My mother turned 90 on Feb 28. Wow - 90 years of changes. I've already devoted a story on her on our other blog "Beyond the Other Side." What I would like to do is give you some of the things that have taken place in history the past 90 years. There are so many things I could put here, but I will share some that was included in the picture presentation for Mom on Saturday.
* 1918 - 1920 the world was experiencing a flu epidemic. Ironically it was the "swine flu." Most of the deaths stemming from this strand of flu took place during 1918-1919. According to the research I did, many deaths from this flu was still taking place in the early months of 1920. My grandmother was one of the victims. My mother was born on Feb 28; her mother died on Feb 29. Yes she was born in a leap year.
* Prohibition began on January 16, 1920, when the Eighteenth Amendment went into effect.
* Babe Ruth becomes a member of the New York Yankees
* 19th Amendment passes – women are given the right to vote.
* Walt Disney starts his first job as an artist for $40.00 a week.
* American Professional Football Association forms. (NFL)
* Warren G Harding elected 29th President of the United States. Some historians say it was the women's vote that helped him win the election!
* Detroit radio station is first to broadcast a news program on the air.
* Bob Hope became an American citizen.
* The following were some that have February 28th as their birthday:
* 1918 - 1920 the world was experiencing a flu epidemic. Ironically it was the "swine flu." Most of the deaths stemming from this strand of flu took place during 1918-1919. According to the research I did, many deaths from this flu was still taking place in the early months of 1920. My grandmother was one of the victims. My mother was born on Feb 28; her mother died on Feb 29. Yes she was born in a leap year.
* Prohibition began on January 16, 1920, when the Eighteenth Amendment went into effect.
* Babe Ruth becomes a member of the New York Yankees
* 19th Amendment passes – women are given the right to vote.
* Walt Disney starts his first job as an artist for $40.00 a week.
* American Professional Football Association forms. (NFL)
* Warren G Harding elected 29th President of the United States. Some historians say it was the women's vote that helped him win the election!
* Detroit radio station is first to broadcast a news program on the air.
* Bob Hope became an American citizen.
* The following were some that have February 28th as their birthday:
1917 – John B Connally – politician
1920 – Relma Irene Whitman - wife, mother, grandmother
1930 – Gavin MacLeod – actor
1940 – Mario Andretti – Italian race car driver
1944 – Bernadette Peters - actress
1945 – Bubba Smith – American football player and actor
* The following events happened on Feb 28th:
1827 – The Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Co. was incorporated.
1854 – Republican Party formally organized
1912 – First ever parachute from an airplane
1935 – DuPont scientist, Wallace Carothers invents “nylon.”
1959 – 1st polar orbiting satellite, Discoverer I, launched
* The number one for Entertainment during 1920 included:
“After You Get What You Want, You Don't Want It” - Irving Berlin.
“The Mark of Zorro” – Douglas Fairbanks
“Whispering” – Paul Whiteman Orchestra
“Way Down East” – Lillian Gish
*If you are at least 90 years old, you have lived during the terms of 17 Presidents for the United States:
- Woodrow Wilson
- Warren G Harding
- Calvin Coolidge
- Herbert Hoover
- Franklin D Roosevelt
- Harry S Truman
- Dwight D Eisenhower
- John F Kennedy
- Lyndon B Johnson
- Richard Nixon
- Gerald Ford
- Jimmy Carter
- Ronald Reagan
- George H Bush
- William Clinton
- George W Bush
- Barrack Obama
* You have lived through the Great depression of the 30's
* Survived the country's involvement during WWII, Korean War, Vietnam War, Gulf War, and now the war in Iraq and Afghanistan.
* Witness through television the assassination of President Kennedy, Martin Luther King, Bobby Kennedy; The Oklahoma bombing; and the devastation on 9/11 in New York, PA, and Washington DC.
* You saw the first man go into outer space; first orbit around the earth; and the first step man placed on the moon.
I could go on and on with all you have seen and experienced, but thats why historians write history books! It is mind boggling when looking at all that has taken place the last 90 years. Hope you enjoy looking at only a dent of those happenings!!!
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