I’m sitting here, reflecting on the fact that I was actually born 38 years ago today. It was such a different world then, compared to today. I know my Dad wasn’t here in the states when I was born (he was stationed in Thailand). I know that Martin Luther King, Jr. was killed. I know Lyndon Johnson was president. But what else?
~North Korea seizes US Navy Ship Pueblo, holding 83 on board as spies (the same year they launched the Tet Offensive).
~Senator Robert F. Kennedy is killed in Los Angeles.
~Median Household Income was $7743 (current dollars)
~Cost of a first class stamp was $.05, but increased to $.06 early in 1968.
~Green Bay won the Superbowl!!
~The motion picture rating system debuts with G, PG, R and X.
~2001: A Space Odyessy was released.
~Aminocentesis is developed.
~It was a leap year!
~Color TV is available in Canada for the first time!
~Soap Opera One Life to Live debuts.
~NASA launches Apollo 7.
~Cost of a new home: $26,660
~Cost of a gallon of gas: $.34
~Cost of a dozen eggs: $.53
~Cost of a gallon of milk: $1.07
~The Dow Jones high point was 985.
And these “famous” people were born in 1968:
~Cuba Gooding, Jr.
~Mary Lou Retton
~Lisa Marie Presley
~Ashley Judd
~Debra Messing
~Rachael Ray
~Will Smith
~Hugh Jackman
~Owen Wilson
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