What happened the year you were born?

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Stubby's Dad is 88 today.He did a bit of looking back.WOW!
We were thinking about birthdays....so,
The year i was born: Sir Edmund Hillary conquered Mount Everest.
Queen Elizabeth II was crowned.
The Corvette was born!
 
Mohhamed Ali Beat George Forman in the Rumble in the Jungle the year I was born
also President Isabela Peron ( Evita ), Juan Peron's third wife, became President of Argentina when her husband died.
 
My soccer team was world club champion and American cup champion.
 
Not much interesting happened when I was born, apparently. The Apple Macintosh was introduced?
 
The Toronto Maple Leafs defeat the Montreal Canadians 4 games to 2 to win the Stanley Cup.

.......and then i jinxed them.......
 
The Nintendo Entertainment System is released in US stores.

Mike Tyson makes his professional debut in Albany, New York, a match which he wins by a first round knockout.

The most significant thing was 9 months earlier I was released from BagDad.
 
While it's a four-wheeler, it's arguably the most famous drive of all time; the lunar buggy went for it's first cruise on the moon.
 
Amazon said:
Prince Charles and Princess Diana publicly announce their separation
Summer Olympic Games were held in Barcelona , Spain

Nothing I really know of happened in 1992
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WTF?? that was yesterday :shock:

Thanks for making me feel old
 
Average new house cost 40k, oil goes over $13 barrel, Angelina Jolie was born and Starsky and Hutch debuted :p
 
[FONT=verdana,arial, san-serif]Some things that happened nationally in 1982



  • The word "Internet" first used to describe the connected pieces of ARPANET
  • Commodore-64 released
  • Time Magazine names the personal computer its Man of the Year
  • Compact Discs introduced
  • Falkland Islands War
  • Liposuction introduced
  • Vietnam Memorial erected in Washington D.C.
  • First artificial heart transplant takes place, the receipent lives 112 days
  • Delorean Motor Company goes bankrupt
  • Space shuttle Columbia launched on first mission
  • MRI (magnetic resonance imaging) machines introduced in Great Britain
  • First genetically-engineered food approved for sale
  • Unemployment hits 10%, highest since 1940
  • MS-DOS first licensed
  • Graceland opened to the public

Movies that released in 1982

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Airplane 2: The Sequel
Blade Runner
Chariots of Fire
Das Boot
Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid
Diner
E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial
Eating Raoul
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[TD] Fast Times At Ridgemont High
Firefox
Gandhi
Officer and a Gentleman
On Golden Pond
Pink Floyd The Wall
Poltergeist
Porky's
Road Warrior [/TD]
[TD] Rocky III
Sophie's Choice
Star Trek II
The Dark Crystal
The Thing
The World According to Garp
They Call Me Bruce?
Tootsie
Tron [/TD]
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Dude 1982 was a pretty significant year
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The Frisbee is renamed and nationally marketed
The hula-hoop was invented by Richard Knerr and Arthur "Spud" Melin
The word "Beatnik" takes hold to describe the emerging "Beat Generation" counterculture movement
1957 was the peak of the Baby Boomer years

Tang was formulated by William A. Mitchell for General Foods Corporation in 1957
Eveready produces AA size alkaline batteries
Williams-Sonoma opens in San Francisco
James Hoffa gains control of the International Brotherhood of Teamsters
Frozen pizza becomes available
Margarine sales take the lead over butter
At age 13, Bobby Fischer becomes a chess champion
 
I was told when I was younger I looked exactly like Drew Barrymore in E.T. and Poltergeist is one of my favourite movies. Kinda liking the 1982 stuff

In 1992 Some movies were:
Home Alone 2
Aladdin (Disney)
Lethal weapon 3
Batman Returns
Sister Act
Wayne's World
 
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