The Day I Was Born
Friday, December 13, 2024
Online Project - Discovering YOUR Place in History Since 1999

Class of '69


1950-1951

St. Philip Neri School
Metairie, LA, U.S.
Catherine Campanella-Grades 4-8
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Literary Giant-George Luis Borges (1899-1986) Fiction writer and essayist

Cost of a postage stamp-3 cents

President-Herbert Hoover
Vice Presiden-none

History Channel--Most Important News:
5th year anniversary of Jackie Robinson joining the Brooklyn Dodgers. Robinson was the 1st Black man to play in Major League
Baseball.

TV-Howdy Doody, Lucille Ball gives birth to "$50,000,000 Baby" (Little Rickey AKA Desi Arnaz, Jr.

Favorite Toy-cap pistols

Favorite Movie-The African Queen--John Huston directs adventure classic with Humphrey Bogart (Best Actor) and Katherine
Hepburn on a rickety river boat.

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