In August we are going to a birthday party for my wife’s friend’s grandmother. She will be 100 years-old. Let me tell you, she is not one of those soon-to-be 100 years-olds that are in a wheelchair and hooked up to all kinds of machines and just sitting in a corner of a room. Madeline may not be able to get around like she did a few years ago but she still has all her faculties about her and is still sharp as a tack. So I started to think of something to buy a 100 year-old woman. I was going to get her roller blades or perhaps an X-Box. Or what about a football?? Seriously, what do you get a woman who is turning 100?
Here are some facts of the year she was born- 1908
Theodore Roosevelt was president
A subway linking New York’s Brooklyn and Manhattan opened.
The 1st US postage stamps in rolls were issued.
The forty-sixth star was added to the U.S. flag, signifying Oklahoma’s admission to statehood.
Wireless Radio Broadcasting was patented by Nathan B. Stubblefield.
Henry Ford’s first Model T rolled off the assembly line.
General Motors filed papers of incorporation.
The Chicago Cubs won the Baseball World Series (and are still waiting for another one).
Harley Davidson was 5 years-old.
Born in 1908
Bette Davis
Buddy Ebsen
Ethel Merman
Ian Fleming (James Bond author)
Jimmy Stewart
Mel Blanc
Don Ameche
Milton Berle
Nelson Rockefeller
Lyndon B. Johnson
Grandma Madeline Brandon
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