Which historic event occurred the year you were born?
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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.0
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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:0 -
Earthquake in China killed 655,000
Mao died
Bicentennial of USA
Closer to home for me: Montreal Olympics, CN Tower was completed
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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 ground0
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The Cardinals won their first world series.0
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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 history0 -
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:0 -
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 1.0.0 -
1981 - MTV was born. Also, Charles and Diana were married.0
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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 President0 -
1984- 1) USSR performed nuclear tests underwater
2) First documented case of a robot killing a person
3) Vanessa Williams resigns from being Miss America for posing nude0 -
...and the USA men's hockey team won gold in the Olympics....miracle on ice 1980
I remember watching that intensely. I don't remember ever being so proud to be an American. It was chilling.0 -
The Winter Olympic Games are held in Calgary, Alberta, Canada
The Hubble Space Telescope is put into operation
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Rolling Stones appeared on The Ed Sullivan Show.
The Newlywed Game premiered on ABC.
A purported Bigfoot is filmed by Patterson and Gimlin.0 -
Sex pistols gave their last concert.0
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1973 - Roe vs Wade: US Supreme Court legalizes some abortions0
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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
edited to add:
You made me look up history.....(and I took out Kennedy cause I don't remember that far back!)
Wal-Mart opened up
Marilyn Monroe found dead
wow, Walmart and Kmart in the same year!!0 -
Mar 4th, 1966 - John Lennon, says "We (Beatles) are more popular than Jesus0
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Oh my:
-Queen Elizabeth proclaimed Queen of England
-Winston Churchill says England has an atomic bomb
-US ratifies Peace Treaty with japan
-Mr. Potato Head is first advertised on TV
-Trans World Airlines introduces a tourist class
-General Eisenhower is the Republican nominee for President (July) and is elected in November - 4 months it took??????? Can we go back to that?
-Tuskegee Institute reports that 1952 is the first year that there were no lynchings in the US in 71 years!!
-DRAGNET premiered on TV (Just the facts!!!)
I read all this stuff in school as history! How scary is that! :noway:0 -
1969:
Man on the moon
Richard M. Nixon is inaugurated (and presidents salary doubles)
Dwight Eisenhower dies
First trial flight of the Concorde
Billy Preston becomes 5th Beattle and yet the Beattles perform for the last time together (it was free)
Woodstock
Seseame Street Premieres0
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