60 Years

Today, would have been my father's 60th birthday.  Crazy still to think that he is gone and all before he turned sixty.  Rather young and if he hadn't drank so much he really would have still been in pretty good shape. 

At look at my dad in his late 20's after winning one of the Wild Horse Races at a Rodeo.



Here is a look at his 59 (would have been 60) years historically:

May 11 Events in History

2010 The Gulf of Mexico oil spill threatens sensitive marshes and wildlife along the Gulf Coast; Admiral Thad Allan is appointed to lead the Federal response to the spill 1998 India resumes underground nuclear tests after more than a 20 year gap 1997 "Play On!" closes at Brooks Atkinson Theater New York City after 61 performances 1997 New York Mets C. Everett and Butch Huskey are 9th to hit consecutive pinch home runs 1997 Paine Webber Senior Golf Invitational 1997 Sara Lee LPGA Classic 1997 Scott McCarron wins Bellsouth Golf Classic 1997 Terry-Jo Myers wins LPGA Sara Lee Classic 1996 Florida Marlin Al Leiter no hits Colorado Rockies, 11-0 1996 Valujet DC-9 crashes in Miami, 109 die 1994 "Grease," opens at Eugene O' Neill Theater New York City for 1,503 performances 1994 "Naked Gun 33 1/3: The Final Insult," released in France 1994 6 white racists sentenced to death in South Africa 1994 Inter Milan wins 23rd UEFA Cup 1993 28th Academy of Country Music Awards: Garth Brooks wins 1993 Paramaribo Suriname TV studio destroyed by fire 1990 New York Yankees trade Dave Winfield to Angels for Mike Witt 1989 217th and final episode of "Dynasty" is aired 1989 France performs nuclear test at Muruora Island 1989 Kenya announces worldwide ban on ivory to preserve its elephant herds 1989 President Bush orders nearly 2,000 troops to Panama 1988 France performs nuclear test 1988 KV Mechelen wins 28th Europe Cup II 1988 Mario Andretti records fastest Indianapolis 500 lap (221.565 mph) 1987 1st heart-lung transplant take place (Baltimore) 1987 Corazon Aquino is elected president in the Philippines 1986 Muffin Spencer-Devlin wins LPGA United Virginia Bank Golf Classic 1985 40 die and 150 injured in fire at Bradford City football ground 1985 Booby trap bomb kills 86 people in India 1985 Madonna's "Crazy For You," single goes #1 1985 Pope John Paul II arrives in Netherlands 1985 Soccer stadium in Bradford England catches fire; 53 die 1985 Dave Concepcion becomes 4th Cincinnati Red teammate to get 2,000 hits, others include Pete Rose, Tony Perez and Cesar Cedeno 1984 Johan Cruijff quits soccer 1984 Tigers set best 30 game start record (26-4) 1984 Transit of Earth as seen on Mars 1983 "Dance a Little Closer" opens and closes at Minskoff Theater New York City 1983 Aberdeen wins 23rd Europe Cup II 1983 Comet C/1983 H1 (IRAS-Araki-Alcock) approaches 0.0312 AUs of Earth 1982 Canucks 4-Isles 6-Stanley Cup-Isles hold 2-0 lead 1981 Andrew Lloyd Webber/T.S. Eliot's musical "Cats", premieres in London 1981 Kim Carnes' "Bette Davis Eyes" hits #1, stay there 9 weeks 1980 Pam Higgins wins LPGA Lady Michelob Golf Tournament 1980 Pete Rose, 39, steals second, third, and home in one inning for Phillies 1978 Margaret A. Brewer is 1st female general in the U.S. Marine Corps 1977 Hamburger SV wins 17th soccer Europe Cup II 1977 Ted Turner manages an Atlanta Braves game 1976 Emmy 3rd Daytime Award presentation 1976 Last broadcast of "Marcus Welby, MD" on ABC-TV 1975 Donna Caponi Young wins LPGA Lady Tara Golf Classic 1975 Flyers 1-Isles 2-Semifinals-Series tied at 3 games 1975 Israel signs an agreement with European Economic Market 1974 "Bad, Bad Leroy Brown" by Frank Sinatra hits #83 1974 "Tubular Bells" by Mike Oldfield hits #7 1974 Steely Dan releases "Rikki Don't Lose that Number" 1973 Dutch government of Uyl forms 1972 Giants trade Willie Mays to Mets for pitcher Charlie Williams and cash 1972 John Lennon says his phone is tapped by FBI on Dick Cavett Show 1972 Stanley Cup: Boston Bruins beat New York Rangers, 4 games to 2 1972 U.S. performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site 1971 Cleveland's Steve Dunning becomes last AL pitcher to hit grand slam 1970 Sammy Davis, Jr. weds Altovise 1969 Carol Mann wins LPGA Dallas Civitan Golf Open 1969 Monty Python comedy troupe forms 1968 Richard Harris releases "MacArthur Park" 1968 Stanley Cup: Montreal Canadiens sweep St. Louis Blues in 4 games 1968 Students and police battle in Paris, 100s injured 1967 "Sing, Israel Sing" opens at Brooks Atkinson Theater New York City for 14 performances 1967 100,000,000th U.S. phone connected 1967 Great Britain, Ireland and Denmark apply for Common Market membership 1966 Real Madrid wins 11th Europe Cup I 1965 "Flora, the Red Menace" opens at Alvin Theater New York City for 87 performances 1965 1st of 2 cyclones in less than a month kills 35,000 (India) 1965 Bangladesh windstorm kills 17,000 1965 Ellis Island added to Statue of Liberty National monument 1965 U.S.S.R. performs nuclear test at Semipalitinsk, Eastern Kazakhstan U.S.S.R. 1965 West Indies becomes 1st holders of the Frank Worrell Cricket Trophy 1963 "Puff (The Magic Dragon)" by Peter, Paul and Mary hits #2 1963 Los Angeles Dodger Sandy Koufax 2nd no-hitter beats New York Giants, 8-0 1963 Racial bomb attacks in Birmingham Alabama 1962 Antonio Segni becomes president of Italy 1962 U.S. performs atmospheric nuclear test at Christmas Island 1962 U.S. sends troops to Thailand 1960 French liner "France" launched 1960 Israeli soldiers capture Adolf Eichmann in Buenos Aires 1959 "Kookie, Kookie Lend Me Your Comb" by Byrnes and Connie Stevens hits #4 1959 Elvis Presley's 1st entry on U.K. charts with "Heartbreak Hotel" 1959 Rodgers and Barer's musical "Once upon a mattress," premieres in New York City 1959 Yankee catcher Yogi Berra's errorless streak of 148 games ends 1958 Beverly Hanson wins LPGA Lawton Golf Open 1958 U.S. performs atmospheric nuclear test at Enwetak 1958 U.S. performs atmospheric nuclear test at Bikini Island 1957 Gabriel Paris forms government of Colombia 1956 Pinky Lee Show, last airs on NBC-TV 1955 Israel attacks Gaza 1953 Tornado kills 114 in Waco Texas and causes $39M damage 1953 Winston Churchill criticizes John Foster Dulles domino theory 1951 Jay Forrester patents computer core memory So Happy Birthday Dad! Sorry you are not here to see your 60th birthday.  I hope you and Bogart are up there celebrating together today.