21 Years Ago Today…

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I was born. That’s right. A little over two decades ago in Palatka, Florida my parents got what they had tried so desperately for twice already. A perfect child. Disappointed with their first two children, my parents decided to test their luck and try one more time to have that “perfect child” they longed for. On March 26, 1986 he I came. Pictured above, I am a newborn weighing in at 7lbs 4oz and 20.5in long.

Today, I will celebrate with Kristin by attempting to make my grandfather’s homemade pizza. This pizza is quite the tradition in our family. My grandfather used to make it for my mother, my mom made it for us, and now I will make or break the whole thing.  Kristin will also try her hand at a Rippy family tradition, the fluffy frosting cake.   More on this later. Wish us luck.

“INTERESTING” FACTS ABOUT 1986:

-January 20 - The first federal Martin Luther King Day, honoring Martin Luther King Jr., is observed.

-January 28 - STS-51-L: Space Shuttle Challenger disintegrates 73 seconds after launch, killing the crew of 6 astronauts and schoolteacher Christa McAuliffe.

-February 19 - The Soviet Union launches the Mir space station.

-February 27 - The United States Senate allows its debates to be televised on a trial basis.

-March 9 - United States Navy divers find the largely intact but heavily-damaged crew compartment of the Space Shuttle Challenger; the bodies of all 7 astronauts are still inside.

-April 21 - Geraldo Rivera opens Al Capone’s secret vault on The Mystery of Al Capone’s Vault, discovering only a bottle of moonshine.

-September 5 - Pan Am Flight 73, with 358 people on board, is hijacked at Karachi International Airport by 4 armed men of the Abu Nidal organization, which operates much in the same manner as Al Qaeda.

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