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Our BetterMost Community => The Polling Place => Quick Personality Quizzes => Topic started by: Lumière on March 05, 2007, 06:26:15 pm
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Neat trivia .. :)
In 1979 (the year you were born)
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Jimmy Carter is president of the US
A major accident occurs at a nuclear reactor on Three Mile Island near Middletown, PA
An American Airlines DC-10 loses its engine and crashes seconds after takeoff, killing 275 people
Hurricane David kills over 1200 in the US and the Dominican Republic
Some 90 people, including 63 Americans, are taken hostage at the American Embassy in Tehran, Iran
The Soviet Union invades Afghanistan
ESPN starts broadcasting
Aaliyah, Jennifer Love Hewitt, Norah Jones, Heath Ledger, and Kate Hudson are born ;D
Pittsburgh Pirates win the World Series
Pittsburgh Steelers win Superbowl XIII
Montreal Canadiens win the Stanley Cup
Kramer vs. Kramer is the top grossing film
Sophie's Choice by William Styron is published
"My Sharona" by The Knack spends the most time at the top of the US charts
The Facts of Life premiers
What Happened the Year You Were Born?
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I was gonna post mine, but then I read the Yankees won the World Series that year...I just can't do it.
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I was gonna post mine, but then I read the Yankees won the World Series that year...I just can't do it.
Spoil sport! :P
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In 1978 (the year you were born)
Jimmy Carter is president of the US
US Senate votes to turn over the Panama Canal to Panama on December 31, 1999
Israel and Egypt reach a peace settlement at the Camp David Accords
The US and mainland China announce that they will restore full diplomatic relations
Members of Jim Jones' People's Temple commit mass suicide in Guyana
Pope John Paul II becomes the first non-Italian pope in centuries
Ted Bundy is captured in Florida
The first computer bulletin board system is created
Garfield debuts in newspapers
Ashton Kutcher, Kobe Bryant, Usher, Clay Aiken, and Nelly Furtado are born
New York Yankees win the World Series
Dallas Cowboys win Superbowl XII
Montreal Canadiens win the Stanley Cup
Saturday Night Fever and Grease are the top grossing films
"Night Fever" by the Bee Gees spends the most time at the top of the US charts
Diff'rent Strokes and Mork & Mindy premiere
What Happened the Year You Were Born?
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In 1962 (the year you were born)
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John F. Kennedy is president of the US
John Glenn becomes the first American in orbit when he circles the earth three times in the Mercury capsule Friendship 7
Cuban Missile Crisis occurs when Soviet offensive missile build-up is discovered
Cuban Missile Crisis is averted when President Kennedy and Soviet premiere Krushchev agree to remove missiles
Maryiln Monroe is found dead in her Los Angeles home
The drug thalidomide is recalled when it becomes linked with severe birth defects in thousands of children worldwide
Pantyhose becomes available for sale in U.S. department stores
Jim Carrey, Sheryl Crow, Jon Bon Jovi and Tom Cruise are born
New York Yankees win the World Series
Green Bay Packers win the NFL championship
Toronto Maple Leafs win the Stanley cup
Lawrence of Arabia wins the Oscar for best picture
The Beatles release their first recording: the single "Love Me Do"/"P.S. I Love You"
Johnny Carson debuts as host of The Tonight Show
What Happened the Year You Were Born?
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Pantyhose becomes available for sale in U.S. department stores
Really? In 1962?? Seems awful late to me .. lol.
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Really? In 1962?? Seems awful late to me .. lol.
Don't look at me Milli! I didn't write that thing.
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In 1969 (the year you were born)
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Richard Nixon becomes president of the US
Mary Jo Kopechne is killed when Senator Edward Kennedy veers off a narrow bridge on Chappaquiddick Island, crashing into a pond
US astronaut Neil Armstrong becomes the first person to set foot on the moon while commanding the Apollo 11 mission
Breathtaking pictures of Mars are transmitted to earth from NASA's Mariner 7 as it passes within 2,200 miles of the Red Planet
Woodstock music festival begins in upstate NY, featuring performances by Grateful Dead, Jimi Hendrix, Janis Joplin, Jefferson Airplane, and many more artists
250,000 Vietnam War protestors gather in Washington for the largest anti-war rally in US history
The first draft lottery since WWII is held in New York City
The Beatles' performance in public for the last time, on the roof of Apple Records
The Stonewall riots mark the start of the modern gay rights movement in the US
Marilyn Manson, Jennifer Aniston, Renee Zellweger, Edward Norton, Christian Slater, and Linus Torvalds are born
New York Mets win the World Series
New York Jets win Superbowl III
Montreal Canadiens win the Stanley Cup
Sesame Street premieres
Midnight Cowboy wins the Oscar for best picture
David Bowie's debut single, "Space Oddity", becomes a huge hit - in part due to the US landing on the moon
Sharon Tate & the LaBiancas are found murdered by Charles Manson & "family"
What Happened the Year You Were Born?
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In 1967 (the year you were born)
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Lyndon B. Johnson is president of the US
President Johnson and Soviet premiere Aleksei Kosygin agree not to let any crisis push them into wore
Thurgood Marshall is sworn in as the first black Supreme Court justice
The first home microwave is released by Amana
Dave Matthews, Kurt Cobain, Liz Phair, Vin Diesel, Julia Roberts, and Anna Nicole Smith are born
St. Louis Cardinals win the World Series
Green Bay Packers in Super Bowl I
Boston Bruins win the Stanley Cup
Disney's The Jungle Book and The Graduate are the top grossing films
One Hundred Years of Solitude by Gabriel Garcia Marquez is published
Paul McCartney announces that all four members of the Beatles have "dropped acid"
For the first time, Jimi Hendrix sets his guitar on fire during a concert in London
Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band is released
The first issue of Rolling Stone magazine is published
The FCC orders that cigarette ads on television, radio and in print must include a warning about the health risks of smoking
What Happened the Year You Were Born?
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Interesting, but it fails to mention that Jack and Ennis were reunited in this year! ;)
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In 1968 (the year you were born)
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Lyndon B. Johnson is president of the US
North Koreans seize USS Pueblo and 83 man crew in the Sea of Japan
Communist troops attack Saigon and 30 province capitals in the "Tet Offensive"
Martin Luther King is assassinated in Memphis, TN
Senator Robert F. Kennedy is shot in California after celebrating presidential primary victories
American troops destroy a town in South Vietnam in the "My Lai Massacre"
Peggy Fleming wins Olympics figure skating gold medal
The United States Congress repeals the requirement for a gold reserve to back US currency
Student protesters at Columbia University in New York City take over administration buildings and shut down the university
LL Cool J, Lisa Marie Presley, Jeri Ryan, Lucy Lawless, Celine Dion, Traci Lords, Tony Hawk, Kylie Minogue, and Sammy Sosa are born
Detroit Tigers win the World Series
Green Bay Packers win Superbowl II
Montreal Canadians win the Stanley Cup
2001: A Space Odyssey and Planet of the Apes are the top grossing movies
The rock musical Hair opens on Broadway
The Beatles' White Album and Simon and Garfunkel's Bookends are released
Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In, debuts on NBC
What Happened the Year You Were Born?
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Really? In 1962?? Seems awful late to me .. lol.
I believe that before that women wore stockings with garter belts - it's completely unclear to me that pantyhose was an advancement. ::)
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I believe that before that women wore stockings with garter belts - it's completely unclear to me that pantyhose was an advancement. ::)
:laugh: I see your point. ;)