Well Bill, this should really cheer you up.
48 years old at the time of the 9-11 attack on America
46 years old on the first day of Y2K
44 years old when Princess Diana was killed in a car crash
41 years old at the time of Oklahoma City bombing
40 years old when O. J. Simpson was charged with murder
39 years old at the time of the 93 bombing of the World Trade Center
37 years old when Operation Desert Storm began
36 years old during the fall of the Berlin Wall
32 years old when the space shuttle Challenger exploded
30 years old when Apple introduced the Macintosh
29 years old during Sally Ride's travel in space
27 years old when Pres. Reagan was shot by John Hinckley, Jr.
26 years old at the time the Iran hostage crisis began
23 years old on the U.S.'s bicentennial Fourth of July
21 years old when President Nixon left office
18 years old when Alabama Gov. George C. Wallace was shot
16 years old at the time the first man stepped on the moon
14 years old when Martin Luther King Jr was assassinated
12 years old during the Watts riot
10 years old at the time President Kennedy was assassinated
6 years old when Hawaii was admitted as 50th of the United States
4 years old when the Soviet satellite Sputnik 1 was launched
not yet 1 year old at the end of the Korean War
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Only two defining forces have ever offered to die for you,
Jesus Christ and the American G. I.
One died for your soul, the other for your freedom
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