Happy Birthday Rube!
And it just happens to be her 60th! That's right, 6 decades ago, on this exact day in 1947 (which happened to be a Sunday), Ruby Faye Swanson graced the world with her presence (or aliens dropped her off - not sure which) either way, the world has never been the same since!
In 1947:
Average Income - $2,854
New Car - $1290
New House - $6650
Loaf of Bread - 13 cents
Gallon of Gas - 15 cents (ha!)
Gallon of Milk - 78 cents
Dow Jones Average 177
Harry Truman was president and we had no vice president
Life expectancy was 62.9 years (glad that went up)
Inventions - Frisbee, silly putty, transistor, microwave oven, atomic time clock
Other births in 1947 include:
Elton John, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Gregg Allman, Farrah Fawcett, David Letterman, Steven Spielberg, OJ Simpson, Billy Crystal, David Bowie
We plan to take Rube to dinner at Aspens - a really nice steakhouse tonight. Chris, my dad and DARE will be there. Then we have a whole girls weekend set aside the weekend of May 19th to celebrate (either or by going to Biltmore).
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