100 Days of COVID-19, Day 69

My Art in the Time of a Pandemic

Postcard no. 77: You have the Power! by Suzanne Coley

It was a little difficult selecting a postcard to publish on my blog tonight.  I had a few postcards ready, however, at the last minute I decided to post this one.

Today's postage stamp was issued by the Republic of Equatorial Guinea.  The stamp features Romanian gymnast Nadia Comaneci at the 1980 Moscow Olympics when she won 2 gold medals.

When I found this stamp tonight, I was overcome with emotions because I remember watching Nadia during her first Olympics,  the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal.  It is during the 1976 Olympics that Nadia made history when she received the very first perfect score of 10.0 in gymnastics. 

I witnessed her phenomenal performance on the uneven bars on television back in 1976. What was even more fascinating about witnessing history in the making was when the judges posted her 10 score.  They posted 1.0 instead of 10 because the technology of the times could not keep up with Nadia's perfection! 

*Coronavirus Disease 2019:
Update in Maryland- 6/7/2020

57,973 confirmed cases 

2,749 deaths   4,240 recovered

Update in New York State - 6/7/2020

378,097  confirmed cases 

30,374 deaths    67,544 recovered

Total in United States: 1,941,978 confirmed cases, 110,513 deaths
Total Worldwide: 7,007,948 confirmed cases, 402,709 deaths

* All numbers are taken from Johns Hopkins Coronavirus Resource Center