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I was born on July 3, 1947, as was Dave Barry,  nationally syndicated humor columnist for the Miami Herald. As our parents adjusted to our births, UFO crashes were being reported in Roswell, N.M., the Israeli War of Independence was raging on, Jackie Robinson was breaking  Major League Baseball’s “color line”  by donning a Brooklyn Dodgers Uniform, India won its independence creating India, Pakistan and East Pakistan, Communists were excluded from the governments of Italy and France, leading to the beginning of the Cold War,  the Fort Lauderdale Hurricane decimated southeastern Florida as well as parts of Alabama, Mississippi and Louisiana, and the “Great Fires of 1947” wreaked havoc in the state of Maine, burning over 200,000 acres and killing 16 people. All-in-all, a busy year!

For the Daily Prompt: Share all you know about the year you were born.