The Year I Was Born

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…

~P