My Birth

I was born in Neillsville, Wisconsin. Neillsville is a small town in NW Wisconsin. We actually lived in Minneapolis, MN. My mom was from the small town of Humbird, Wisconsin and my dad Fairchild, Wisconsin which is about 5 miles from Humbird. I tried looking up the population for Neillsville at that time, but was unable to find it. It may have been 1000 or less. The latest results I found were 2006 for 2731. My mom's town is unincorporated which I believe means less than 500. Oh and it only cost $204 for my birth.

Me at 5 weeks old



Here are some other stats for my birthday:

Top News Headlines This Week: Mar 4 - Paul-Henri Spaak resigns as Secretary-General of NATO Mar 6 - P Wild discovers asteroid #1657 Roemera Mar 6 - 1st London minicabs introduced Mar 6 - Dutch guilder revalued 4.74% Mar 6 - Dutch Queen Juliana celebrates 12½ year government jubilee Mar 8 - of Holy Loch from SC in a record underseas journey of 66 days 22 hrs


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		US President
Bread:	$0.21/loaf	John F. Kennedy
Milk:	$1.05/gal	US Vice President
Eggs:	$0.92/doz	Lyndon B. Johnson
Car:	$2,275	Academy Award Winners
Gas:	$0.31/gal	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

On TV in 1961

Perry Mason	Leave it to Beaver	Bonanza
The Andy Griffith Show	The Flinstones	The Twilight Zone
Alfred Hitchcock Presents	The Dick Van Dyke Show	I Love Lucy
Gunsmoke

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 Here is where I found my Birth year facts