Which historic event occurred the year you were born?

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  • roadmapmaker
    roadmapmaker Posts: 120 Member
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    Cuban Missle Crisis Oct 62
  • MelsAuntie
    MelsAuntie Posts: 2,833 Member
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    •The Communist People’s Republic of China is proclaimed under Mao Tse Tung. 1949
  • CarmenSantiago
    CarmenSantiago Posts: 681 Member
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    Jan 1st - United States Navy SEALs established
    Mar 1st - K-Mart opens
    Nov 29th - Great-Britain & France decide to jointly build Concorde (my birthday)

    All in 1962

    same year as me, but don't forget the most important historical event that year....John F. Kennedy was assassinated in Nov. 62


    President Kennedy was assassinated November 22nd, 1963. The year I was born.
  • cathyfowler662
    cathyfowler662 Posts: 120 Member
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    Jan 1st - United States Navy SEALs established
    Mar 1st - K-Mart opens
    Nov 29th - Great-Britain & France decide to jointly build Concorde (my birthday)

    All in 1962

    same year as me, but don't forget the most important historical event that year....John F. Kennedy was assassinated in Nov. 62


    President Kennedy was assassinated November 22nd, 1963. The year I was born.

    okay, I don't know my history!! Sorry, bout that everyone!!
  • sarahthin
    sarahthin Posts: 221 Member
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    1945 WWII ended
  • Ashwee87
    Ashwee87 Posts: 695 Member
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    A lot of things....so here is a link with them all. xD

    Year: 1987
    http://www.historyorb.com/events/date/1987
  • farway
    farway Posts: 1,264 Member
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    1943, German army surrenders to Soviet forces at Stalingrad

    Axis forces {German / iIalian for younger readers] surrender in North Africa

    First jet fighter test flown

    !0 days of bombing Hamburg begins

    Batlte of Kursk [6000 tanks] possibly pivotal point of WW2

    Peenemunde bombed [ German launch site for V1 flying bombs]

    US General Patton slaps GI in hospital accusing him of cowardice

    Italy surrenders

    Vatican bombed
  • christy3565
    christy3565 Posts: 349
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    1968 Evel Knievel fails in his attempt to jump Caesar's Palace Fountain
    :tongue:
  • 2credneck208
    2credneck208 Posts: 501 Member
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    Louise Brown, the world's first "test tube baby" is born.
  • Enic03
    Enic03 Posts: 165 Member
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    Gameboy and Sega Genesis were both released in The US! Historic enough for me when I was younger :)
  • CarmenSantiago
    CarmenSantiago Posts: 681 Member
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    Jan 1st - United States Navy SEALs established
    Mar 1st - K-Mart opens
    Nov 29th - Great-Britain & France decide to jointly build Concorde (my birthday)

    All in 1962

    same year as me, but don't forget the most important historical event that year....John F. Kennedy was assassinated in Nov. 62


    President Kennedy was assassinated November 22nd, 1963. The year I was born.

    okay, I don't know my history!! Sorry, bout that everyone!!

    Please don't think I meant any harm. I just remember my mom saying she almost dropped me and my twin sister when she heard it on the news. ????
  • Mustang_Susie
    Mustang_Susie Posts: 7,045 Member
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    Green Bay Packers beat the Cleveland Browns 23-12 in the NFL championship game
    (They won the first Superbowl in 1967 :happy: )
  • xLexa
    xLexa Posts: 482 Member
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    1972

    Five White House operatives are arrested for burglarizing the offices of the Democratic National Committee the start of the Watergate Scandal.

    The British government declares a state of emergency over 47 day miners' strike


    CND ( Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament ) organises a series of demonstrations against nuclear arms


    American Swimmer Mark Spitz wins a record 7 gold medals in the Summer Olympics in Munich
  • Mustang_Susie
    Mustang_Susie Posts: 7,045 Member
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    1943, German army surrenders to Soviet forces at Stalingrad

    Axis forces {German / iIalian for younger readers] surrender in North Africa

    First jet fighter test flown

    !0 days of bombing Hamburg begins

    Batlte of Kursk [6000 tanks] possibly pivotal point of WW2

    Peenemunde bombed [ German launch site for V1 flying bombs]

    US General Patton slaps GI in hospital accusing him of cowardice

    Italy surrenders

    Vatican bombed

    The Vatican was bombed?
    I knew the rest...
  • Laurielronic
    Laurielronic Posts: 61 Member
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    Roe vs Wade
    US involvement in Vietnam ends
    Pink Floyd releases Dark Side of the Moon
    Watergate
    World Trade Center officially opens
    Sears Tower completed
    Secretariat wins Triple Crown
    1973:)
  • saminmio
    saminmio Posts: 44 Member
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    Dead Sea Scrolls found in the desert, Weight Watchers founded, Churchill made "Iron Curtain" speech, radar hit the moon, John Kennedy elected to the House of Representatives and the baby boomers started being born.
  • Redbird99ky
    Redbird99ky Posts: 305 Member
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    Internationally:

    Nikita Khrushchev became Premier of the Soviet Union. Charles de Gaulle became Premier of France.

    Domestically:
    US Supreme Court ruled unanimously that Little Rock schools must integrate.

    On my birthday:
    The DC Bar Association voted to accept black Americans as members.
    US performed a test at the Nevada test site.

    On my birthday but not in the year of my birth:
    The Battle of Hastings... (1066 AD)
  • runner2runner
    runner2runner Posts: 1,937 Member
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    1979:

    YMCA files libel suit against Village People's YMCA song

    Pink Floyd premiered their live version of "The Wall" in Los Angeles

    Last total eclipse of Sun in 20th century for continental US

    US Voyager I photo reveals Jupiter's rings

    House of Reps begins live TV broadcasts via C-SPAN

    Supreme Court rules, 8-1, cops can't randomly stop cars

    The last British soldier leaves the Maltese Islands. Malta declares its Freedom Day (Jum il-Helsien).

    Ugandan dictator Idi Amin overthrown; Tanzania takes Kampala

    Elton John becomes 1st pop star to perform in Israel

    Margaret Thatcher elected prime minister of England

    Sony introduces the Walkman.

    Susan B Anthony dollar is issued, 1st US coin to honor a woman

    Monty Python's "Life of Brian" premieres

    Congress' final approval to create Dept of Education

    Mother Teresa of India, awarded Nobel Peace Prize

    John F Kennedy Library dedicated in Boston

    Ronald Reagan in NY announces his candidacy for president

    A package from the Unabomber Ted Kaczynski begins smoking in the cargo hold of a flight from Chicago to Washington, forcing the plane to make an emergency landing.

    US's 1st artificial blood transfusion occurs at U of Minn Hospital

    US admits troops in Vietnam were exposed to the toxic Agent Orange

    Budweiser rocket car reaches 1190 kph (record for wheeled vehicle)

    And.... I was born :blushing:

    You certainly know your history!!
  • broxson101
    broxson101 Posts: 38
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    I was born(: hehe!!
  • runner2runner
    runner2runner Posts: 1,937 Member
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    More 1981 events:
    *Assassination attempt on Pope John Paul II
    *Israeli F-15s and F-16s destroy alleged Iraqi plutonium production facility
    *The AIDS epidemic is formally recognized by medical professionals in San Francisco, California.
    *The solar-powered aircraft, Solar Challenger, successfully completes a 163 mile flight across the English Channel
    *US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
    *India performs nuclear Test
    *Voyager 2 encounters Saturn
    *

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