Which historic event occurred the year you were born?

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  • runner2runner
    runner2runner Posts: 1,937 Member
    More historic events from 1981.

    *US hostages in Iran released.
    *Ronald Reagan inaugurated as President
    *IBM introduces world's first PC.
  • bethmakesmusic
    bethmakesmusic Posts: 164 Member
    82

    The Commodore 64 was launched
    the firs emoticons were posted :happy:
    Walt Disney World opened!
  • contingencyplan
    contingencyplan Posts: 3,639 Member
    1980:

    John Lennon killed
    John Wayne Gacy executed
  • HyugasHeiress
    HyugasHeiress Posts: 26 Member
    I was born in 1994 : the year when Justin Bieber was born and Kurt Cobain died. How ironic
  • Elzecat
    Elzecat Posts: 2,916 Member
    Man landed on the Moon, and Woodstock...

    Yep! :drinker:

    My dad used to like to blame the fact that he didn't get to go to Woodstock on the fact that my mom was pregnant with me that summer. LOL.
  • strongnotskinny121
    strongnotskinny121 Posts: 329 Member
    Michael Jackson released Thriller, 1982.
  • Hellbent_Heidi
    Hellbent_Heidi Posts: 3,669 Member
    1970 - Paul McCartney announces official split of Beatles

    Also, Jimi Hendrix and Janis Joplin died that year, both at the age of 27.
  • tpittsley77
    tpittsley77 Posts: 607 Member
    Um, Elvis died in 1977, does that count?

    Exactly what I was going to say!
    Also the world trade center was completed. And apple released the apple II computer.
  • TomTomato
    TomTomato Posts: 223
    Not the year I was born, but the year BEFORE I was born was the last time the Cleveland Browns won a championship! That is my frustration with being a Browns fan!
  • Timshel_
    Timshel_ Posts: 22,834 Member
    First walk on the moon. go Neil!
  • rfsatar
    rfsatar Posts: 599 Member
    1969 - man walked on the moon ...
  • Elzecat
    Elzecat Posts: 2,916 Member
    I just googled it and wow, that's depressing.

    War, cyclones, earth quakes, plane crashes, assassinations, train disasters, serial killers, drought, floods, riots, terrorist attacks.

    It wasn't a good year. But on the plus side: I was born! Yay.

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1988

    That's also the year I graduated from high school. :noway:
    :wink:
  • Thomasm198
    Thomasm198 Posts: 3,189 Member
    Movies:
    1. The Exorcist
    2. The Sting
    3. American Graffiti
    4. Papillon
    5. The Way We Were

    Music
    1. "You're So Vain" - Carly Simon
    2. "Crocodile Rock" - Elton John
    3. "Killing Me Softly with His Song" - Roberta Flack
    4. "Bad, Bad Leroy Brown" - Jim Croce
    5. "We're an American Band" - Grand Funk
    6. Pink Floyd's The Dark Side of the Moon is released

    Events:
    1. George Foreman defeats Joe Frazier to win the heavyweight world boxing championship.
    2. Watergate
    3. The World Trade Center officially opens in New York City
    4. The DEA is founded
  • GFreg
    GFreg Posts: 404
    July 25, 1984 Cosmonaut Svetlana Savitskaya became first woman to walk in space
  • joel3736
    joel3736 Posts: 55 Member
    WrestleMania IV :)
  • StaceyJ2008
    StaceyJ2008 Posts: 411 Member
    1983- President Regan signs bill to make Martin Luther King Jr. holiday
  • CarmenSantiago
    CarmenSantiago Posts: 681 Member
    President Kennedy was assassinated.
  • Thomasm198
    Thomasm198 Posts: 3,189 Member
    I was born in 1994 : the year when Justin Bieber was born and Kurt Cobain died. How ironic
    Ironic? I would say depressing. :frown:
  • marqcutie80
    marqcutie80 Posts: 68 Member
    Mount St. Helens erupted a few months before I was born in 1980!
  • marqcutie80
    marqcutie80 Posts: 68 Member
    ...and the USA men's hockey team won gold in the Olympics....miracle on ice 1980
  • jimmyalice1984
    jimmyalice1984 Posts: 171 Member
    On the 5th of June 1967, the day I was born, a six day war broke out, with Israel fighting against Egypt, Jordan, Syria and Iraq. Not a great thing by any standards.
  • tinak33
    tinak33 Posts: 9,883 Member
    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:
  • nicola1141
    nicola1141 Posts: 613 Member
    Earthquake in China killed 655,000
    Mao died
    Bicentennial of USA

    Closer to home for me: Montreal Olympics, CN Tower was completed

    1976
  • MaryJane_8810002
    MaryJane_8810002 Posts: 2,082 Member
    1988 - Suspected Libyan terrorist bomb explodes on Pan Am jet over Lockerbie in Scotland on December 21st killing all 259 on board and 11 on the ground
  • katy_trail
    katy_trail Posts: 1,992 Member
    The Cardinals won their first world series.
  • supplemama
    supplemama Posts: 1,956 Member
    I was born in 1972, so here are a few events that happened my birth year:

    Watergate
    Bloody Sunday
    Equal Rights Amendment passed
    Dow Jones closed over 1000 for the first time in history
  • NewCaddy
    NewCaddy Posts: 845 Member
    1973

    Vietnam War -- cease fire.
    Roe vs. Wade
    Watergate
    The Exorcist opened in theatres
    and the most important of all.....Monica Lewinsky was born. :sad:
  • knadine85
    knadine85 Posts: 13 Member
    Hello everyone,
    I thought this was neat. January 1st 1985 the first mandatory seat belt law went into affect. 28 days before my birth!


    A joint American-French expedition locates the wreck of the RMS Titanic.
    World population: 4,830,979,000
    The Food and Drug Administration approves a blood test for AIDS, used since then to screen all blood donations in the United States.
    Microsoft Corporation releases the first version of Windows, Windows 1.0.
  • girlfromOklahoma
    girlfromOklahoma Posts: 129 Member
    1981 - MTV was born. Also, Charles and Diana were married.
  • cutchro
    cutchro Posts: 396 Member
    1964--
    Rolling Stones first headlining tour
    Plans for World Trade Center announced
    Peggy Fleming wins the US Figure Skating Championship--I did a report on her in High School!
    Civil rights Act passes
    First Ford Mustang produced! Formally introduced for the asking price of $2368
    As the World turns debuts on TV
    Weather satellite Nimbus launched
    Johnson beats Goldwater for President

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