For me, KAREN CATALIOTO: Birthplace: Passaic, New Jersey Sunday, September 06, 1964 Top News Headlines This Week: Sep 7 - Betsy Rawls wins LPGA Valhalla Golf Open Sep 9 - German DR govt allows short visits to West Germany Sep 9 - John Osborne's "Inadmissable Evidence", premieres in London Sep 10 - Palestinian Liberation Army (PLA) forms Sep 10 - Rod Steward records his 1st single "Good Morning Little Schoolgirl" Sep 11 - free ends as Dick Tiger defeats Don Fullmer at Cleve Auditorium Top Songs for 1964 The House of the Rising Sun by Animals Can't Buy Me Love by Beatles Oh, Pretty Woman by Roy Orbison I Feel Fine by Beatles I Want to Hold Your Hand by Beatles She Loves You by Beatles There! I've Said It Again by Bobby Vinton Baby Love by Supremes Chapel of Love by Dixie Cups I Get Around by Beach Boys 1964 Prices Bread: $0.21/loaf Milk: $1.06/gal Eggs: $0.98/doz Car: $2,350 Gas: $0.30/gal US President: Lyndon B. Johnson US Vice President: no Vice President Academy Award Winners Best Picture: My Fair Lady Directed by George Cukor Best Actor: Rex Harrison in My Fair Lady Best Actress: Julie Andrews in Mary Poppins House: $20,500 Stamp: $0.05/ea Avg Income: $7,336/yr Min Wage: $1.25/hr DOW Avg: 874 People born on September 6 1888 - Joseph P Kennedy, Boston Mass, diplomat, father of JFK, RFK, & Teddy 1899 - Billy Rose, theatrical producer (Diamond Horse Show) 1947 - Jane Curtin, Cambridge Mass, actress (SNL, Allie Lowell-Kate & Allie) On TV in 1964 The Dick Van Dyke Show   The Beverly Hillbillies   The Man From U.N.C.L.E.   Gilligan's Island   The Addams Family   The Fugitive   The Flinstones   Bewitched   The Twilight Zone   The Andy Griffith Show Hot New Toys in 1964 Nutty Mads   Gun That Shoots Around The Corner   Bobbing Head Beatles Dolls   Foto-Electric Pro Football Hall of Fame Game   Addams Family "Thing" Bank   Easy Bake Oven   Agent Zero-M Invisible Ink Set   Creepy Crawlers   Mad Magazine Straight Jacket Top Books in 1964 It's Like This, Cat by Emily Cheney Neville Why We Can't Wait, Martin Luther King by Jr. Shadow and Act by Ralph Ellison designed by dMarie.com For my Shih Tzu dog BEAU, CGC,TDI: Birthplace: Glendale, Arizona Deceased: January 8, 2007 in Phoenix, Arizona Tuesday, September 01, 1992 Top News Headlines This Week: Sep 1 - NYC police commissioner Brown resigns Sep 1 - Tommy Smothers undergoes arthroscopic surgery Sep 2 - E W Elst discovers asteroids #7425 Lessing, #7881 Schieferdecker, & Sep 2 - #8291 Sep 2 - F Borngen & L D Schmadel discover asteroid #6457 Sep 2 - Nicaragua struck by earthquake/floodings; 118 die Top Songs for 1992 Tears In Heaven by Eric Clapton Baby Got Back by Sir Mix-a-Lot Baby-Baby-Baby by TLC Under the Bridge by Red Hot Chili Peppers End of the Road by Boyz II Men All 4 Love by Color Me Badd Jump by Kris Kross Save the Best for Last by Vanessa Williams My Lovin' (You're Never Gonna Get It) by En Vogue Just Another Day by Jon Secada 1992 Prices Bread: $0.75/loaf Milk: $2.14/gal Eggs: $1.22/doz Car: $18,141 Gas: $1.19/gal US President: George Bush US Vice President: J. Danforth Quayle Academy Award Winners Best Picture: Unforgiven Directed by Clint Eastwood Best Actor: Al Pacino in Scent Of A Woman Best Actress: Emma Thompson in Howards End House: $144,100 Stamp: $0.29/ea Avg Income: $44,221/yr Min Wage: $4.25/hr DOW Avg: 3,301 People born on September 1 1923 - Rocky Marciano, heavyweight champion boxer (1952-56) 1933 - Conway Twitty [Harold Jenkins], Miss, country singer (Hello Darlin') 1939 - Lily Tomlin Detroit, comedienne/actress (9 to 5, Laugh-in, All of Me) On TV in 1992 Law & Order   Seinfeld   Home Improvement   Mad About You   Picket Fences   The Simpsons   Beverly Hills 90210   Twin Peaks   Fresh Prince of Bel Air   Northern Exposure Top Books in 1992 Shiloh by Phyllis Reynolds Naylor designed by dMarie.com For my Shih Tzu dog ROMEO: Birthplace: Mesa, Arizona Friday, December 14, 2007 Top News Headlines This Week: May 6 - Transit of Venus Jun 6 - Transit of Venus (between Earth & Sun) occurs Jan 1 - Asteroid 1989FC closest approach to Earth Oct 1 -  -BC- Origin of Era of Abraham Aug 21 - Next total solar eclipse visible from North America Jul 28 - 31st recorded perihelion passage of Halley's Comet US President: George W. Bush US Vice President: Dick Cheney People born on December 14 1935 - Lee Remick Quincy MA, actress (Days of Wine & Rose, Long Hot Summer) 1946 - Patty Duke [Anna Marie] Elmhurst NY, actress (Miracle Worker) 1932 - Charlie "Silver Fox" Rich Colt AR, singer (Behind Closed Doors) designed by dMarie.com For my tuxedo cat CLEO Birthplace: Glendale, Arizona Deceased: January 17, 2001 in Phoenix, Arizona Wednesday, January 23, 1985 Top News Headlines This Week: Jan 23 - Britain's House of Lords debate 1st televised Jan 24 - 15th Space Shuttle (51-C) Mission-Discovery 3 is launched Jan 25 - Test debut of Wasim Akram, vs New Zealand at Auckland (2-105) Jan 25 - "We are the World" is recorded Jan 25 - "Black & Blue" premieres in Paris Jan 26 - 42th Golden Globes Amadeus wins Top Songs for 1985 Shout by Tears for Fears We Are The World by USA for Africa Money for Nothing by Dire Straits I Want to Know What Love Is by Foreigner Say You, Say Me by Lionel Richie The Power of Love by Huey Lewis & the News Careless Whisper by Wham! Can't Fight This Feeling by REO Speedwagon Broken Wings by Mr. Mister Everybody Wants to Rule the World by Tears for Fears 1985 Prices Bread: $0.55/loaf Milk: $1.98/gal Eggs: $1.20/doz Car: $11,902 Gas: $1.20/gal US President: Ronald Reagan US Vice President: George Bush Academy Award Winners Best Picture: Out Of Africa Directed by Sidney Pollack Best Actor: William Hurt in Kiss Of The Spider Woman Best Actress: Geraldine Page in Trip To Bountiful House: $100,800 Stamp: $0.22/ea Avg Income: $32,944/yr Min Wage: $3.35/hr DOW Avg: 1,547 People born on January 23 1907 - Dan Duryea, White Plains NY, actor (Pride of the Yankees) 1933 - Chita Rivera, Washington DC, actress (West Side Story, Sweet Charity) On TV in 1985 Cheers   Night Court   The Cosby Show   Moonlighting   L.A. Law   Miami Vice   St. Elsewhere   The Golden Girls   Cagney & Lacey   Family Ties Hot New Toys in 1985 M.U.S.C.L.E. Men   Pound Puppies   Takara's Jenny   Get in Shape Girl!   The Care Bears   Nintendo Entertainment System (NES)   She-Ra: Princess of Power   Flash and Sizzle Jem/Jerrica   Teddy Ruxpin Top Books in 1985 The Hero and the Crown by Robin McKinley designed by dMarie.com For my Persian cat RUDY: Birthplace: Glendale, Arizona Deceased: May 17, 2004 in Phoenix, Arizona Thursday, October 21, 1999 Top News Headlines This Week: Oct 25 - Pro golfer Payne Stewart and five others killed in plane crash Oct 31 - EgyptAir flight crashes over Atlantic, killing all 217 on board Nov 5 - Judge finds Microsoft to be a monopoly Nov 11 - Last upside down date until January 1, 6000 Nov 15 - U.S. and China reach landmark trade agreement Nov 15 - Next transit of Mercury visible in North America Top Songs for 1999 Kiss Me by Sixpence None the Richer No Scrubs by TLC Baby One More Time by Britney Spears Every Morning by Sugar Ray Believe by Cher Nobody's Supposed to Be Here by Deborah Cox Angel of Mine by Monica Heartbreak Hotel by Whitney Houston Genie In a Bottle by Christina Aguilera Livin' La Vida Loca by Ricky Martin 1999 Prices Bread: $0.89/loaf Milk: $2.87/gal Eggs: $1.22/doz Car: $19,992 Gas: $1.22/gal US President: Bill Clinton US Vice President: Al Gore Academy Award Winners Best Picture: American Beauty Directed by Sam Mende Best Actor: Kevin Spacey in American Beauty Best Actress: Hilary Swank in Boys Don't Cry House: $195,800 Stamp: $0.33/ea Avg Income: $62,636/yr Min Wage: $5.15/hr DOW Avg: 11,250 People born on October 21 1833 - Alfred Bernhard Nobel, Stockholm, created dynamite & Peace Prizes 1928 - Edward "Whitey" Ford, hall of fame pitcher (NY Yankees) 1956 - Carrie Fisher, Beverly Hills, actress (Star Wars-Princess Lelia) On TV in 1999 Party of Five   Friends   Star Trek: Voyager   Survivor   Big Brother   ER   The X-Files   Who Wants to be a Millionaire?   Frasier   Babylon 5 Hot New Toys in 1999 Star Wars Toys   Super Gorilla Magnet   Electronic Pikachu   Pokemon Yellow Gameboy Game   Sega Dreamcast   Moon Walk Shoes   Baby Furby   Electronic Elmo   Pokemon Trading Cards Top Books in 1999 Holes by Louis Sachar designed by dMarie.com For my Persian cat BRANDY: Birthplace: Paradise Valley, Arizona Tuesday, June 22, 2004 [adoption date; actual birthdate is unknown] Top News Headlines This Week: May 6 - Transit of Venus Jun 6 - Transit of Venus (between Earth & Sun) occurs Jan 1 - Asteroid 1989FC closest approach to Earth Oct 1 -  -BC- Origin of Era of Abraham Aug 21 - Next total solar eclipse visible from North America Jul 28 - 31st recorded perihelion passage of Halley's Comet US President: George W. Bush US Vice President: Dick Cheney People born on June 22 1936 - Kris Kristofferson singer/actor (Amerika, Millenium) 1949 - Lindsay Wagner LA Ca, actress (Bionic Woman, Paper Chase, Nighthawks) 1949 - Meryl Streep NJ, actress (French Lieutenant's Woman, Sophie's Choice) 1933 - Dianne Feinstein (Mayor-D-SF) designed by dMarie.com For my Persian cat MELODY: Birthplace: Phoenix, Arizona Saturday, July 01, 2000 Top News Headlines This Week: Jul 1 - Mexico Elects Reform President Jul 1 - Ten Jews Convicted by Iranian Court Jul 1 - Vermont Legalizes Civil Unions Jul 2 - Wildfire Rages in Far West Jul 4 - Tall Ships Parade in New York Harbor Jul 8 - Crucial Pentagon Missile Test Fails Top Songs for 2000 Say My Name by Destiny's Child Smooth by Santana Everything You Want by Vertical Horizon Amazed by Lonestar Maria Maria by Santana Breathe by Faith Hill Bent by Matchbox 20 I Wanna Know by Joe I Knew I Loved You by Savage Garden He Wasn't Man Enough by Toni Braxton 2000 Prices Bread: $0.93/loaf Milk: $2.78/gal Eggs: $1.25/doz Car: $20,664 Gas: $1.57/gal US President: Bill Clinton US Vice President: Al Gore Academy Award Winners Best Picture: Gladiator Directed By Ridley Scott Best Actor: Russell Crowe in Gladiator Best Actress: Julia Roberts in Erin Brockovich House: $206,400Avg Income: $65,500/yr Min Wage: $5.50/hr People born on July 1 1934 - Jamie Farr Toledo Oh, actor (Klinger-M*A*S*H, AfterMASH) 1916 - Olivia de Havilland, Tokyo Japan, actress (Adventures of Robin Hood) 1952 - Dan Aykroyd, Ottawa Canada, comedian/actor (SNL, Dragnet) 1942 - Karen Black Park Ridge Ill, (5 Easy Pieces, Trilogy of Horror, Pyx) On TV in 2000 The X-Files   Frasier   Friends   Who Wants to be a Millionaire?   Homicide: Life on the Street   Big Brother   ER   Survivor   Law & Order   N.Y.P.D. Blue Hot New Toys in 2000 Toots the Train   Cybiko   Pokemon Gold and Silver   Amazing Babies   Harry Potter Trivia game   Celebration Barbie (Special 2000 edition)   Tucker The Truckbot   Lego Championship Challenge   Let's Pretend Elmo designed by dMarie.com For my 1st & only 1970s teen idol LEIF GARRETT: Birthplace: Los Angeles, California Wednesday, November 08, 1961 Top News Headlines This Week: Nov 8 - Whitey Ford is voted Cy Young Award winner over Warren Spahn Nov 9 - PGA eliminates Caucasians only rule Nov 9 - USAF Major Robert M White takes X-15 to 30,970 m Nov 9 - Paddy Chayefsky's "Gideon", premieres in NYC Nov 11 - Adulterous couple up mestkar through Staphorst riding Nov 11 - Congolese soldiers murder 13 Italian UN pilots Top Songs for 1961 The Lion Sleeps Tonight by Tokens Big Bad John by Jimmy Dean Pony Time by Chubby Checker Take Good Care of My Baby by Bobby Vee Tossin' and Turnin' by Bobby Lewis Calcutta by Lawrence Welk Runaway by Del Shannon Wonderland By Night by Bert Kaempfert Blue Moon by Marcels Runaround Sue by Dion 1961 Prices Bread: $0.21/loaf Milk: $1.05/gal Eggs: $0.92/doz Car: $2,275 Gas: $0.31/gal US President: John F. Kennedy US Vice President: Lyndon B. Johnson Academy Award Winners Best Picture: West Side Story Directed by Robert Wise Best Actor: Maximillian Schell in Judgment At Nuremberg Best Actress: Sophia Loren in Two Women House: $18,800 Stamp: $0.04/ea Avg Income: $6,471/yr Min Wage: $1.15/hr DOW Avg: 731 People born on November 8 1909 - Katharine Hepburn, Ct, actress (African Queen, On Golden Pond) 1927 - Patti Page, Claremont Oklahoma, singer (Tennessee Waltz) 1931 - Morley Safer, Toronto Canada, TV newscaster (60 Minutes) On TV in 1961 Leave it to Beaver   Perry Mason   The Twilight Zone   The Andy Griffith Show   The Flinstones   Bonanza   Gunsmoke   The Dick Van Dyke Show   I Love Lucy   Alfred Hitchcock Presents Hot New Toys in 1961 Frosty The Sno-cone Machine   Slip 'N Slide   Dick Tracy Wrist Radio   Stratego   Lie Detector   Little Red Spinning Wheel   Mr. Mix-It   Beany Copter Top Books in 1961 Island of the Blue Dolphins by Scott O'Dell A House for Mr. Biswas by V. S. Naipaul The City in History by Lewis Mumford Catch-22 by Joseph Heller The Moviegoer by Walker Percy The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie by Muriel Spark Art and Illusion by Ernest H. Gombrich designed by dMarie.com

Brunette green-eyed Me posing for my 1st professional portrait at 2 1/2 years old in 1967. Boy, I was such a good little girl. Lodi, New Jersey

Me celebrating my first Holy Communion at 8 1/2 years old in May, 1973. To this day, I am deeply devoted to the Catholic/Christian faith. Garfield, New Jersey

Me in my 30s posing for a professional portrait (free offer at the now-defunct Montgomery Ward's department store) living in Phoenix, Arizona.

Liver & white brown-eyed Beau posing for his 1st professional portrait to celebrate turning 1 year old, at MotoPhoto in Glendale, Arizona. October, 1993

Tuxedo green-eyed Cleo in the summer of 1992 at aged 7 1/2 years old, sitting atop the bathroom toilet to remind me it's supper time. Phoenix, Arizona

Red & white copper-eyed Rudy at 16 months old on adoption day (February 21, 2001), sitting atop the kitchen counter just plain saying "hello". Phoenix, Arizona

Blond blue-eyed singer & actor Leif at 17 years old in 1979, during the height of his fame, around the time of filming his 1st TV special during the spring. Los Angeles, California

I certainly hope you enjoyed my little Site here, and that it took you on a fun trip back in time. Click the dmarie link and punch in your birthdate and presto, it's that easy! It even has a printer-friendly text... I was a 1960s post baby boomer growing up loving TV's The Electric Company and ZOOM, The Jeffersons and Family Ties and The Facts of Life. The Little House on the Prairie, Family, The Waltons, The Hardy Boys / Nancy Drew Mysteries, and Starsky and Hutch. Saturday morning Krofft Super Shows such as HR Puf-n-Stuff, Land of the Lost, Curiosity Shop, etc. Christmas classics such as Santa Claus Is Comin' to Town. 1970s movies like "The Planet of the Apes" and Disney. I enjoyed some classic scary movies like "Carrie" and "The Shining". Jodie Foster during 1970s (only). TV & movies were so great back then, I don't mind the kitshy-ness! I loved Beverly Cleary & Judy Blume books, and some suspense novels. I even read "Tiger Beat" where Leif was the top pin-up prince & "Seventeen" magazines (both didn't promote smoking). I listened to Fleetwood Mac, Olivia Newton-John, John Denver, Neil Diamond, ABBA, Rod Stewart, Duran Duran, Bon Jovi, and Madonna; just basic Top 40's pop during the '70s / '80s, as well as Christmas music such as Mitch Miller band. I loved to scrapbook. I loved to color. I loved dolls and paper dolls. Yes, I did have pop culture dolls of all sorts: Mrs. Beasley from Family Affair, Cher, Six Million Dollar Man / Bionic Woman, Donny & Marie, Charlie's Angels (I had the small Jacklyn Smith and the big Cheryl Ladd), as well as all kinds of Barbie dolls (PJ, 1960s / 70s Barbie (Malibu) & Ken (rubber hair & fake hair Mod), Dawn & Long Locks, Honey Hill Bunch, Jodi (Victorian), Jane West, etc. I loved classic table board games like Monopoly, Trouble, Sorry!, Old Maid cards; Ping-Pong, volleyball, badminton, & sled-riding. I collected 'View Master' reels and have the likes of Pippi Longstocking, Return to Witch Mountain, Nanny & the Professor, the Brady Bunch, the Partridge Family, Disney, the new Mickey Mouse Club, etc. etc. Over the years, I've saved almost everything, even my manual typewriter. They don't make the stuff anymore; nowadays, I think of today's stuff as junk! (I had to watch out that my mother didn't attempt to touch or throw away anything; she didn't understand nostalgia!)... I was an animal-loving virginal girl who never smoked, drank, or took drugs. I valued education highly, even graduated college earning a 3.5 GPA with Honors. In New Jersey, I had a wonderful childhood best friend- Margie and teacher- Miss Nespoli. Although I had a difficult childhood (partly due to my moderate hearing-impairment since birth- rubella/German measles, and living with a single mother (who ironically rejected my hearing loss) with 3 daughters to support (my father died of a heart attack in January 1975)), I considered myself all-American, because I enjoyed decent stuff without pleasing others. Also, my hearing-impairment was never an obstacle despite extreme prejudice. Although I've lived in Phoenix since 13 (Mom's idea, against my wishes!), I cherished my childhood days in New Jersey and am enjoying my own [very] independent single life with my loving animals in Phoenix... Nowadays, in our fast-paced technological civilization, it is SO appreciative to feel so nostalgic! E-mail or go to my SHIH TZU FORUM Home Page My Family Tree ! (E-MAIL for password) © 2002-2008 Karen Catalioto Materialization as of January 31, 2002

My reminder for you... Please save stuff from the day your child was born or even when you adopted your pet i.e. your local newspaper, a popular toy that came out, controversial headline in a publication, videotape of the day's news, if you adopted your pet via an ad- save that (or if online- print that out), etc. etc. and place them in acid-free storage. And, of course, do the Tme Capsule! Be careful what you may overlook. Have fun! From Sheila: That was fun and interesting, Karen! Thank you for sharing. My step-dad was born on Sept 6 too, which I noticed is your birth date. I especially enjoyed looking at the pics you had on there of yourself and your pets.