(as written by Patrick Gordan Barkman)
Steven Elliott Metze was born on March 13, 1967 in a log cabin on the outskirts of what would eventually become Washington Territory.
Some interesting facts about the year of his birth:
The President of the United States was Lyndon B. Johnson. Who is now dead.
The Vice President was Hubert H. Humphrey. Who is also now dead.
The Secretary of State was Dean Rusk. Also dead.
The Secretary of the Treasury was Henry Fowler. Dead.
The Speaker of the House was John McCormack. Dead.
The President Pro Tempore of the Senate was Carl Hayden. Dead, too.
The Premier of the USSR was Alexey Kosygin. Likewise, dead.
The Secretary General of the United Nations was U Thant. Dead.
In that year, the Nobel Prize for Physics went to Hans Bethe. Who is now dead.
The Nobel Prize for Literature went to Miguel Angel Asturias. Who is also now dead.
There was NO Nobel Prize for Peace in the year Steve Metze was born. Coincidence?
The Academy Award for Best Actor that year went to Rod Steiger. Also now dead.
The Best Actress Award went to Katharine Hepburn. Dead as well.
The Number One hit on the Billboard Charts for the week of March 13, 1967, was “Love is Here and Now You’re Gone,” by the Supremes. Florence Ballard of the Supremes is dead.
March 13th is the traditional Catholic feast day of St. Gerald of Mayo and St. Leticia. Dead and dead.
Other famous March 13th birthdays include Pope Innocent XII, Percival Lowell and L. Ron Hubbard. Dead, dead and dead. Tho’ technically speaking, L. Ron Hubbard may not count since he is still writing crappy books.