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  • ILoveJesus72
    ILoveJesus72 Posts: 181 Member
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    1976 - •NASA Unviels first space shuttle, the Enterprise
  • killernut
    killernut Posts: 11
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    1977 - The first Apple II computers went on sale
  • aamb
    aamb Posts: 377 Member
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    1978>space invaders launches craze for computer video games




    oh and i was married to my darling hubbie
  • AnninStPaul
    AnninStPaul Posts: 1,372 Member
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    1979 - Margaret Thatcher becomes first female Prime Minister of the UK
  • RideaYeti
    RideaYeti Posts: 211 Member
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    1980 Miracle on Ice - US beats USSR in ice hockey
  • aamb
    aamb Posts: 377 Member
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    1981, 29th july. prince charles marries lady diana spencer
  • Amy911Gray
    Amy911Gray Posts: 685 Member
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    Big News Headlines in 1982

    Lech Walesa, former leader of Solidarity, the Polish labor union, is freed after 11 months of internment under martial law.

    The space shuttle Columbia completes its first operational flight.

    Actor John Belushi is found dead of a drug overdose in a West Hollywood hotel.

    Automobile manufacturer John DeLorean is arrested and charged with possession of 59 pounds of cocaine.

    The first artificial heart is implanted in American Barney Clark.

    AND I WAS A PART OF THE LAST GRADUATING CLASS OF FOREST PARK HIGH SCHOOL--BEAUMONT TEXAS (WIKIPEDIA ARTICLE)
  • heyitsmegxx
    heyitsmegxx Posts: 444
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    1983:


    February 28 – The final episode of M*A*S*H is aired and the record of most watched episode is broken.
  • RideaYeti
    RideaYeti Posts: 211 Member
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    1984 - The Apple Macintosh is introduced
  • Drenched_N_Motivation
    Drenched_N_Motivation Posts: 1,004 Member
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    1985- Back to the Future comes out in theaters. 1.21 Gigawatts!!!
  • RideaYeti
    RideaYeti Posts: 211 Member
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    1986 - Bad: Challenger explodes, Chernobyl disaster
    Good: Top Gun, Aliens, Ferris Bueller's Day Off
  • dogacreek
    dogacreek Posts: 289 Member
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    1987: President Ronald Reagan challenged Mikhail Gorbachev to tear down the Berlin Wall. Deaths of Rita Hayworth, Andy Warhol, Lee Marvin and Fred Astaire
  • MelissR75
    MelissR75 Posts: 760 Member
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    1988 ~ The Hubble Space Telescope goes into operation.
    A bomb explodes on Pan Am flight 103.
  • obolton756
    obolton756 Posts: 261 Member
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    1989.. Marty McFly went back to to future... lol nah jk

    Berlin wall was torn down
  • aa1440
    aa1440 Posts: 956 Member
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    1990

    Kuwait
    •Saddam Hussein orders Iraq invasion of Neighboring Kuwait
    Kuwait
    •Operation Desert Shield Begins as the United States and UK send troops to Kuwait


    "I was involved in Desert Storm."
  • Italian_Buju
    Italian_Buju Posts: 8,030 Member
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    1991

    Canada introduces the Canadian Goods and Services Tax (GST) a national sales tax

    Jeffrey Dahmer is arrested after the remains of 11 men and boys are found in his Milwaukee, Wisconsin apartment

    7.0 Richter Scale earthquake in Northern Italy - 2000 dead

    Freddie Mercury, lead singer of the band Queen, issues a public statement confirming that he is stricken with AIDS, and the next day he dies of complications

    911 Emergency Number tested in US northwestern cities
  • LA723
    LA723 Posts: 98 Member
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    1992

    April 29 – Los Angeles riots: Acquittal of four police officers in the Rodney King beating criminal trial triggers massive rioting in Los Angeles. The riots will last for six days resulting in 53 deaths and over a $1 billion in damages before order is restored.

    October 3 – After performing a song protesting alleged child abuse by the Catholic Church, Sinéad O'Connor rips up a photo of Pope John Paul II on Saturday Night Live, causing huge controversy, leading the switchboards at NBC to ring off the hook.

    November 3 – United States presidential election, 1992: Bill Clinton is elected the 42nd President of the United States.
  • heyitsmegxx
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    1993 Nov 30

    "Schindler's List" Is Released
  • PunkyRachel
    PunkyRachel Posts: 1,959 Member
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    1994~ April 8, Kurt Cobian was found dead at his home.
  • heyitsmegxx
    heyitsmegxx Posts: 444
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    1995 Dec 19th - Queen Elizabeth askes Prince Charles & Diana to divorce

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