# What Was On The Cover Of "Time" When You Were Born? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [June 14, 2005, 4:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-on-the-cover-of-time-when-you-were-born/308234 "2005-06-14T16:27:00Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Hal\_Briston](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a9a28c/32.png) [@Hal\_Briston](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hal_Briston)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2005, 4:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-on-the-cover-of-time-when-you-were-born/308234/1 "2005-06-14T16:27:00Z")
Sorta like [this thread](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=319804). A project at work has me checking out the search capabilities for a few hundred newspaper & magazines’ web sites. While I was checking out the site for _Time_, I came across an interesting feature. If you go to their [advanced search screen](http://www.time.com/time/searchresults/advanced/) and scroll down to the bottom option, you can see the _Time_ cover from your birthday. [My birthday cover](http://www.time.com/time/covers/0,16641,07-02-1968,00.html) has a banner reading “Days Of Death In Viet Nam”, and a drawing of Hanoi’s Gen. Vo Nguyen Giap (who I’ve never heard of before). So, what was your cover story? ---
**Author:** ![Hypno-Toad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/b2d939/32.png) [@Hypno-Toad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hypno-Toad)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2005, 4:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-on-the-cover-of-time-when-you-were-born/308234/2 "2005-06-14T16:30:00Z")
“Nixon’s Palace Guard” with tricky Dick at the top and Kissinger, Haldeman, Ehrlichmann and another guy on the shield in front of him. ---
**Author:** ![Corii](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/aeb1de/32.png) [@Corii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Corii)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2005, 4:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-on-the-cover-of-time-when-you-were-born/308234/3 "2005-06-14T16:30:27Z")
“The Push to Impeach” and a drawing of President Nixon. ---
**Author:** ![Hal\_Briston](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a9a28c/32.png) [@Hal\_Briston](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hal_Briston)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2005, 4:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-on-the-cover-of-time-when-you-were-born/308234/4 "2005-06-14T16:33:44Z")
Bonus – you can click on the cover to see the table of contents for the issue, and although you’d have to subscribe to the site to get full-text articles, you can still read snippets of the stories. Did folks in 1968 really think the Bee Gees were the next Beatles? :dubious: > [@Time's music columnist](#): > > “Suppose the Beatles had discovered soothing syrup instead of psychedelia; where would their music stand today? A possible answer comes from the Bee Gees, acclaimed by many people to be the first deserving heirs to the Beatles’ shaggy mantle.” ---
**Author:** ![Desperate\_Welfie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/82dd89/32.png) [@Desperate\_Welfie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Desperate_Welfie)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2005, 4:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-on-the-cover-of-time-when-you-were-born/308234/5 "2005-06-14T16:35:39Z")
[The Church In Shock](http://www.time.com/time/covers/0,16641,14-10-1978,00.html) ---
**Author:** ![\_Deep\_F\_ied](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/_/7cd45c/32.png) [@\_Deep\_F\_ied](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/_Deep_F_ied)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2005, 4:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-on-the-cover-of-time-when-you-were-born/308234/6 "2005-06-14T16:39:36Z")
HA! A very bizarre illustration of a family made of blocks…(but check out the mom’s strangely disproportionate breasts and styling lampshade hat) [http://www.time.com/time/covers/0,16641,28-12-1970,00.html](http://www.time.com/time/covers/0,16641,28-12-1970,00.html) “The US family: HELP!” and somethng about Poland erupting… ---
**Author:** ![phouka](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/c5a1d2/32.png) [@phouka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/phouka)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2005, 4:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-on-the-cover-of-time-when-you-were-born/308234/7 "2005-06-14T16:41:11Z")
[Beverly Sills: America’s Queen of Opera](http://www.time.com/time/covers/0,16641,27-11-1971,00.html) ---
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2005, 4:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-on-the-cover-of-time-when-you-were-born/308234/8 "2005-06-14T16:42:26Z")
[Walt Disney.](http://www.time.com/time/covers/0,16641,31-12-1954,00.html)🆒 ---
**Author:** ![yellowval](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/919ad9/32.png) [@yellowval](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/yellowval)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2005, 4:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-on-the-cover-of-time-when-you-were-born/308234/9 "2005-06-14T16:42:34Z")
[A Humpty Dumpty drawing of Burt Lance](http://www.time.com/time/covers/0,16641,23-09-1977,00.html), with Jimmy Carter in the background. ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2005, 4:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-on-the-cover-of-time-when-you-were-born/308234/10 "2005-06-14T16:42:49Z")
[Explosive Falklands](http://www.time.com/time/covers/0,16641,19-05-1982,00.html), with a ship going kerflooey. Ah yes, the Falklands War, the War to End All Wars… over the Falklands… ---
**Author:** ![Trunk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/87869e/32.png) [@Trunk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Trunk)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2005, 4:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-on-the-cover-of-time-when-you-were-born/308234/11 "2005-06-14T16:44:59Z")
[Dick Cavett Born.](http://www.time.com/time/magazine/0,9263,7601720207,00.html) ---
**Author:** ![Larry\_Borgia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/larry_borgia/32/156_2.png) [@Larry\_Borgia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Larry_Borgia)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2005, 4:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-on-the-cover-of-time-when-you-were-born/308234/12 "2005-06-14T16:45:31Z")
[Russian Cosmonauts Nikolayev and Popovich](http://www.time.com/time/covers/0,16641,1101620824,00.html) That is so cool. ---
**Author:** ![Kid\_A\_1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ed8c4c/32.png) [@Kid\_A\_1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kid_A_1)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2005, 4:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-on-the-cover-of-time-when-you-were-born/308234/13 "2005-06-14T16:46:06Z")
[Natassia Kinski “Hot Faces From Europe”](http://www.time.com/time/covers/0,16641,02-05-1983,00.html) And there’s something about an embassy bombing in Beirut. I guess it wasn’t important in comparision. ---
**Author:** ![Governor\_Quinn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/d26b3c/32.png) [@Governor\_Quinn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Governor_Quinn)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2005, 4:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-on-the-cover-of-time-when-you-were-born/308234/14 "2005-06-14T16:47:00Z")
“The Second Term”, with a picture of Reagan being sworn-in on the cover. Inside: As well as the cover story, articles on the Brazilian election, ex-politicians becoming lobbyists, the British pound, and reviews of _Blood Simple_ and _Centerfield_. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Unkempt\_One](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/b782af/32.png) [@The\_Unkempt\_One](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Unkempt_One)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2005, 4:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-on-the-cover-of-time-when-you-were-born/308234/15 "2005-06-14T16:47:34Z")
[Teng Hsiao-p’ing - Visions of a New China](http://www.time.com/time/covers/0,16641,31-12-1978,00.html) ---
**Author:** ![Amp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/6a8cbe/32.png) [@Amp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Amp)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2005, 4:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-on-the-cover-of-time-when-you-were-born/308234/16 "2005-06-14T16:47:37Z")
[The President’s Boys](http://www.time.com/time/covers/0,16641,09-06-1977,00.html) The historical significance is lost on me. ---
**Author:** ![DMark](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e68b1a/32.png) [@DMark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DMark)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2005, 4:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-on-the-cover-of-time-when-you-were-born/308234/17 "2005-06-14T16:48:38Z")
Columbus Discovers America! (I told you guys I was older than most of you…) Actually, mine was Douglas Macarthur… ---
**Author:** ![auntie\_em](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/5e9695/32.png) [@auntie\_em](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/auntie_em)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2005, 4:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-on-the-cover-of-time-when-you-were-born/308234/18 "2005-06-14T16:48:55Z")
I got the “Retreat From Integration” cover. Kinda boring. I was so hoping for some Vietnam thing. 😛 Heh. A few years ago, for the birthday of one of my dearest friends, I combed E-bay for any (relatively memorable and recognizable) magazines that were issued when she was born. For the monthly mags, I just got the December, 1969 ones, but for the weekly ones (like _TV Guide_), I had to look for one that covered the exact date (Dec. 23). It was loads of fun! And I bet that I managed to collect about eight to ten good magazines . . . She thought I was a little nutty . . . but she said that her husband and his dad got a kick out of the December 1969 issue of _Playboy_. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![UncleBeer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/977dab/32.png) [@UncleBeer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/UncleBeer)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2005, 4:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-on-the-cover-of-time-when-you-were-born/308234/19 "2005-06-14T16:52:55Z")
[John Glenn](http://www.time.com/time/magazine/0,9263,7601620302,00.html) ---
**Author:** ![David\_Simmons](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/9de053/32.png) [@David\_Simmons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/David_Simmons)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2005, 4:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-on-the-cover-of-time-when-you-were-born/308234/20 "2005-06-14T16:53:47Z")
Humpf. I got left out. They don’t start until 1923. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-on-the-cover-of-time-when-you-were-born/308234.md?page=2)