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The day she was born was December 24, 1945.
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National Basketball Association (NBA) is founded. The NBA has 30 teams, 29 in the US and 1 in Canada. It is a premier men's basketball league. Wikipedia
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The Brinks robbery in Boston was robbed. It occurs when eleven masked robbers steal $2.8 million from a protected car outside the express office.
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My grandma owned a farm and my mom grew up living and taking care of the animals.
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In 1952, the Winter Olympics open in Helsinki, Finland with thirty participating nations. During these games, the first triple jump in figure skating history is performed by Dick Button, who won one of the four gold medals gained by U.S. athletes.
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The first color televisions go on sale. The first coast-to-coast color TV broadcast was the Jan. 1, 1954, Tournament of Roses Parade on NBC.
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President Dwight D. Eisenhower is inaugurated for his second term in office.
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The Daytona 500 stock car race is run for the first time with Lee Petty taking the first black and white checkered flag.
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This is the day when my Grandma graduated 8th Grade in Middle School.
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My Grandma Graduated High School in 1963.
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Martin Luther King Jr. is awarded the Noble Peace Prize. 104 individual people have been awarded the Noble Peace Prize.
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This is when my Grandma started college.
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My grandma has 3 children. They were all girls. They are all 2 years apart. 1965,1967,1969. My mom was the middle one.
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The day my mom was born was July 2, 1967.
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She became a hair salon worker, and to this day she still works as one.
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A ban on the television advertisement of cigarettes affects the United States.
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Astronaut Sally Ride became the first American woman to travel to space.
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Poverty Point National Monument in Louisiana is established by President Ronald Reagan. Only way to preserve some of the most extensive earthworks from prehistoric times in North America.
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On December 24, 1995, this was her 50th Birthday. My mom would have been 22 years old.
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Presley Pisarek (Me) was born on Febuary 12, 2004.
