News From The Past

When my Mom visited and brought me my childhood toys, she also brought some old newspapers she saved from important days/events during the last 30 years. What a treat! It was so neat to look through those newspapers and remember those momentus events!

Here is the Minneapolis Star edition from the day I was born - Tuesday, August 2, 1977:

Here is the Minneapolis Star Tribune from when the Minnesota Twins won the 1991 World Series (the 2nd one in 4 years!):

Here's one from when the Berlin Wall came down:

For you readers in Minneapolis, I'm sure you'll remember the Halloween blizzard in 1991! My sister got a white car stuck in a snowbank that night and our Dad had to come and rescue us and pull us out with a truck. It was insane!!!

Here is the Grand Opening magazine/brochure for the Mall of America in 1992! I remember going down to "The Mall" or "MOA" with my softball team on a bus that first year. Wow, were we dazzled teenage girls!

And of course, the paper from 9/11: