuclear weapons and marks a turning point in the Cold War. <b>Sports:</b> The New York Yankees win the World Series, defeating the San Francisco Giants 4 games to 3. Jockey Eddie Arcaro retires at age 46 with bursitis in his right arm, having won 4,779 victories in 24,092 races to set a record that will stand until Bill Shoemaker breaks it in 1972. <b>Human Rights, Social Justice:</b> Adolf Eichmann goes to the gallows at Jerusalem May 31 at age 56 in punishment for his role in the Holocaust during World War II (see 1961). There are a few things. Wait a minute...I this your way of finding out how old your readers are? Good question. I don’t often think of what happend the year I was born. I had to go to Answers.com to find out. The year was 1962:

Political:

The Organization of American States (OAS) ousts Cuba from membership.

Soviet authorities release U.S. espionage pilot Gary Powers February 10 in exchange for Soviet espionage agent Col. Rudolf Abel, who has been in U.S. hands since 1957.

The Cuban missile crisis in October produces a tense nuclear confrontation between Washington and Moscow that comes perilously close to an exchange of nuclear weapons and marks a turning point in the Cold War.

Sports:

The New York Yankees win the World Series, defeating the San Francisco Giants 4 games to 3.

Jockey Eddie Arcaro retires at age 46 with bursitis in his right arm, having won 4,779 victories in 24,092 races to set a record that will stand until Bill Shoemaker breaks it in 1972.

Human Rights, Social Justice:

Adolf Eichmann goes to the gallows at Jerusalem May 31 at age 56 in punishment for his role in the Holocaust during World War II (see 1961).

There are a few things. Wait a minute…I this your way of finding out how old your readers are?

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