1929

1929 marked the end of a period known in American history as the Roaring Twenties and was a time of wealth and excess. After the Wall Street Crash of 1929 a worldwide Great Depression ushered in.

Famous people born that year were:
January 15 – Martin Luther King Jr., American civil rights leader, Nobel laureate (d. 1968)
May 4 – Audrey Hepburn, British actress (d. 1993)
July 2 – Imelda Marcos, First Lady of the Philippines
July 9 – King Hassan II of Morocco (d. 1999)
July 26 - Joseph Jackson, Father of the Jackson Family
July 28 – Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis, American First Lady (d. 1994)
August 24 – Yasser Arafat, Palestinian leader, Nobel laureate (d. 2004)
September 5 – Bob Newhart, American comedian and actor
September 10 – Arnold Palmer, American golfer
September 25 – Barbara Walters, American journalist
November 12 – Grace Patricia Kelly, American actress and Princess of Monaco (d. 1982)
November 30 – Dick Clark, American television entertainer
December 16 - Nicholas Courtney, British actor

Not overly famous to the media but pretty important to us - Wayne's dad (Keith) and his identical twin brother (Uncle Ken) (photo coming soon) were born on December 5, 1929 to Pete & Irla Gingerich. They were born in the small front room of our house or as we like to call the 'man room'.

We celebrated their 80th birthday with both families gathering together for dinner and an afternoon of visiting. We looked through the book that Grandma (Irla) had put together of the boys growing up and enjoyed listening to the many stories shared by Dad & Uncle Ken. These days twins while still special, is something seen a little more often than what you would have had in 1929.

Blessings