It was 1976 and -- at a time when our country celebrated its bicentennial and both the Summer and Winter Olympics were held...in the same year -- all eyes were on Innsbruck, Austria as the world watched a 19 year old girl skate her way to a gold medal -- as well as be the first female to sign a $1 million per year contract with the Ice Capades -- and win accolades that young women of the time were only beginning to realize.

Then American 'tweens -- like yours truly -- began demanding hair salons for the "Dorothy Hamill wedge!"

[shoves 6th grade class picture under desk calendar]