It was on this date, back in 1966, that I was on the Happy The Clown show, a kids show produced locally in Philadelphia; on this date I got my first ever Duncan butterfly yo-yo (it was yellow), my first portable cassette tape recorder, bongos, Carl Sagan’s 1980 book Cosmos; I attended game 4 of the 1993 World Series between the Phillies and the Blue Jays, and in 2004 the Red Sox accomplished the impossible by coming back from a 3 games to none deficit and winning game 7 of the American League Championship series over the Yankees. A tragic plane crash claimed the lives of three members of Lynyrd Skynyrd on this date in 1977. Art Buchwald, and Mickey Mantle, both celebrated birthdays on this date. General Douglas MacArthur returned to the Philippines on this date in 1944. In 2001 William ate his first french fry at Schooner Fare in North Conway, NH, and today in 1962 President Kennedy was first learning about the buildup of Soviet missile bases in Cuba, and at 12:25 AM my twin sister was born, 9 minutes after me.
this is a great post! very clever and entertaining! i may shamelessly borrow this format, oh say, someday in the spring. neat that you have a twin!! finally, belated birthday wishes. hope it was as good as your past ones.
Thanks! Coming from you that is high praise indeed! I shamelessly borrow enough from your blog, so no worries – inspiration begets inspiration…