Well, today I turn the big 3-4. It's quite the milestone birthday, wouldn't you say? Last year I experienced the best birthday of all, but it wasn't mine. It was that of my son being born. Life has become more about him now than about me, and as I enter fatherhood, I am seeing youthfulness all over again.
Since I've now lived through over three decades, I thought it might be interesting to reflect back on what happened on this day over the last ten years of each decade, so I found out what happened on Aug. 24, 2010, Aug. 24, 2000, Aug. 24, 1990, and then on Aug. 24 1986. How have things changed with each passing of ten years? My parents bought me a book called 1986 Remember When...A Nostalgic Look Back in Time yesterday, which highlighted all of the major events of that year. It was quite an interesting read, and I hope you find the facts and figures I find equally interesting.
What is Happening Today - Aug. 24, 2020
Major Headlines:
Thousands evacuated as two storms head for southern US
Trump announces plasma treatment authorized for COVID-19
Thousands allowed to bypass environmental rules in pandemic
Cost of Living:
Average Cost of a House: $320,000
Average Cost of a New Car: $37,876
Average Cost of Gas: $2.27
Average Income: $87,864
Tuition to Harvard University: $72,391
Average Rent: $1,463
Number One on 100 Billboard: Wap Cardi B Featuring Megan Three Stallion
Number One Movie at the Box Office
The Spongebob Movie: Sponge on the Run
Number One Team in Baseball:
Los Angeles Dodgers
What Was Happening On - Aug. 24, 2010 Major Headlines:
US military in Iraq cuts its strength to 50,000 troops.
American actor Lindsay Lohan is released from a rehabilitation centre 22 days into a three month program.
Michigan hails judge’s move in Asian carp fight against Chicago In San Fernando, Tamaulipas, Mexico, 72 illegal immigrants are killed by Los Zetas and eventually found dead by Mexican authorities.
Cost of Living:
Average Cost of a House: $266,000
Average Cost of a New Car: $27,950
Average Cost of Gas: $2.79
Average Income: $49,445
Tuition to Harvard University: $48,868
Average Rent: $1,177
Number One on 100 Billboard:
Love the Way you Lie
Eminem Featuring Rihanna
Number One Movie at the Box Office:
The Expendables
Number One Team in Baseball:
New York Yankees
What Was Happening on: Aug. 24, 2000:
Argon fluorohydride, the first Argon compound ever known, is discovered at the University of Helsinki by Finnish scientists.
'WE WILL BLOCK IT' - SONY EXEC RIPS NAPSTER IN STUDENT PAPER OPRAH AND OUT - FOUR OF SIX TOP STAFFERS HAVE LEFT; CITE OVERWORK
Cost of Living:
Average Cost of a House: $169,000
Average Cost of a New Car: $21,850
Average Cost of Gas: $1.56
Average Income: $$42,148
Tuition to Harvard University: $32,164
Average Rent: $931
Number One on 100 Billboard:
Incomplete
Sisqó
Number One Move at the Box Office:
The Cell
Number One Team in Baseball:
Atlanta Braves
What Was Happening on: Aug. 24, 1990:
Major Headlines:
3,500 peacekeepers arrive in Liberia
Iraqi troops surround US & other embassies in Kuwait City
Cost of Living:
Average Cost of a House: $122,900
Average Cost of a New Car: $15,472
Average Cost of Gas: $1.15
Average Income: $35,353
Tuition to Harvard University: $19,395
Average Rent: $648
Number One on Billboard 100:
Vision of Love
Mariah Carey
Number One at the Box Office:
The Exorcist III
Number One Team in Baseball:
Oakland A's
What Was Happening on: Aug. 24, 1986:
At 2:06, I came into the world. Coincidentally, my son was also born at 2:06, even if it was a different date. The world was a lot different then, as you can see below.
Major Headlines: Juli Inkster wins Atlantic City LPGA Golf Classic
Frontier Airlines shut down. Thousands of people were left stranded.
Cost of Living:
Average Cost of a House: $89,463
Average Cost of a New Car: $9,281
Average Cost of Gas: $.89
Average Income: $22,339
Tuition to Harvard University: $10,590
Average Rent: $385
Number One on Billboard 100:
Higher Love
Steve Winwood
Number One at the Box Office:
The Fly
Number One Team in Baseball:
New York Mets
So, I hope you find that passage of time as interesting as I have. Who knows what the next thirty years have in store?