Monday, 14 May 2012

1949

Today is hubby's birthday. Luckily although we won't be able to celebrate today due to being on different ships either side of the North Sea, I was able to speak to him just after midnight. He had just finished loading his cargo about 8 miles east of us.

Anyway we'll be home on Wednesday so plenty of time celebrate then.

So he was born in 1949, what else was going on then?

- Siam renamed itself Thailand

- Los Angeles, California received its first recorded snowfall

- rationing of clothes ended in Britain

- Eire left the British Commonwealth and became the Republic of Ireland.

- George Orwells book 1984 was published


The average price of a house in 1949 was £1911

Other famous people born in 1949 include

Dennis Taylor ( snooker player)

Niki Lauder ( racing driver)

Billy Joel ( singer)

Meryl Streep ( actress)

Twiggy ( model )

Bruce Springsteen ( singer)

Arsene Wenger ( football manager)


Happy Birthday!!

2 comments:

  1. Happy Belated Birthday to Husband.

    btw: the plug in for the last post didn't work for me. But I enjoyed the post anyway.

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    1. Thankyou. Technology eh? Don't you just love it!

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