ON THIS DAY IN HISTORY

December 20th, 1960

LET'S TRAVEL BACK IN TIME

Today is December 20th, 1960, and it's Tuesday. My mother Annette is born to Vidal Lopez and Lydia Horacio, Puerto Rican natives who settled in New York City in the late 1940s. She is the second youngest of five living children. They had lost one of their sons during the Polio outbreak in 1955.

Christmas Day is fast approaching and the excitement is building all throughout the city. Department stores are packed with holiday shoppers. Decorations are filling homes and streets with glowing lights, evergreen trees and mistletoe.

Magazine stands showcase the current headlines from yesterday, on the cover of Life Magazine is John F. Kennedy Jr.'s Christening.

Republican Dwight David Eisenhower is the President of the United States.

The Chevrolet Corvair, the Dodge Polara, and the Nissan Cedric grace the streets. Tailfins on cars are popular, its futuristic design is fascinating like a rocket ship about to take off!

Radio stations are playing hit songs from artists such as Percy Faith, Elvis Presley, The Everly Brothers, Connie Francis and Johnny Preston. "Are You Lonesome Tonight?" by Elvis Presley is on top of the singles charts.

The movie Ben-Hur is at the top of the Box Office.

The American Heritage Picture History Of The Civil War by Bruce Catton is one of the best selling books.

On Television, people are watching popular shows such as "The Ed Sullivan Show", "The Andy Griffith Show" and "The Twilight Zone". Kids and teens are watching "Looney Tunes", "Tom and Jerry", "Felix the Cat", "Pixie and Dixie and Mr. Jinks", "My Three Sons" and "The Flintstones."

The kids are playing with toys such as Play-Doh, the Frisbee, the Hula Hoop, Troll Dolls, Tonka Trucks, the Etch A Sketch, and Barbie dolls.

In fashion, women are wearing tailored skirts, short boxy jackets, and shift dresses, trousers are also becoming popular. Men are wearing polo shirts, argyle socks, sweater vests, loafers and Harrington jackets.

INTERESTING FUN FACTS!

*The Holly and Narcissus are the Birth flowers.

*Tanzanite, Turquoise and Zircon are the Birthstones.

*Zodiac sign is Sagittarius.

*Native American Zodiac falls under the Owl.

*A person born on this day has lived a total of 22,645 days, 3,235 weeks and 1,956,528,000 seconds.

And have taken approximately 168,261,408 steps. That's about 74,783 miles!

*Since this date, 23,478,336 meteors have entered the Earth's atmosphere!

LET'S TRAVEL BACK TO NOW

My mother Annette currently lives in Florida. Has three adult kids and five grandchildren, two are in heaven (Joshua and Daniel). She has a family cat Hollow. She enjoys long walks, reading her Bible, writing and listening to the Spanish radio stations.

Here is a picture of her in East Orange New Jersey. She is holding her first grandson Joshua in December 1999.

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