My Birthday Today-

me/my wonderful mom(deceased)
I was tagged by Robert Pooley to tell what happened on my birthday. Seeing as it was so close I decided to wait until today. Here it is Robert and thanks.

May 10th-
• 1503 - Christopher Columbus visits the Cayman Islands and names them Las Tortugas after the numerous sea turtles there.
• 1775 - American Revolutionary War: Fort Ticonderoga is taken by a small force led by Colonel Benedict Arnold and Ethan Allen.
• 1837 - Panic of 1837: New York City banks fail, and unemployment reaches record levels. 1899 Actor-dancer Fred Astaire was born in Omaha, Neb.
• 1908 - Mother's Day is observed for the first time (Andrew's Methodist Church in Grafton, West Virginia, USA).
• 1924 - J. Edgar Hoover is appointed the Director of the U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation, and remains so until his death in 1972.
• 1933 - Censorship: In Germany, the Nazis stage massive public book burnings.
• 1940 - World War II: Winston Churchill is appointed Prime Minister of the United
• 1949 - David W. Kerr- Christiansburg, VA.
• 1960 - The nuclear submarine USS Triton completes the first underwater circumnavigation of the earth.
• 1960 - Bono, Irish singer (U2)
• 1994 - Nelson Mandela becomes the first black president of South Africa.
• 2005 - A hand grenade allegedly thrown by Vladimir Arutinian lands about 65 feet(20 meters) from United States President George W. Bush while he is giving a speech to a crowd in Tbilisi, Georgia, but malfunctions and does not detonate.

1949-
George Orwell's book Nineteen Eighty-Four is published
45 rpm discs are introduced
First Polaroid Camera sold for $89.95
Average Cost of new house- $7,450.00
Average wages per year- $2,950.00
Cost of a gallon of Gas- 17 cents
Average Cost of a new car- $1,420.00
Minimum Hourly Wage Rate- 70 cents per hour

another year young!