I was attending SIU Carbondale during very turbulent times. Students were protesting daily and things were escalating. It was May 6, 1970, and went with a friend to The Rathole, a bar in downtown Carbondale to get my first ever legal drink. We had only been there a few minutes when a whole squad of police burst in. Relaxed was for I for real proof of legal age was in hand. HA! Martial Law had been declared in Jackson County - All bars had to close and a curfew was imposed.

Feeling cheated, my long-haired hippie friend and I proceeded to drive to the next very rural county and settled on Pinkneyville as a likely destination...well, that did not turn out well either.

I'm a January kid too.....73 on the 29th. My 63rd was spent in hospital.

Alone at one time

Live long and prosper

Happy birthday sweetheart ♥️ I hope u having a great day ♥️♥️♥️

My worst birthday was turning 70, and I do remember both the tear gas and chlorine gas chambers. Happy Birthday!!!!

Happy birthday! I don't remember any really bad birthdays, thank goodness.

I remember that training. At one point we had to hold on to the shoulder of the person in front of us, remove our masks and walk out of the chamber. Interesting but definitely not fun.
My worst birthday was 2016. My late partner was dying and did so a couple of days later.

I did my basic training at Ft. Jackson, but almost 61 years ago. I remember the gas chamber training well. When you went through, did they still use the infiltration course training, with live machine gun fire overhead?

HAPPY happy Birthday! Hope today brings only positive thoughts and feelings! Happy events throughout the day.

I was 67 yesterday. I've not had any bad birthday experiences.

Welcome to the dark side

Happy birthday - and have no birthday story to top yours !!!!!

OK first of all im very impressed you were in the military! You are such a strong woman and I wish you much. My worst birthday was when I was eleven.. My mom and dad were gone.. I was alone.

My 25th by far, I decided to climb into my amoir and never come out. I was drunk and being an asshole (acting manly). I so pissed off my sister she threw my Bday Cake at me and Missed! It was my favorite, Rum Cake. I was not a nice man.