# 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:** 5
**Author:** ![Casey1505](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/dc4da7/32.png) [@Casey1505](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Casey1505)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2005, 10:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-on-the-cover-of-time-when-you-were-born/308234/81 "2005-06-14T22:56:30Z")
[General Creighton Abrams](http://www.time.com/time/covers/0,16641,16-02-1971,00.html) **David Simmons** , I had no idea how…um…many 35th birthday anniversaries you’ve had. What would have been a likely cover story for the week in which you were born? ---
**Author:** ![Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e99b99/32.png) [@Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Diogenes_the_Cynic)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2005, 10:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-on-the-cover-of-time-when-you-were-born/308234/82 "2005-06-14T22:58:21Z")
[Is God Dead?](http://www.time.com/time/covers/0,16641,09-04-1966,00.html) ---
**Author:** ![percypercy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/8baadc/32.png) [@percypercy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/percypercy)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2005, 11:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-on-the-cover-of-time-when-you-were-born/308234/83 "2005-06-14T23:02:36Z")
> [@The Sausage Creature](#): > > The day after I was born was [The 80’s Look! Brooke Shields](http://www.time.com/time/covers/0,16641,1101810209,00.html) > > She looks gorgeous as always but I could do without the ‘gag me with a spoon’ lacey crap. I was born four days after you then. February 12. -Lil ---
**Author:** ![msmith537](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d9b06d/32.png) [@msmith537](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/msmith537)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2005, 11:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-on-the-cover-of-time-when-you-were-born/308234/84 "2005-06-14T23:03:24Z")
[Ahhh crap…](http://www.time.com/time/covers/0,16641,1101721009,00.html) ---
**Author:** ![Miller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/miller/32/481_2.png) [@Miller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Miller)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2005, 11:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-on-the-cover-of-time-when-you-were-born/308234/85 "2005-06-14T23:05:44Z")
> [@lisacurl](#): > > [Playboy’s Hugh Hefner](http://www.time.com/time/covers/0,16641,27-02-1967,00.html) > :eek: Aside from the general awfulness of the cover, note that Hef has a pipe in his hand, and another one in his mouth. Seriously, some of the portraits _Time_ has used on its covers ought to count as libel. That Rowan and Martin one is just hideous. ---
**Author:** ![Queen\_Bruin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/e274bd/32.png) [@Queen\_Bruin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Queen_Bruin)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2005, 11:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-on-the-cover-of-time-when-you-were-born/308234/86 "2005-06-14T23:10:58Z")
> [@percypercy](#): > > I was born four days after you then. February 12. > -Lil Yay my Doper twin! ---
**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, 11:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-on-the-cover-of-time-when-you-were-born/308234/87 "2005-06-14T23:23:27Z")
> [@This Year's Model](#): > > Suddenly, the feeling of elderliness I was getting in this thread has left me. If I can’t get in on the game at least I can be helpful. ---
**Author:** ![user\_hostile](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/user_hostile/32/474_2.png) [@user\_hostile](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/user_hostile)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2005, 12:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-on-the-cover-of-time-when-you-were-born/308234/88 "2005-06-15T00:13:10Z")
A special somebody on [death row](http://www.time.com/time/covers/0,16641,26-03-1960,00.html). It figures… On the other hand, I think that _El Paso_ by Marty Robbins was number one that week… ---
**Author:** ![zweisamkeit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zweisamkeit/32/4360_2.png) [@zweisamkeit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zweisamkeit)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2005, 12:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-on-the-cover-of-time-when-you-were-born/308234/89 "2005-06-15T00:14:20Z")
> [@Marley23](#): > > [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… Holy CRAP you have the EXACT SAME birthday as me! Month day and year! ---
**Author:** ![FairyChatMom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fairychatmom/32/22080_2.png) [@FairyChatMom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FairyChatMom)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2005, 12:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-on-the-cover-of-time-when-you-were-born/308234/90 "2005-06-15T00:16:46Z")
Looks like [Vice President Nixon](http://www.time.com/time/covers/0,16641,23-01-1954,00.html) graced the cover on Jan 23, 1954. ---
**Author:** ![mike1dog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ba9def/32.png) [@mike1dog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mike1dog)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2005, 12:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-on-the-cover-of-time-when-you-were-born/308234/91 "2005-06-15T00:36:50Z")
[Bonne and Clyde.](http://www.time.com/time/covers/0,16641,09-12-1967,00.html) ---
**Author:** ![Carm6773](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/2bfe46/32.png) [@Carm6773](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Carm6773)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2005, 2:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-on-the-cover-of-time-when-you-were-born/308234/92 "2005-06-15T02:09:08Z")
[More Nixon.](http://www.time.com/time/covers/0,16641,07-06-1973,00.html) If I had been born just **4 days** later, I could have had Secretariat as the cover story. Oh well. I can’t search for the **Life** cover story, because you can only search up to 1972. ---
**Author:** ![Sternvogel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bc79bd/32.png) [@Sternvogel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sternvogel)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2005, 5:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-on-the-cover-of-time-when-you-were-born/308234/93 "2005-06-15T05:37:22Z")
Hey! I found [Jimmy Hoffa!](http://www.time.com/time/covers/0,16641,30-08-1959,00.html) ---
**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 15, 2005, 5:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-on-the-cover-of-time-when-you-were-born/308234/94 "2005-06-15T05:53:23Z")
> [@elfbabe](#): > > Gronk? Yeah, that was my second thought. ---
**Author:** ![Bambi\_Hassenpfeffer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Bambi\_Hassenpfeffer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bambi_Hassenpfeffer)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2005, 6:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-on-the-cover-of-time-when-you-were-born/308234/95 "2005-06-15T06:17:52Z")
[Boring](http://www.time.com/time/covers/0,16641,07-01-1979,00.html). 1/7/79’s cover is from 1/8. Some architect named Philip Johnson, as the lead to a story about American architects. We don’t have a snoozing smiley, but jeez. The cover for the following week was something about the brewing trouble outside of Iran – apparently the entire Mideast region is something of a hot zone for discontent. The week before was the cover with Dèng Xiǎopíng that was posted by someone else earlier. Can’t pull up anything on Life, cause I was born after 72. ---
**Author:** ![Thalion](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/f475e1/32.png) [@Thalion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thalion)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2005, 6:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-on-the-cover-of-time-when-you-were-born/308234/96 "2005-06-15T06:21:25Z")
> [@Diogenes the Cynic](#): > > [Is God Dead?](http://www.time.com/time/covers/0,16641,09-04-1966,00.html) OK, that has to be the most appropriate match in the thread!! Mine really sucked: [Governor George Wallace](http://www.time.com/time/covers/0,16641,27-09-1963,00.html) LIFE was much better: [The New Astronauts](http://www.life.com/Life/covers/1963/cv092763.html) ---
**Author:** ![RunAmok](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/35a633/32.png) [@RunAmok](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RunAmok)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2005, 7:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-on-the-cover-of-time-when-you-were-born/308234/97 "2005-06-15T07:01:44Z")
> [@delphica](#): > > [Man on the Moon](http://www.time.com/time/covers/0,16641,1101690725,00.html) ! > > Most of the newspapers and magazines I have seen from my birth date feature that story, and I have always been a little secretly (and pointlessly) proud of sharing my birthday with news that significant. You, me, and only one other person I know! I don’t know about you, but I always pinpoint my birth as either “between the moon landing and Woodstock” or “between the Chappaquidock incident and the Manson-Tate murders.” Depends on whether I’m an optimist or a pessimist on any particular day… ---
**Author:** ![zoogirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b9bd4f/32.png) [@zoogirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zoogirl)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2005, 7:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-on-the-cover-of-time-when-you-were-born/308234/98 "2005-06-15T07:13:39Z")
“Humphrey For President”. No, I ain’t linking. You wanna know how old I am, go look it up! It’s exactly on my B-day too. ---
**Author:** ![flodnak](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/838e76/32.png) [@flodnak](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/flodnak)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2005, 7:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-on-the-cover-of-time-when-you-were-born/308234/99 "2005-06-15T07:40:44Z")
[Defense Secretary Melvin Laird:](http://www.time.com/time/covers/0,16641,28-08-1969,00.html) Shaking Up the Pentagon Melvin _Who???_ ---
**Author:** ![Paul\_in\_Qatar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ccd318/32.png) [@Paul\_in\_Qatar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Paul_in_Qatar)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2005, 12:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-on-the-cover-of-time-when-you-were-born/308234/100 "2005-06-15T12:03:33Z")
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