My Birthday

Today is my birthday! I have to say that I really don't feel my age and I'm truly thankful to God for that!

For you history buffs here's some interesting facts for December 28th:

Today in History

1688		William of Orange makes a triumphant march into London as James II flees.
1694		George I of England gets divorced.
1846		Iowa is admitted as the 29th State of the Union.
1872		A U.S. Army force defeats a group of Apache warriors at Salt River Canyon, Arizona Territory, with 57 Indians killed but only one soldier.
1904		Farmers in Georgia burn two million bales of cotton to prop up falling prices.
1920		The United States resumes the deportation of communists and suspected communists.
1933		President Franklin D. Roosevelt states, "The definite policy of the United States, from now on, is one opposed to armed intervention."
1936		Benito Mussolini sends planes to Spain to support Francisco Franco's forces.
1938		France orders the doubling of forces in Somaliland; two warships are sent.
1946		The French declare martial law in Vietnam as a full-scale war appears inevitable.
1948		Premier Nokrashy Pasha of Egypt is assassinated by a member of the outlawed Muslim Brotherhood because of his failure to achieve victory in the war against Israel.
1951		The United States pays $120,000 to free four fliers convicted of espionage in Hungary.
1965		The United States bars oil sales to Rhodesia.
1968		Israel attacks an airport in Beirut, destroying 13 planes.
1971		The U.S. Justice Department sues Mississippi officials for ignoring the voting ballots of blacks in that state.
Born on December 28
1856		Woodrow Wilson, 28th president of the United States.
1882		Sir Arthur Stanley Eddington, English astronomer who confirmed Einstein's theory of relativity.
1902		Mortimer J. Adler, American philosopher, educator and writer.
1903		John Von Neumann, Hungarian-born mathematician. Some other interesting facts from 1969: Yearly Inflation Rate USA 5.46 % Yearly Inflation Rate UK 5.6% Year End Close Dow Jones Industrial Average 800 Average Cost of new house $15,550.00 Average Income per year $8,550.00 Average Monthly Rent $135.00 Average Cost New Car $3,270.00 Toyota Corona $1,950.00 Gas per Gallon 35 cents Alarm Clock from Westclox $9.98

I look forward to another year and pray that God continues to bless me more than I deserve!