In Honor of 66

To all born in 1948 this the 66th birthday year.

In honor of my year cohort I put together a video for us traveling Route 66. I Googled and surfed and found pictures for every year. I added a few personal pictures for some of them then added titles and music.

Three things struck me when I was done:

• How many years 66 years really is. I really do understand that it IS a lifetime.
• How things that seem like just yesterday were in the FIRST HALF of the video
• The song is already coming to the closing and it was only a few years ago.

For your enjoyment, then, here is my trip along Route 66:



Pictures in chronological order.
Sixty-six years. Wow!

Babies- 1948
Harry Truman-1948
Brooklyn Dodgers- 1949
Korean War- 1950
Einstein photo- 1951
Marilyn Monroe- 1952
Young Elvis- 1953
Walt and Mickey Mouse- 1954
McDonalds- 1955
Nelson Mandela Trial- 1956
Milwaukee Braves Win- 1957
The Edsel- 1958- We are 10.
Castro- 1959
A Sixth-grade class- 1959
JFK- 1960
Junior High- 1960
Yuri Gagarin- 1961
Pope John XXIII- 1962
I Have a Dream- 1963
Assassination- 1963
Beatles- 1964
WW II Veteran’s grave- 1964
Bob Dylan- 1965
Star Trek- 1966
Super Bowl I- Lombardi- 1967
Seven-day War- 1967
1968- Kennedy and King
Jimi Hendrix at Woodstock- 1969
(We are 21)
Man on the Moon- 1969
College Band- 1969
BMW- 1970
Brandenburg Gate and Wall- 1970
Salzburg- 1970
Nixon and Hoover- 1971
Moravian Star- 1971
Cesar Chavez- 1972
Wedding- 1972
Munich Olympics- 1972
Godfather- 1973
Western Wall Jerusalem- 1973
Church- 1974
Nixon resigns- 1974
Spain Leaves Franco Behind- 1975
Apple Prototype-1976
Star Wars- 1977
Rolling Stones- 1978 (We’re 30)
Iran Occupation- 1979
U2 Cover- 1980
Phillies Win- 1980
Reagan Inauguration- 1981
Letterman- 1982
Mother and Daughter- 1983
Pete Rose- 1983
1984- 1984
Prince- 1985
Jack Nicklaus- 1986
Bill Gates- 1987
AA- 1988 (We’re 40!)
Fall of the Wall- 1989
Nelson Mandela- 1990
Perfect Storm- 1991
Candidates Debate- 1992
First World Trade Center Attack- 1993
OJ- 1994
Tiger Woods- 1995
Derek Jeter- 1996
Packers Win- 1997
Harry Potter- 1998 (We’re 50)
Prince, Party Like It’s- 1999
Y2K- 2000
September 11- 2001
Spiderman- 2002
Fall of Saddam Hussein- 2003
Facebook- 2004
Katrina- 2005
Letterman Show- 2006
Surge in Iraq- 2007
Obama Election- 2008
Bridge- 2008 (Age 60!)
Michael Jackson- 2009
Spain Wins World Cup- 2010
Japan Earthquake and Tsumani- 2011
Lincoln- 2012
Pope Francis I- 2013
All-Star Game- 2014
To Infinity and Beyond…..