In June 2024, I will celebrate my 70th birthday. Seventy revolutions around the sun (years) and 365.25 x 70, 25575.5 earth rotations (days) since my birth in 1954.
In the year of my birth as a native son, 1954, the population of California was 12.75 million (June 1954).
My birthplace, the city of Merced’s population in 1950 was 15,144. This figure represents a 49% increase from 1940 to 1950. It’s reasonable to assume at a ~5% growth rate, Merced’s population in 1954 was around 17,500(+/-).
I’ve randomly chosen three events of some importance that occurred in 1954 America:
1. U.S. tests hydrogen bomb at Bikini Atoll
2. The Supreme Court rules on Brown v. Board of Education, stating that segregation in public schools is unconstitutional
3. Joe DiMaggio wed Marilyn Monroe
Out of curiosity, I wondered what was going on, seventy years prior to my birth, back in 1884 America:
1. The Statue of Liberty was unveiled and dedicated by President Grover Cleveland.
2. Huckleberry Finn was published by Mark Twain.
3. The Washington Monument was dedicated in the Nation’s Capitol.
140 years of water under many bridges.
What will three noteworthy events might be listed in 2024?
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Go out on a limb and speculate what three events might occur in 2094, seventy years hence
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Happy Birthday fellow 70-year-olds-in-2024!
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