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Birthday Project of Christina Cramer About Me: I was born on March 7th. It had happened to be a Tuesday. I had been due on the 28th. It was 11:26p.m. when I came into this world at 18 1/2 in., 7lb and 9oz.

Weather: On March 7 the weather was mildly sunny with a few clouds. There was no rain or snow, although it looked like rain more than once. The wind wasn't very strong either at 7.36mph.

Super Bowl: In 1995, the teams that were competing were the San Francisco 49ers and the San Diego Chargers. The 49'ers won with a score of 49, where as the Chargers had 26. The game was played in the Joe Robbie Stadium located in Miami, Florida.

World Series: The Atlanta Braves were playing against the Cleveland Indians. The Atlanta Braves won. This was the Cleveland Indian's first appearance in the World Series for over forty years.

Population: In 1995, there were approximately 248,709,873 people living in the U.S. On average, there were about 70.3 people living per square mile. The census also revealed that there were about 18.7 million people living in Texas in the year.

Presidents: At the time, Bill Clinton was in office. His vice president was Al Gore. He had run for presidency with George Bush, but he had won by a landslide.

Science Invention: The companies working of developing the DVD agreed on standards for the disk. It was a challenge to attempt to get the DVD to replace the VCR tape. In the end, Warner's began by serializing 650,000 DVD's.

Science Invention: Kodak made it's first digital camera in 1995. It would connect to a computer via a serial cable. They were rather pricey, so not many people even bothered with them for a time.

The Happenings of the Year 1995

Items in 1995 were much cheaper than nowadays. For example, the average cost of a gallon of gas cost $1.15!! The cost of a stamp was also much cheaper at 32 cents.

The Japanese police arrested a major cult leader. His name was Shoko Asahara. He was arrested under charges of attacking the Tokyo subway with nerve-gas two months prior.

The most distant galaxy known was discovered. The galaxy is estimated to be fifteen billion light-years away. This all took place in Hawaii with several scientists studying space with a Kleck telescope.

The manga artist and author, Nobuhiro Watsuki had a successful series known a Rurouni Kenshin, or RuroKen as addressed by fans, active at the time. He had published six volumes in the year. They happened to be vol. 3-8.​



Full House stopped filming. The series had a successful run of eight seasons, totaling in 192 episodes. The series had begun its filming in 1987.

There was a poison gas leak in Japan. It was more specifically located in a Tokyo subway. Twelve people were killed while four thousand seven hundred were seriously injured.

The band Green Day published two new songs. The first was titled Geek Stink Breath. The second was called When I Come Around.

New York became the 38th state to take up the death penalty. This act was greatly opposed when it was first brought into vote. It was almost vetoed, but ultimately was passed.

The movie "Apollo 13" was released. The main actor was Tom Hanks. It is a movie about a mission to space gone wrong, and the astronauts' lives were in grave danger. You have to watch it yourself to find out the ending!

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The Happenings of March 7th.

In 1917, the first Jazz record was released. The record was titled Dixie Jazz Band One Step and was recorded in Camden, NJ. The band responsible for this was known as the Nick LaRocca Original Dixieland Jazz Band.

A four day strike from the Broadway Musicians was under way. Almost all shows had to be canceled because of this. This happened in the year of 2003.

In 1854, Charles Miller patented the first button hole sewing machine. This made sewing clothing like button down shirts much easier. Dress shirts were cheaper and easier to mass produce after that.

Cyclone Bola hit New Zealand on March 7th in 1988. Even though there was large amounts of flooding, only three people died. This was caused by a car wit five passengers being submerged in water, and only two of them excaped. The rest drowned.

In 1933, Charles Darrow created the board game known as Monopoly. The object of this game was to buy up all of the properties and run the other players out of money. Monopoly is still a classic today.

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"Weather History for Chambersburg, PA." //The Old Farmer's Almanac//. The Old Farmer's Almanac, 5 Oct. 2009. Web. 7 Oct. 2009.