# 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:** 2
**Author:** ![Dob](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b2d939/32.png) [@Dob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dob)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2005, 4:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-on-the-cover-of-time-when-you-were-born/308234/21 "2005-06-14T16:56:10Z")
[The New Sound of Country Rock](http://www.time.com/time/covers/0,16641,16-01-1970,00.html) Less than exciting month… ---
**Author:** ![Balle\_M](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/13edae/32.png) [@Balle\_M](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Balle_M)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2005, 4:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-on-the-cover-of-time-when-you-were-born/308234/22 "2005-06-14T16:58:36Z")
Some Republican hack named [Charles Halleck](http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=H000081). 46 years ago TODAY, as a matter of fact… 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Frank](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Frank](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frank)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2005, 5:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-on-the-cover-of-time-when-you-were-born/308234/23 "2005-06-14T17:01:20Z")
> [@David Simmons](#): > > Humpf. I got left out. They don’t start until 1923. Suddenly, the feeling of elderliness I was getting in this thread has left me. The other Polish Cardinal: Cardinal Wyszynski ---
**Author:** ![elfbabe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/b782af/32.png) [@elfbabe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elfbabe)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2005, 5:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-on-the-cover-of-time-when-you-were-born/308234/24 "2005-06-14T17:05:26Z")
Eeeeeew! I got Brian Mulroney! :mad: ---
**Author:** ![Giles](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/giles/32/60_2.png) [@Giles](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Giles)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2005, 5:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-on-the-cover-of-time-when-you-were-born/308234/25 "2005-06-14T17:06:16Z")
I like [the cover for when I was a couple of days old.](http://www.time.com/time/covers/0,16641,1101450618,00.html) ---
**Author:** ![Misnomer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/misnomer/32/14897_2.png) [@Misnomer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Misnomer)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2005, 5:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-on-the-cover-of-time-when-you-were-born/308234/26 "2005-06-14T17:06:32Z")
Cover: [B. F. Skinner Says: We Can’t Afford Freedom](http://www.time.com/time/covers/0,16641,1101710920,00.html) Inside:[ul][li]President Nixon urged the reconvening Congress to act on his New Economic Policy[/li][li]John Lynch, Prime Minister of the Irish Republic, undertook two days of emergency talks with British Prime Minister Edward Heath. Held at Chequers, the country residence of Britain’s Prime Ministers, the meetings dealt with the current civil strife in the British province of Northern Ireland.[/li][li]The debate about the benefits of circumcision raged[/li][li]The latest addition to the female wardrobe, the Pan-T-Boot, was announced. “It’s guaranteed to reduce both the dimensions and dressing time of the American woman because it is girdle, stretch pants, hosiery and shoes all rolled into one. Made from a lightweight knit fabric similar to that used in swimsuits, Pan-T-Boot is actually an extraheavy pair of panty hose with soles and heels attached.”[/li][li]Charles T. Ireland Jr. was announced as president of CBS[/li]The movie _Let’s Scare Jessica to Death_ got a negative review[/ul] ---
**Author:** ![Rufus\_Xavier](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/eada6e/32.png) [@Rufus\_Xavier](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rufus_Xavier)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2005, 5:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-on-the-cover-of-time-when-you-were-born/308234/27 "2005-06-14T17:10:37Z")
Soviet Admiral Sergei Gorshkov the caption is “Russia’s Navy: A New Challenge at Sea” Inside is a review of a then-newly-released-movie. See if you can guess the movie from this snippet: > [@Time Magazine](#): > > this film about a space odyssey that goes awry and crash-lands three astronauts on an unknown planet. They have been traveling for a cool millennium or so, but their craft has been zooming along at close to the speed of light, and so—in accordance with Einstein’s Time-Dilation Theory—they have scarcely aged, save for some grey in their beards. At first, all they find is sand, but soon they stumble across… ---
**Author:** ![Cliffy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/59ef9b/32.png) [@Cliffy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cliffy)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2005, 5:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-on-the-cover-of-time-when-you-were-born/308234/28 "2005-06-14T17:10:43Z")
[An Jack Davis drawing of an embattled Nixon.](http://www.time.com/time/covers/0,16641,1101730827,00.html) I love Davis and Nixon, well, goes without saying. Awesome. –Cliffy ---
**Author:** ![Tentacle\_Monster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ba9def/32.png) [@Tentacle\_Monster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tentacle_Monster)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2005, 5:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-on-the-cover-of-time-when-you-were-born/308234/29 "2005-06-14T17:11:52Z")
[Video Games Are Blitzing The World](http://www.time.com/time/covers/0,16641,19-01-1982,00.html) F’n awesome. ---
**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, 5:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-on-the-cover-of-time-when-you-were-born/308234/30 "2005-06-14T17:12:01Z")
> [@Cliffy](#): > > [An Jack Davis drawing of an embattled Nixon.](http://www.time.com/time/covers/0,16641,1101730827,00.html) I love Davis and Nixon, well, goes without saying. Awesome. I like it, and it also works because Nixon was a football fan. I don’t know why one of the players is a woman, though. ---
**Author:** ![MissTake](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/misstake/32/3189_2.png) [@MissTake](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MissTake)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2005, 5:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-on-the-cover-of-time-when-you-were-born/308234/31 "2005-06-14T17:17:46Z")
[Warren Burger](http://www.time.com/time/covers/0,16641,25-05-1969,00.html) ~shrug~ ---
**Author:** ![badbadrubberpiggy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/57b2e6/32.png) [@badbadrubberpiggy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/badbadrubberpiggy)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2005, 5:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-on-the-cover-of-time-when-you-were-born/308234/32 "2005-06-14T17:17:51Z")
[My birthday cover](http://www.time.com/time/covers/0,16641,23-12-1980,00.html) was John Lennon “When the Music Died”. ---
**Author:** ![lieu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c2a13f/32.png) [@lieu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lieu)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2005, 5:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-on-the-cover-of-time-when-you-were-born/308234/33 "2005-06-14T17:19:51Z")
[Life](http://www.life.com/Life/search/covers) has got a similar search capability. I’ve actually got both my DOB covers. There’s a restaurant/gift shop complex on the west side of the road between Napa and St. Helena that carries tons of old covers and just happened to have mine in both. Interesting to thumb through the cigarette and car ads, news stories, etc. ---
**Author:** ![Faruiza](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/ecd19e/32.png) [@Faruiza](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Faruiza)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2005, 5:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-on-the-cover-of-time-when-you-were-born/308234/34 "2005-06-14T17:22:34Z")
I went from this:[Yeah baby!](http://www.time.com/time/covers/0,16641,1101720821,00.html) To this:[Whoa, no man! Not even on your best day, and with someone else’s parts.](http://www.time.com/time/covers/0,16641,1101720828,00.html) One giant leap for news that week. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Manduck](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/manduck/32/256_2.png) [@Manduck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Manduck)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2005, 5:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-on-the-cover-of-time-when-you-were-born/308234/35 "2005-06-14T17:27:40Z")
[Geneticist George W Beadle](http://www.time.com/time/covers/0,16641,16-07-1958,00.html) **BO - RING !** :mad: ---
**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, 5:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-on-the-cover-of-time-when-you-were-born/308234/36 "2005-06-14T17:30:42Z")
> [@Marley23](#): > > I don’t know why one of the players is a woman, though. Because she represents “Food Prices”. As in, grocery shopping. Ya know…women’s work. ---
**Author:** ![DeVena](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/dec6dc/32.png) [@DeVena](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DeVena)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2005, 5:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-on-the-cover-of-time-when-you-were-born/308234/37 "2005-06-14T17:31:45Z")
[The BEATLES / Their New Incarnation](http://www.time.com/time/covers/0,16641,18-09-1967,00.html) Paul looks suspiciously like Liza Minnelli. ---
**Author:** ![elfbabe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/b782af/32.png) [@elfbabe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elfbabe)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2005, 5:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-on-the-cover-of-time-when-you-were-born/308234/38 "2005-06-14T17:35:44Z")
> [@Tentacle Monster](#): > > [Video Games Are Blitzing The World](http://www.time.com/time/covers/0,16641,19-01-1982,00.html) Oh man. I am so jealous. Gronk? ---
**Author:** ![Man\_With\_a\_Cat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/cab0a1/32.png) [@Man\_With\_a\_Cat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Man_With_a_Cat)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2005, 5:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-on-the-cover-of-time-when-you-were-born/308234/39 "2005-06-14T17:37:59Z")
[Nehru sucking on his finger](http://www.time.com/time/covers/0,16641,17-12-1959,00.html) YAY!!! I am cool now and can label my links, because I finally figured that out!!! Yes folks he’s a dumbass. ---
**Author:** ![Tupug\_Anachi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/7993a0/32.png) [@Tupug\_Anachi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tupug_Anachi)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2005, 5:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-on-the-cover-of-time-when-you-were-born/308234/40 "2005-06-14T17:39:14Z")
[Governor Earl Long?](http://www.time.com/time/covers/0,16641,02-09-1948,00.html) " As governor of Louisiana, swaggering, shifty-eyed Earl Kemp Long has hardly been able to spit, scratch or take off his shoes without rousing a disconcerting ghost. During his 3½ months in office the legend of his brother Huey has dominated and overshadowed him almost as thoroughly as the live Kingfish did during the noisy years of the Great Louisiana Hayride. Huey’s roads, Huey’s bridges, Huey’s schools and Huey’s friends & enemies are everywhere that Earl goes. Earl works in Huey’s 34-story skyscraper capitol and lives in Huey’s governor’s…" :rolleyes: Durnit! A week before and I coulda had Betty Grable! [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-on-the-cover-of-time-when-you-were-born/308234.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-on-the-cover-of-time-when-you-were-born/308234.md?page=3)