1974-BG

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I was sitting at the bus stop the other day and a elderly lady around the age of 65 saw the the number seventy-four on my my jacket. She looked at me and said "Seventy four. huh?" I said "Yes ma'am, that's my fathers graduation year". She then turned and replied "That was a good year". I looked puzzled and asked "Why is that?". She smiled and stated "Listen up and I'll tell ya"

" You can say there wasn't a lot going on in America until April of that year, when an outbreak of tornadoes hit the heart land. It was the largest and deadliest in our history.Later that month Hank Aaron became the all time MLB home run leader with 715 home runs. He did in front of a national TV audience, after receiving death threats in the weeks leading up. July brought us our first look and the UPC, which you children call the bar code. In August1974. that sneaky president of ours, Mr. Nixon resigned from office because he tried to cover up the some tapes he stole. Gerald Ford replaced him in office shortly after. One day before Halloween, Muhammad Ali knocks out George Foreman in The Rumble in the Jungle to become the Heavyweight champ. The year ended with President Ford pardoning former President Nixon.1974 also saw future stars born and former stars pass. The stars of Saved by the Bell were born while Bud Abbot, Duke Ellington, and Ed Sullivan were sweetly missed. See why 1974 was a good year? It was the end of an one era and the start of a new."

Later that night I sat at my desk and I wonder what will I say in thirty years?