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
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HAPPY BIRTHDAY, PATRICK!!!!
(See you in a few hours at Mile Hi Con!)
Woo hoo!
And thanks!!!
~P
@atfmb
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