Which historic event occurred the year you were born?
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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 membership0 -
86 - Chernobyl disaster0
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Besides my birth (obviously a important to all), E.T. was released.0 -
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.0 -
1492 - Some european guy, claimed to have discovered America :laugh:0
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I was born0
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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 episodes0 -
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 78.0 -
Ghostbusters-19830
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Margaret Thatcher was the 1st British PM in 160 years to win 3rd consecutive terms.0
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1992: Hurricane Andrew rips through Miami. Was a month old and we were living in the heart of Miami, and we were lucky enough that our house hardly had a scratch, apparently. I also slept through most of it.0
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Another Woodstock and moon walk here - 19690
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Jonestown - 1978
I was born on the exact day of the Jonestown mass suicide.0 -
December 1980. John Lennon died a few days before I was born.0
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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 19620 -
the DAY of my birthday:
-Cher divorces Sonny Bono
- Indian PM Indira Gandhi declares a state of emergency
- Two FBI agents and a member of the American Indian Movement are killed in a shootout on the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation in South Dakota; Leonard Peltier is later convicted of the murders in a controversial trial.
the YEAR I was born 1975:
•The Vietnam War ends as Communist forces take Saigon and South Vietnam surrenders unconditionally
•The US Carries out Vietnam "Operation Babylift" bringing Vietnamese orphans to the US
• New York City avoids bankruptcy when President Gerald R. Ford signed a $2.3 billion loan0 -
The day I was born the Vietnam Veterans Memorial was opened0
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12/27/1978 - Spain becomes a democracy after 40 years of dictatorship.0
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June 1962 - Midst of the Cuban Missile Crisis.0
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1987
Terry Waite kidnapped in Iran
The great storm hit the UK in October (think this is the one where Michael Fish categorically denied there would be a hurricane) I never knew 23 people died!!
Zeebrugge ferry disaster
Black Monday
On the whole not a very happy year!0
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