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January 12, 2008
1955
| In 1955 (the year you were born) |
 Hurricane "Diane" claims 184 lives form North Carolina to New England Rosa Parks refuses to give up her bus seat, which leads to bus segregation being declared unconstitutional The AFL merges with the CIO, creating the nation's largest labor union Dr. Jonas Salk discovers a vaccine for polio The Scrabble board game debuts Disneyland opens in Anaheim, California Kevin Costner, John Grisham, Arsenio Hall, Steve Jobs, and Billy Bob Thornton are born Charlie Parker, Albert Einstein, and James Dean die Brooklyn Dodgers win the World Series Cleveland Browns win the NFL champion ship Detroit Red Wings win the Stanley Cup Lolita by Vladimir Nabokov is published |
Posted by alicia at January 12, 2008 1:41 PM
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Happy Birthday! Were you really born in 1955? That is the year my parents got married.
My best to you, alicia,
Anne
Posted by: Anne at January 12, 2008 7:14 PM
Happy, Happy Birthday, my friend! Many Years!
Posted by: Mimi at January 14, 2008 12:13 PM