Which historic event occurred the year you were born?

runner2runner
runner2runner Posts: 1,937 Member
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This is a very interesting topic I just thought of now. Simply, as the topic puts it, do you know which event of historical significance happened the year you were born?

I was born in 1981 and the historical event I know of that took place that year was the launch of the space shuttle Columbia.
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  • Thewatcher_66
    Thewatcher_66 Posts: 1,643 Member
    This is a very interesting topic I just thought of now. Simply, as the topic puts it, do you know which event of historical significance happened the year you were born?

    I was born in 1981 and the historical event I know of that took place that year was the launch of the space shuttle Columbia.

    To stay on the "space" theme here, in the year I was born (1966), Star Trek debuted on television.
  • HeidiMightyRawr
    HeidiMightyRawr Posts: 3,343 Member
    I didn't know of any off the top of my head, so Google came out :D Here's a few (1990)

    - Tower Of Pisa closed to the public after leaning too far
    - Lithuania declares it's Independence
    - West-Europe's strongest hurricane
  • DawnieB1977
    DawnieB1977 Posts: 4,248 Member
    Um, Elvis died in 1977, does that count?
  • ScottyNoHotty
    ScottyNoHotty Posts: 1,957 Member
    Man landed on the Moon, and Woodstock...
  • MrsVal03
    MrsVal03 Posts: 174 Member
    1985
    June 27 – U.S. Route 66 is officially decommissioned.
  • Oishii
    Oishii Posts: 2,675 Member
    Apparently, the day I was born the women of Iceland went on strike :)
  • krhn
    krhn Posts: 781 Member
    1993...

    World trade Centre was bombed...


    Oh and the power rangers show debut this year :love:
  • runner2runner
    runner2runner Posts: 1,937 Member
    I didn't know of any off the top of my head, so Google came out :D Here's a few (1990)

    - Tower Of Pisa closed to the public after leaning too far
    - Lithuania declares it's Independence
    - West-Europe's strongest hurricane

    You forgot another historical event that took place in 1990, probably the most historical event of that year. The release of Nelson Mandela from prison, which paved the way for downfall of Apartheid in South Africa 4 years later.
  • ArroganceInStep
    ArroganceInStep Posts: 6,239 Member
    '85 - I was born, nothing else matters.
  • leafylou1
    leafylou1 Posts: 1 Member
    Man walked on the moon!
    Sesame Street aired for the 1st time!!
  • bostongrl13
    bostongrl13 Posts: 58 Member
    Edited for a better one...

    Chicago Bears "Super Bowl Shuffle"
  • ILoveTheBrowns
    ILoveTheBrowns Posts: 661 Member
    top gun came out
  • ECR1989
    ECR1989 Posts: 158
    1989 - The Berlin Wall came down
  • Linkdapink
    Linkdapink Posts: 128 Member
    The Berlin Wall came down!
  • dewsmom78
    dewsmom78 Posts: 498 Member
    1978 - The Incredible Hulk premiered on TV, and it was my favorite show as a kid. Dukes of Hazard was a close 2nd place.
  • JoeGa
    JoeGa Posts: 25
    Cuban Missile Crisis... ;(
  • KenosFeoh
    KenosFeoh Posts: 1,837 Member
    1954: widespread vaccinations against polio began
  • BrienJD
    BrienJD Posts: 541 Member
    Woodstock
    1st Man on the Moon

    Easy Rider
  • traceytwink
    traceytwink Posts: 538 Member
    Well the obvious one was I was born ????
  • BeinAwesome247
    BeinAwesome247 Posts: 257 Member
    One month before I was born, the Challenger exploded
    1/28/1986

    I was born 2/28

    My mom was sobbing so hard she said that I started kicking the *kitten* out of her
  • GracefulDancer4Christ
    GracefulDancer4Christ Posts: 419 Member
    I will pick the two that occured the day I was born because 1975 had tons of historical events like 10 pages worth

    June 5, 1975 President Sadat re opens Suez Canal
    June 5, 1975 Europe agrees to common market membership
  • resolv13
    resolv13 Posts: 87 Member
    86 - Chernobyl disaster
  • _Witsy_
    _Witsy_ Posts: 609 Member
    82

    Besides my birth (obviously a important to all), E.T. was released.
  • jessmart83
    jessmart83 Posts: 283 Member
    On my birthday......
    February 18, 1983:
    * Edwin P. Wilson, an agent of the U.S. Central Intelligence Agency from 1954 to 1970, is sentenced to 17 years in prison for illegally exporting explosives to Libya.
  • Mavrick7a
    Mavrick7a Posts: 1,353
    1492 - Some european guy, claimed to have discovered America :laugh:
  • aaronlawrenc
    aaronlawrenc Posts: 666 Member
    I was born
  • junejadesky
    junejadesky Posts: 524 Member
    1975 Historcial Events

    Haldeman, Ehrlichman, Mitchell & Mardian convicted of Watergate crime

    "Jaws" by Steven Spielberg opens

    Heiress/bank robber Patricia Campbell Hearst captured by FBI in SF

    "Saturday Night Live" premieres with guest host George Carlin

    Ronald Reagan announced candidacy for Rep nomination for president

    As the World Turns and The Edge of Night, the final two American soap operas that had resisted going to pre-taped broadcasts, air their last live episodes
  • UsedToBeHusky
    UsedToBeHusky Posts: 15,228 Member
    Well my favorite event was that the Garfield comic strip first appeared in national publications on the very day that I was born.

    Coincidentally, that was 78.
  • aaronlawrenc
    aaronlawrenc Posts: 666 Member
    Ghostbusters-1983
  • kapot
    kapot Posts: 53
    Margaret Thatcher was the 1st British PM in 160 years to win 3rd consecutive terms.

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