A Special Day in History

I was born on April 25,1984. My birthplace is located in a small town called Cutzamala de Pinzon, Mexico. Not many events took place on such small town, however, several interesting and frightening ones took place that day around the world. I was born at a clinic and unlike many of the U.S hospitals my mother did not have the luxury of television, radio, or any other type of entertainment there. However, at home there was a small radio and my sister recalled  going home from the hospital and playing music from a famous Mexican singer. His name is Marco Antonio Solis.

Marco Antonio Solis's songs were not only playing the day I was born but I also found out I was named after him. Before I was born my sister convinced my mother to name me after him. He composed and sang his own songs he created. He was part of a band called Los Bukis. The band's most famous songs, “Yo te necesito” was written in 1982 and was nominated for a Grammy in 1984.

Another event that happened on April 25, 1984 was the publishing of a survey from The Times. It ranked Dallas 49^th out of 277 U.S cities “safest places to live”(The Times, 1984). The survey took in consideration the mortality rate, average house income, crime rate and several other facts. The survey was conducted from the State University of New York. The number one ranked was Greensboro, NC and the worst place to live was Fresno, California. 

At this time on the other side of the world, the United Kingdom announced an induction to a coinless parking. The coinless metering system was going to allow users to park in a meter without using coins, many of the people found coins to be very inconvenient. The card readers was going to replace the coin system helping with the theft toward the meters. In addition, local businesses were going to have the ability to sale the card to users.

An interesting and exiting event that occurred the day of my birthday was that The Dallas Mavericks won a playoff game against the Seattle Supersonics (The Dallas Morning News, 1984). This victory tied the playoff game and the Mavericks ended up winning the series. On this year the Mavericks ranked 3^rd in the Midwest Division. Their record was 44 Wins and 38 losses. Unfortunately, they lost to the Lakers  in the next series which eliminated them from the playoffs.

The day I was born not only involved important events happing in history but also frightening ones. One frightening event that occurred the day I was born was an earthquake. The earthquake occurred in San Francisco, California. Its estimated damage was 10 million! The registered magnitude of the earthquake was 6.2 on the Richter scale.

The date I was born involved many events in history. Even though I was born on a tiny town in Mexico and not many activities took place there, several interesting things did happened in other parts of the world. For example, the Dallas Mavericks winning a playoff game, the publishing of the survey announcing Dallas as one of the safest cities, the United Kingdom introducing a coinless parking, the devastating earthquake in California. All of these events happening in one day!

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You Tube. (2013, November 23). Moody Madness. Retrieved from https://www.youtube.com/watch?  v=Vi0ncmVyQTs