[fitsbits] Happy Birthday, FITS!

[Don Wells]

Dear Friends of FITS,

I consider March 28th to be the birthday for FITS, because it was on 
March 28, 1979, that Eric Greisen and I completed the Basic FITS 
Agreement.  FITS is 30 years old today.  In 1992, 17 years ago, I posted 
a Happy Birthday announcement for FITS to FITSBITS, because the format 
was a teenager, 13 years old that year.  In that announcement message I 
gave my version of the early history and pre-history of FITS.  
Subscribers to FITSBITS who have never read that document should view 
this URL:
http://fits.gsfc.nasa.gov/birthday.news

It is a great source of satisfaction for me to be a part of the 
worldwide community of people who created this wonderful thing we call FITS.

Regards,
Don Wells (retired astronomer living in Charlottesville, Virginia, USA)