Today is the 100th Birthday of my Great Grandmother. Happy Birthday Granny Nettie!!! In Taiwan, she would be 101 years old today - since they are born at one year old (as in the first year of your life). This may explain why I looked like a lot of 1 year olds in size when I was born.... possibly???
But reaching 100 years is quite the achievement... I couldn't find any webpages that directly talk about the age level or any stats. I'll keep looking. But think of the history that has occurred since 1908:
1908: Ford introduced the Model-T
1909: Plastic invtented (Granny is older than Plastic!?!?!?! KICK ASS!)
1912: Oreos First Introduced, Titanic Sinks.... people are doomed to hear Celine Dion song in a movie 85 years later
1914: WW1 Begins (Granny was 6 years old)
1918: Daylight Savings Introduced (Granny is older than TIME!!!)
1920-1933 : Prohibition in the US (Granny had to wait till she was 25 to enjoy legally!)
1924: First Olympic Winter Games
1927: Babe Ruth breaks Home Run Record (pre-steroid record)
1928: SLICED BREAD INVENTED.... insert analogy here
1929: First Academy Awards, Stock Market Crash
1931: US Officially gets National Anthem
1937: Japan invades China (more relevant to my time here in Taiwan)
1939: World War 2 Begins
1945: UN founded... Atomic Bombs dropped in Japan
1949: China becomes Communist
1950: Korean War begins
1951: Color TV Introduced
1955: McDonald's Corporation Founded (10 people served)
1956: TV Remote Invented (A fine invention at that)
1959: Hawaii was added to the Union as the 50th State..... Hawaii 5-0 can now be filmed
1963: JFK assasinated, MLK "I have a dream" speech (Granny was already 55 by this point)
1967: Super Bowl I (59 years young....)
1969: First Man on the Moon (61 years young)
1973: US pulls out of Vietnam (65 years young)
1977: Star Wars Episode 4 (69 years young) - A kick ass great grandkid named Adam was born
1981: PC Introduced (73 years young)
1983: Thriller released by MJ (Wonder if Granny has ever done the Thriller Dance??)
1989: Berlin Wall falls (Granny was 81 years young when this happened!)
Y2K: 91 years young....
2008: New president and Granny hits 100 years young!!!
By the way, the year before Granny was born, Oklahoma was admitted into the US as the 46th State. New Mexico, Arizona, Alaska, and Hawaii weren't even stars on the flag yet!!!!
Happy Birthday from Taiwan - and best wishes on another year!
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