Happy Birthday to me, I'm now 53

(sorry - this is the youngest baby picture I have of me)

How Much things cost in 1955

- Average Cost of new house ==== $10.950.00
- Average Monthly Rent ==== $87.00
- Average Yearly Wages ==== $4.130.00
- Minumum Hourly Rate ==== $1.00
- Average Cost of a new car ==== $1,900.00
- Cost of a gallon of Gas ==== 23 cents
- Black and White TV ==== $99.95

Popular Culture 1955
- Ray Kroc starts the McDonald's fast food restaurant chain.
- First riot at an Elvis Presley concert takes place in Jacksonville, FL
- James Dean’s stars in the movie East of Eden
- James Dean killed in car accident near Cholame, California

Popular Films
- Oklahoma
- The Quatermass Xperiment
- Rebel without a Cause
- To Catch A Thief
- The seven year itch

Popular Singers
- Elvis Presley
- Bill Haley and the Comets
- Chuck Berry
- Fats Domino.
- The Platters

What Events Happened in 1955
· US military intervention in Iran
· Hurricane Diane hits the northeast United States, killing 200 and causing over $1 billion in damage
· Disneyland opens in California
· 52 Die in a disaster at 24hr Le Mans Race
· African American Rosa Parks is arrested after refusing to give up her bus seat to a white person in Montgomery Alabama

Technology 1955
· First pocket transistor radios available
· Fish Fingers are marketed by Bird's Eye
· The first Atomically generated power is used in the US

I share my birthday today with my brother David, Step-father Henry, and the guy who is the voice of the AFLAC duck.