1962-HA

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=__**1962**__= Gather ‘round folks and lend me your ear I’ll tell you the story of a crazy year. Laughter and tears and excitement galore 1962 was anything but a bore.

The Cuban Missile Crisis was in full swing The construction of weapons was quite a big thing. An embargo was placed on all goods from the land Until the Soviets announced that the missiles were banned.

We all know that Marilyn was the original bombshell Just ask JFK. He has stories to tell. It was such a shame that she made her life cease She’ll never be forgotten, may she rest in peace.

Up until this year, chips were so bland Lays got together and came up with a plan. Salt and vinegar flavoring would reinvent chips And boy was this invention bad for my hips!

Despite lots of southern bigots being very pissy James Meredith enrolled at the University of Mississippi A climax in the movement for civil rights He took African Americans to such great heights.

Independent businesses all started to cower As super stores began their rise to power. Wal-Mart and K-Mart both opened this year The little man was right to be in such fear.

Astronaut John Glen was really out of this world As he orbited the earth, the Soviets hurled. Even though they had done it before We were now even in this great space war.

But what’s the best part of these 366 days? It might not seem important compared to the craze. On August 3rd, a day without any drama A baby was born, who would one day be my mama.