Daniel's 32nd Birthday

We got the house all in order for our little family surprise party :)
We got the trick candles for the old man

Ian picked out the SpongeBob card of course
opening presents
What happened on this day November 13 in History

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1775- US troops capture Montreal, during the American Revolution

1927-The Holland Tunnel, linking New York City with Jersey City, New Jersey opens to traffic after 7 years of construction.

1940-Walt Disney animated masterpiece Fantasia premiers in New York City

1942-The US government lowers the minimum military draft age from 21 to 18

1945-Ethiopia & Panama join the United Nations

1946-Artificial snow was first used by skiers

1956-Racial Segregation on public buses is ruled unconstitutional by the US Supreme Court

1968-The animated feature Yellow Submarine staring the voices & music of Beatles premiers

1974-Karen Silkwood a worker who complained of unsafe working conditions at Cimarron Plutonium Plant in Oklahoma dies in a mysterious car accident

**1977-The Al Capp comic strip Lil Abner appears in the newspaper for the last time

1982-The Vietnam Veterans memorial is dedicated in Washington DC

1985-A huge mudslide buries the city of Armero Colombia, killing 23,000 people

1995-A bomb kills 7 people, including 5 Americans at a military facility in Riyadh Saudi Arabia

1999-Lennox Lewis wins a unanimous decision over Evander Holyfield to become the world heavy weight champion

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You share a birthday with:

1949- Whoopi Goldberg-actress
1954- Chris Noth actor from tv roles law & order, sex & the city
1967-Steve Zahn-actor from movies like that thing you do

There were others but I did not recognize them at all.

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Cost of living in 1977:

inflation rate 6.5%
Year end close Dow Jones industrial Av. 831
Interest rates year end Federal Reserve 7.75%
Cost for a new home $50,000.
Average income per year $15,000.
Monthly Rent $240.
Cost of Gas .65 cents