Wednesday, January 17, 2007

What Happened in Your Birth Year?

Information for the self-centered
I was born in 1948


In 1948 (the year you were born)


Harry Truman is president of the US

The Soviet blockade of Berlin's Allied sector begins

Alger Hiss is indicted if perjury after he denies passing secret documents to a Communist spy ring

Congress passes the Marshall Plan to help aid European countries rebuild

Israel declares its independence

Warner Brothers shows the first color newsreel

Alice Cooper, Al Gore, and Prince Charles are born

Babe Ruth dies

Cleveland Indians win the World Series

Philadelphia Eagles win the NFL championship

Toronto Maple Leafs win the Stanley Cup

Professional wrestling premieres on prime-time television

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