Share what you know about the year you were born.
Well for my own part I was born in the morning March 10th 1958 with quarter after on my next three times. Back then the husband wasn’t expected to be holding his wife’s hand. Dad played pinochle with the doctor until the doctor was needed. my friend Bill Musser was also born in this day also in Iowan. similarities don’t stop there we’re both gay . We’re not related to just tickles me!
One of my favorite movies was produced then “The Inn of The sixth happiness”starring Ingrid Bergman.
My mom was and dad were 31,Marian D Bittinger Heike and Dr L.N.Heike. My older sister was ten. I was born in Spencer hospital Spencer Iowa. 8:00 in the morning Pisces that was my sign still is funny how that works out!
State flower Iowa is Wild Rose. Dad practice chiropractic in Laurens Iowa. dad was a second son of Paul John Andrew Heike and his wife Agnes. Granddad was a son of Robert hickey and his wife and they had come to America in 1900 from Prussia. Great grandpa Robert was a Lutheran pastor. great grandpa Robert was the third brother and his other two brothers served in the Czars royal guard the Uzars.
Mom’s folks were Clarence Ward Bittinger and Lottie Henrietta Starkey Bittinger.
Iowa’s population in 1958 was 2,708,000¹
Politics:² 1958 more people trust to the United States government and today approximately 19% of America trust the government. I find that interesting could have anything to do with the political lies the propaganda fed the world and Americans!
Talks head started between Vietnam in the United States. we hit you documentation they refer to the leader of the Vietnamese or the Chinese as Mr Mao. we were just out of Korea not long in 1958.³
Products produced in America 1958? Hula hoops, goldfish, Jiff peanut butter, spandex and pledge⁴.
Books Best selling list: others are two of the books that were published ‘Old yellow Yeller and Breakfast at Tiffany’s.⁵
America’s carbon footprint in 1958? I know I can’t get away with this question with just saying a lot less than today so I have a footnote underneath it’s really interesting and very scientific and very cool.⁶
Weekly Reader talking about Global Warming. No one ever imagine that in our lifetime glaciers would be melting!⁷
Footnotes:
1.https://www.macrotrends.net/states/iowa/population
2.https://www.pewresearch.org/politics/2023/09/19/public-trust-in-government-1958-2023/
3.https://history.state.gov/historicaldocuments/frus1958-60v01/d40
4.https://m.famousfix.com/list/products-introduced-in-1958
5.https://www.listchallenges.com/the-most-popular-books-published-in-1958
7.https://www.zinnedproject.org/news/tdih/popular-tv-program-warns-of-global-warming/
Val Whitewolf 