I was born in in 1960.

This might explain a few things.

But, here are some other – possibly more important events that forever changed the world:

World Events

• American U-2 spy plane, piloted by Francis Gary Powers, shot down over Russia (May 1).
• Khrushchev kills Paris summit conference because of U-2 (May 16).
• Top Nazi murderer of Jews, Adolf Eichmann, captured by Israelis inArgentina (May 23)�executed in Israel in 1962.
• Communist China and Soviet Union split in conflict over Communist ideology.
• Senegal, Ghana, Nigeria, Madagascar, and Zaire (Belgian Congo) gain independence.
• There are 900 US military advisers in South Vietnam. Background: Vietnam War.

U.S. Events

• John F. Kennedy defeats Richard Nixon in a closely-fought presidential race.
• Black sit-in at Greensboro, N.C., diner receives national attention. Background: Civil Rights.

Economics

• US GDP (1998 dollars): $526.6 billion
• Federal spending: $92.19 billion
• Federal debt: $290.5 billion
• Consumer Price Index: 29.6
• Unemployment: 5.5%
• Cost of a first-class stamp: $0.04Go ahead and contact me.

Sports

• World Series Pittsburgh d. NY Yankees (4-3)
• NBA Championship Boston d. St. Louis Hawks (4-3)
• Stanley Cup Montreal d. Toronto (4-0)
• Wimbledon Women: Maria Bueno d. S. Reynolds (8-6 6-0); Men: Neale Fraser d. R. Laver (6-4 3-6 9-7 7-5)
• Kentucky Derby Champion Venetian Way
• NCAA Basketball Championship Ohio St. d. California (75-55)
• NCAA Football Champions Minnesota (AP, UPI, NFF) (8-2-0) & Mississippi (FW) (10-0-1)
• This was, of course an Olympic year as well.

Entertainment

• Seventy million people watch the presidential debate between Senator John F. Kennedy and Vice President Richard Nixon.
• John Coltrane forms his own quartet and becomes the voice of jazz’s New Wave movement.
• Ninety percent of U.S. homes have a television set.
• Alfred Hitchcock’s Psychoterrifies movie-goers and becomes one of the year’s most successful films, as well as one of the most memorable psychological thrillers.

Events

• The first working laser is built by T. H. Maiman (US).
• Echo I, the first communications satellite, is launched.
• NASA launches Tiros I, the first weather satellite. Background: Space Exploration

Books

• John Barth, The Sot-Weed Factor
• Harper Lee, To Kill a Mockingbird
• Flannery O’Connor, The Violent Bear It Away
• Anne Sexton, To Bedlam and Part Way Back
• William Styron, Set This House on Fire
• John Updike, Rabbit, Run

Deaths

• Boris Pasternak
• Emily Post
• Lawrence Tibbett
• Clark Gable

A Challenge:

Tell me what year you were born, and I will come up with a similar list.

My “Brilliant Feat” by Colin Hay.

Peace be to my Brothers and Sisters.

Brian Patrick Cork