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packman

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48. In 1957

Fri Sep 5, 2014, 09:21 PM

Sep 2014

Popular Culture
•Elvis Presley purchases a mansion in Memphis, Tennessee and calls it Graceland
•The Cavern Club opens in Liverpool ( Where the Beetle's started )
•The Film Jailhouse Rock premiers with Elvis Presley
• "American Bandstand" the teenagers chart music show makes its network debut on ABC

Popular Films
•The Ten Commandments
•Around the World in Eighty Days
•12 Angry men
•Jailhouse Rock by Elvis Presley
•The Bridge on the River Kwai
•The Three Faces of Eve

Popular Books
•The Cat in the Hat - Dr. Seuss
•From Russia with Love - Ian Fleming
•The Guns of Navarone - Alistair MacLean

Most popular toy - Hula Hoops and The Slinky - average car price $2,700 - and Sputnik launched

And you were born - outstanding year

http://www.thepeoplehistory.com/1957.html

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Happy Birthday! VanillaRhapsody Sep 2014 #1

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Happy Birthday trumad! sheshe2 Sep 2014 #8

Happy, happy birthday! etherealtruth Sep 2014 #9

Happy Birthday trumad and many, many more. nc4bo Sep 2014 #10

I guess we have two things in common! NYC_SKP Sep 2014 #11

A mere 57-year-old whippersnapper, eh? LiberalEsto Sep 2014 #12

Born in '57 also IDemo Sep 2014 #13

Have a great one! nt BillZBubb Sep 2014 #14

Ta-Ta. BlueJazz Sep 2014 #15

Damn. That's going to happen to me in December. Happy birthday. Lochloosa Sep 2014 #16

Ya, and there's only one way to stop . orpupilofnature57 Sep 2014 #33

Happy!! 840high Sep 2014 #17

Wait. Could it be? LiberalAndProud Sep 2014 #18

Happy Birthday, Pussycat. nolabear Sep 2014 #19

Happy birthday! Agschmid Sep 2014 #20

Hoppy Birthday ! Hoppy Sep 2014 #21

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Happy Birthday, trumad! babylonsister Sep 2014 #23

Happy birthday! Stargazer09 Sep 2014 #24

Have some 57 variety ketchup with your birthday cake, happy b-day trumad! edgineered Sep 2014 #25

Happy birthday! Louisiana1976 Sep 2014 #26

Funny way to tell us your birthday is today, trumad! Cha Sep 2014 #27

a Birthday Natural.... irisblue Sep 2014 #28

I was born 8/24/57 orpupilofnature57 Sep 2014 #29

Happy belated birthday, Eddie! Cooley Hurd Sep 2014 #37

My Brother !!!!!!!!! orpupilofnature57 Sep 2014 #39

Happy Birthday Trumad malaise Sep 2014 #30

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Joyeaux Anniversaire! joanbarnes Sep 2014 #32

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Happy Birthday, man! Cooley Hurd Sep 2014 #36

happy b day. Liberal_in_LA Sep 2014 #38

Happy Birthday, Trumad! Uncle Joe Sep 2014 #40

a Wonderful B-Day to you!! handmade34 Sep 2014 #41

Happy Birthday!!!! AuntPatsy Sep 2014 #42

I bought you a drink for this special occassion rurallib Sep 2014 #43

Happy Birthday youngster In_The_Wind Sep 2014 #44

Trumad! Happy birthday! longship Sep 2014 #45

Another Virgo eh? Happy Birthday! panader0 Sep 2014 #46

Quick! Jury! trumad's admiting he's a troll. Gormy Cuss Sep 2014 #47

In 1957 packman Sep 2014 #48

Happy Birthday, trumad! radicalliberal Sep 2014 #49

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Happy Birthday, trumad! Unknown Beatle Sep 2014 #51

I'm there myself in three weeks....! lastlib Sep 2014 #52

Happy birthday, Junior. malthaussen Sep 2014 #53

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Happy Birthday trumad! Hope you've been having a livetohike Sep 2014 #56

Happy Birthday, kiddo ChazII Sep 2014 #57

Looks like ChazII gets the 57th Happy Bithday rock Sep 2014 #61

I feel soooo dense. ChazII Sep 2014 #82

Happy Burthday! onecaliberal Sep 2014 #58

Hippo Birdies trumad! dorkzilla Sep 2014 #59

Boy, you're old GP6971 Sep 2014 #60

Happy one! blackspade Sep 2014 #62

You Precede me by 9 days. Martin Eden Sep 2014 #63

Happy birthday you young whippersnapper. shraby Sep 2014 #64

Happy Birthday, trumad! yellerpup Sep 2014 #65

"HAPPY BIRTHDAY" Lifelong Protester Sep 2014 #66

my Dad's birthday is Sept. 5....and I'm a 1957 vintage too, in December . BlancheSplanchnik Sep 2014 #67

trumad :) Crewleader Sep 2014 #68

Thanks Crew trumad Sep 2014 #93

You share with Jesse James and Raquel Welch among other greats seveneyes Sep 2014 #69

Happy to you! Borchkins Sep 2014 #70

Happy birthday! a2liberal Sep 2014 #71

Happy birthday. cate94 Sep 2014 #72

OMG cate94 Sep 2014 #73

Happy Birthday, youngster. Many, many, many more. LoisB Sep 2014 #74

Found this late - but not too late. Mira Sep 2014 #75

And 57 in front of ya:) grahamhgreen Sep 2014 #76

Happy Birthday trumad ornotna Sep 2014 #77

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Happy Birthday trumad! redwitch Sep 2014 #79

Happiest of days! raven mad Sep 2014 #80

Have a GREAT birthday! LyndaG Sep 2014 #81

Happy birthday, trumad!!! ZombieHorde Sep 2014 #83

Yay! Happy Birthday! Yay! Iggo Sep 2014 #84

Happy Birthday, cboy!! madinmaryland Sep 2014 #85

Happy Birthday! You're almost as old as my folks... nomorenomore08 Sep 2014 #86

'57 was my year, too. It was a very good year indeed. Laffy Kat Sep 2014 #87

Happy birthday, trumad!!! Heidi Sep 2014 #88

Happy happy belated birthday! nt. Ilsa Sep 2014 #89

Happy Birthday...take no selfies!!! nt msanthrope Sep 2014 #90

Happy B-Day! MerryBlooms Sep 2014 #91

Happy Birthday, trumad! Enthusiast Sep 2014 #92

I hope you had a nice one ybbor Sep 2014 #94

Happy Natal Day! Spitfire of ATJ Sep 2014 #95

Happy Birthday! PADemD Sep 2014 #96

Cool. How do you feel? Helen Borg Sep 2014 #97

Good actually. trumad Sep 2014 #98

Way to go! :) Helen Borg Sep 2014 #99

Happy Happy trumad, 9/9/56 for me, n/t calikid Sep 2014 #100

Happy Birthday trumad! MuseRider Sep 2014 #101

Happy 57th Birthday, Big Daddy! MrScorpio Sep 2014 #102

Happy birthday, young whippersnapper Jack Rabbit Sep 2014 #103

Hey, you were born the year after I graduated from high school! I could be your mother! classof56 Sep 2014 #104

Happy Birthday, trumad! Octafish Sep 2014 #105

Fr�hlicher Geburtstag! Jackpine Radical Sep 2014 #106

You should have posted more and made it your 57,000th post! cui bono Sep 2014 #107

Well Happy Birthday then! TuxedoKat Sep 2014 #108

hAPpY BdAY! glinda Sep 2014 #109

57 57 fadedrose Sep 2014 #110

Happy happy birthday, Trumad! blondie58 Sep 2014 #111

Boy, you sure have a lot of friends, trumad Iwillnevergiveup Sep 2014 #112

Happy birthday, trumad. And THANK YOU for giving them hell... ChisolmTrailDem Sep 2014 #113

Very happy to oblige.... Raster Sep 2014 #114

Have a great 57th, trumad! lady lib Sep 2014 #115

Happy Birthday, Trumad! Melissa G Sep 2014 #116

Happy birthday! ColesCountyDem Sep 2014 #117

6...6...6 yurbud Sep 2014 #118

Bon Anniversaire money amie! My 51st on the 12th, after last year it's kind of anticlimactic. Dustlawyer Sep 2014 #119

Happy Birthday Truman, and... Contrary1 Sep 2014 #120

Best wishes on your birthday and always Trumad! n/t veness Sep 2014 #121

happy birthday (I ate the cake I bought for you--it was REALLLLY good!) niyad Sep 2014 #122

Hap Hap Happy yuiyoshida Sep 2014 #123