It’s that time again, time when I think back on my life because I’m hitting another milestone/anniversary of the day I was born.

A lot has happened since last year.  I was unemployed at the time, now I have a great job working with great people.  Last year was a major milestone that pretty much came and went without much fanfare.  I don’t expect this year to be any different.  With the possible exception that I will be attending MileHiCon for at least part of my birthday this year.  That’ll be fun.

In the year that the chubby little fellow on the right was born, lots of stuff was going on in the world.  A slew of television shows made their debuts.  For example:

• Sanford and Son on NBC
• Emergency! on NBC
• The Price Is Right
• Fat Albert and the Cosby Kids on CBS
• The Waltons on CBS
• The Bob Newhart Show
• The Streets of San Francisco on ABC
• M*A*S*H on CBS
• Kung Fu on ABC

Notable movies released that year include:

• The Godfather
• The Poseidon Adventure
• Deliverance
• The Getaway
• Conquest of the Planet of the Apes
• The Cowboys

At the 30th World Science Fiction Convention, held in Anaheim, CA these fine folks/stories/books/movies/fans won Hugo Awards:

• Best novel: To Your Scattered Bodies Go by Philip José Farmer
• Best novella: “The Queen of Air and Darkness” by Poul Anderson
• Best short story: “Inconstant Moon” by Larry Niven
• Best dramatic presentation: A Clockwork Orange
• Best professional magazine: Fantasy & Science Fiction
• Best professional artist: Frank Kelly Freas
• Best amateur magazine: Locus (editors: Charles and Dena Brown)
• Best fan writer: Harry Warner, Jr.
• Best fan artist: Tim Kirk

Also born in October were these fine folks:

• Claudia Black (Aeryn Sun from Farscape)
• Eminem
• Brad Paisely
• Gabrielle Union

These comic books debuted:

DC Comics

• The Demon
• Kamandi, The Last Boy On Earth
• Supergirl
• Swamp Thing
• Weird Mystery Tales
• Weird Worlds

Marvel Comics

• The Cat
• Chamber of Chills
• The Defenders
• Doc Savage: The Man of Bronze
• Hero for Hire
• Journey into Mystery (vol. 2)
• Jungle Action
• Marvel Premiere
• Marvel Team-Up
• Marvel Triple Action
• The Mighty World of Marvel
• Night Nurse
• Shanna the She-Devil
• Supernatural Thrillers
• The Tomb of Dracula
• Werewolf by Night

Other publishers

• Archie at Riverdale High
• Captain Paragon
• Midnight Tales
• Mystery Comics Digest
• The Rose of Versailles (Berusaiyu no Bara)
• Wimmen’s Comix

Other bits of notable stuff:

• Pong blew the world away
• Richard Nixon ordered the development of the space shuttle program
• Mariner 9 sent us pictures of Mars
• Landstat 1 is launched into earth orbit
• The ARPAnet is shown to the public at the First International Conference on Computer Communications
• The first scientific hand-held calculator (labeled Hewlett-Packard, later designated the HP-35) is introduced, at a price of $795.00
• in Super Bowl VI, the Dallas Cowboys win 24–3 over the Miami Dolphins
• The Summer Olympics takes place in Munich, Germany
• The Winter Olympics takes place in Sapporo, Japan

So there was a lot going on.

Of course, I don’t remember any of it.  I was a baby!  Sheesh.  You can’t expect babies to remember stuff.  They’re far too busy eating and pooping to remember stuff…

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