Another year of adulthood, completed.
At least for the nonce, I’ve kept dementia at bay, and am still able to get up when I’ve fallen down.
I have not confused the accelerator with the brake pedal on my truck.
Liza Minnelli and I are exactly the same age.
We share a birthday with Jack Kerouac and the Girl Scouts.
In 1946, the #1 song was “The Gypsy”, by the Ink Spots.
In 1946, the UN met for the first time. UNICEF was founded.
The space age effectively opened with the bouncing of radar waves off the moon.
Ho Chi Minh was elected the President of North Vietnam; Juan Peron, President of Argentina and Nehru, leader of the Congress Party in India. Jordan was granted its independence from Britain.
In Jerusalem, Irgun bombed the King David Hotel; in Washington, Harry Truman officially proclaimed the end of hostilities in World War II.
Famous people born in 1946 include Diane Keaton, Dolly Parton, British politician Robin Cook, Candice Bergen, Tyne Daly, Donald Trump, Cheech Marin, Jimmy Buffett, George W. Bush and serial killer Ted Bundy.
“The Best Years of Our Lives” swept the Oscars, winning for Best Picture, Best Actor, Best Supporting Actor, Best Screenplay and Best Director. William L. Laurence of The New York Times won a Pulitzer for his series on the bombing of Nagasaki. Emily Greene Balch and John Raleigh Mott won the Nobel Peace Prize and Hermann Hesse was the Nobel Laureate in Literature.
And that, as they say, is that.