For You created my inmost being; You knit me together in my mother’s womb. Your eyes saw my unformed body; all the days ordained for me were written in Your book before one of them came to be. ~ Psalm 139:13, 16
This Special Edition post is in honor of Blaine’s birthday today. You already know how wonderful my husband is, so I’m not going to elaborate with gushy stuff today. : )
On the day you were born . . .
God already had a plan for your life. He had already created you specifically to fulfill that plan. He made you red-haired and freckle-faced because He already knew that’s what would attract me to you. He made you fun-loving and adventurous because He knew the life He had planned for you. He gave you wisdom and the ability to problem solve because He knew those were qualities you’d need to become a leader. He made you caring and loyal and responsible because He knew those are the qualities you would need to succeed – He borrowed those from your Dad. He gave you foresight and the ability to plan well into the future – He borrowed those from your Mom. He gave you faith so that you might know and trust Him and desire to serve Him. And He placed you in a family of parents, grandparents, aunts and uncles, so that you could learn how to practice that faith by watching and listening to them.
Other things happened on the day you were born. Worldly things.
June 2, 1959 was a Tuesday and it was the 153rd day of the year 1959. It was the 22nd Tuesday of that year. The next time you can reuse your old 1959 calendar will be in 2026. Both calendars will be exactly the same!
Since 1972, the actor/comedian/spontaneous singer/songwriter Wayne Brady, also shares your birthday.
There have been 22,275 days from the day you were born up to today. If you’ve been sleeping 8 hours a day since birth, then you have slept a total of 7,425 days or 20.33 years. You spent 33% of your life sleeping. (We both know those numbers are on the high side for you.)
You’ve seen 754 full moons.
You are part of the Baby Boomer generation.
This year, the most popular baby boy names (in order of preference) were Michael (with 85,262), David, James, John, Robert, Mark and William (51,371). As you can see, yours didn’t make the list.
But take heart! You are not alone! The name Blaine, has been used in the United States ever since 1880, with over 33,437 boys given the name in the past 200 years.
General Dwight D. Eisenhower was President
The Number 1 song on the day you were born was “The Battle of New Orleans” by Johnny Horton.
If you’d saved a nickel every day since the day you were born, you’d have $1,113.75 today. (As long as they’re not wooden ones.)
For some reason, I had a great deal of trouble finding out what was in the news on the day you were born. It must’ve been a really slow news day. Here’s a few things that were going on that year.
Federal hourly minimum wage – $1.00 (before you get to incredulous, that’s the equivalent of $8.89 today)
One gallon of gas – 25 cents
One gallon of milk – $1.01
One loaf of bread – 25 cents
One pound of coffee – 77 cents
Postage stamp – 4 cents
Average yearly income – $5,400
Average price for a home – $12,400
Ford cars – $2,132 – $3,979
Steam iron – $9.88
On TV, it was the year of Arthur Godfrey, Dennis the Menace, Bonanza and The Twilight Zone
In the movies you had North by Northwest, Ben Hur and Diary of Anne Frank
Alaska and Hawaii became states in 1959 – January 3rd, and August 21st respectfully
Barbie was born
Fidel Castro leads Cuba
86% of homes had televisions
Tang was introduced
The microchip was invented by two U.S. engineers
Xerox introduced the first commercial copier
Boeing 707 jets cut 8 hours off transatlantic flight
No more wheat pennies are made
The independent Dannon Milk Products Company of Long Island City, New York was purchased by Beatrice Foods from founders Joe Metzger and Dan Carazzo. Over the next decade, Beatrice developed America’s taste for yogurt by introducing the Dannon Yogurt brand across the United States.
And since I couldn’t find much in the news for your birthdate, here are a few historical things that happened on June 2nd:
1692 – Bridget Bishop is the first person to go to trial in the Salem witch trials in Salem, Massachusetts. Found guilty, she is hanged on June 10.
1835 – P. T. Barnum and his circus start their first tour of the United States.
1919 – Anarchists simultaneously set off bombs in eight separate U.S. cities.
1935 – Babe Ruth retires after 22 Major League seasons that included 10 World Series and 714 home runs.
1953 – Queen Elizabeth was formally crowned as The Queen in England while for the first time millions watched on live television. She was 27 years old.
1997 – Timothy McVeigh was convicted on 15 counts of murder for the 1995 Oklahoma City terrorist bombing.
2005 – Beached Whales in Australia were helped off a beach and back into the water by hundreds of volunteers.
2013 – A 23-year-old woman in the Czech Republic gave birth to quintuplets (four boys and one girl), a first for the country.
And that seems like an appropriate way to end this day you were born.
The Lord bless you and keep you; the Lord make His face shine upon you and be gracious to you; the Lord lift up His countenance upon you and give you peace. ~ Numbers 6:24-26
