The Day I Was Born
Autobiography Chapter Two
I was born on
October 20th 1999
According to the age calculator,
This is what the moon looked like on my birthday
I share my birthday with some pretty cool people like:
Jomo Kenyatta; kenyan prime minister
John Krasinski; actor (personal favorite actor)
Snoop Dogg; rapper
William Zabka; actor
and Thomas Newman; music department
These are important dates through time that occured on my birthday:
1.1097- First crusaders arrived in Antioch
2.1843- First chinese immigrant arrives in Suriname
3.1910- First cork centered baseball
4.1922- Kenilworth in Bronx renamed Dwight Place
5.1930- British White Paper restricts Jews from buying Arab land
6.1935- 400,000 demonstrators against fascism in Madrid
7.1944- Liquid-gas tanks in Cleveland, Ohio explode, 135 die, 3,600 homeless
8.1965- Mass arrests of communists in Indonesia
9.1979- John F Kennedy Library dedicated in Boston
10.1988- Man armed with explosives blows himself up in 125 St subway station (NYC)
Prices were different in 1999
For example:
A postage stamp: 33 cents
A luxury car: $21,050.00
An economy car: $17,518.00
A gallon of milk: $2.88
Going to the movies: $5.06
The president at the time was:
In order to be a cool kid, you had to have:
The top movies that came out were
-The Matrix
-Alice in Wonderland
-The Iron GiantThe biggest movie stars were
-Roberto Benigni
-Tom Hanks
-Meryl StreepMost popular TV shows
-Elmo
-Telly Tubbies
-Barnie
-CaillouTop two music hits were
-Slide; Goo Goo Dolls
-I Want it that Way; Backstreet Boys
The most played sports were
soccer
Fashion was a lot different back then
for example
-Colorful clothes
-Fleeces
-Tank tops
-Cargo pants