What happened the year you were born?

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Canada Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau
United States President Richard Nixon


First Jumbo Jet goes into service
Concorde makes its first supersonic flight (700 mph/1127 km/h)


Jimi Hendrix dies of barbiturate overdose in London
Janis Joplin dies in a cheap motel from a heroin overdose
Paul McCartney announces that the Beatles have disbanded
Simon and Garfunkel release their final album together, Bridge Over Troubled Water
 
Nelson Mandela was freed
western alliance ended the cold war
Iraqi troops invade kuwait
east and west germany reunited
margeret thatcher resigned as british prime minister
Hubble Space telescope launched

the x movie rating was replaced with NC-17
The simpsons debuted
vocal group milli vanilli admits to lip synching and has grammy revoked
seinfeild debuts

Movies: Dances with Wolves, Goodfellas, Henry and June, Reversal of Fortune

Wind beneath my wings won best song / album

Sammy Davis JR died.

Looks like a bunch of monumental historical events happened in 1990.

And yes, you can all feel old knowing that as of 2012, there will inevitably be some teenagers born in 1996 that are riding motorcycles... Jesus does time fly when your having fun!
 
HISTORY & POLITICS
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  • Red rain falls in the UK, caused by sand from the Sahara Desert in the droplets.​
  • M*A*S*H (TV series) ends after 11 years and 251 episodes on CBS. The series finale, Goodbye, Farewell and Amen, becomes the highest rated episode in TV history.
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  • Swatch introduces their first watches.
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  • Strategic Defense Initiative: U.S. President Ronald Reagan makes his initial proposal to develop technology to intercept enemy missiles. The media dub this plan "Star Wars."
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  • The U.S. Embassy is bombed in Beirut, killing 63 people.
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  • Tom Brokaw becomes lead anchor for NBC Nightly News.
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  • Microsoft Word is first released.
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  • Martin Luther King Day: At the White House Rose Garden, U.S. President Ronald Reagan signs a bill creating a federal holiday on the third Monday of every January to honor American civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr.
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  • Drug Abuse Resistance Education (DARE) program launched in U.S.
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  • McDonald's introduces the McNugget.
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    Popular Musicians

  • Phil Collins
  • The Police with " Every Breath that you take "
  • Black Sabbath
  • David Bowie
  • Johnny Cash
  • Duran Duran
  • Elton John
  • Pink Floyd
  • Ozzy Osbourne
  • Lionel Richie with " All Night Long "
  • Rod Stewart
  • Michael Jackson with " Beat It and Billy Jean "
  • The Moody Blues
  • Bob Marley and the Wailers
 
This is kinda against the rules since I can effect the time space continuum but.....

Prime Minister Julian Fantino is elected.

The drug Sleep is invented, making physical sleep unnecessary.

Mexico declares the illegal immigration of Americans across it's border punishable by death.

The Tannhauser colony declares independence from Earth.

The Kemerovo research facility explodes. It will be seven years before the researchers show up at the site, having being pushed forward into the future.

The 2012 investigation finally comes to a conclusion on the "event" and presents it's findings to the SU (Surviving Nations).

HD invents a OHC engine that makes more HP than noise. Unfortunately for them, they still run on $7 per liter fossil fuel and can not fly like all the other sky bikes.

The Red695 law is passed, making it illegal to pretend to be female on the internet for attention.

GTAM corp bans all waving to skybikes, then allows it again, then bans it.

I know it's against the rules to tell you pasties all this but screw them. They sent me back to 2009 instead of 2013 and it looks like I'm going to die with the rest of you now.
 
D23 said:
This is kinda against the rules since I can effect the time space continuum but.....

Prime Minister Julian Fantino is elected.

The drug Sleep is invented, making physical sleep unnecessary.

Mexico declares the illegal immigration of Americans across it's border punishable by death.

The Tannhauser colony declares independence from Earth.

The Kemerovo research facility explodes. It will be seven years before the researchers show up at the site, having being pushed forward into the future.

The 2012 investigation finally comes to a conclusion on the "event" and presents it's findings to the SU (Surviving Nations).

HD invents a OHC engine that makes more HP than noise. Unfortunately for them, they still run on $7 per liter fossil fuel and can not fly like all the other sky bikes.

The Red695 law is passed, making it illegal to pretend to be female on the internet for attention.

GTAM corp bans all waving to skybikes, then allows it again, then bans it.

I know it's against the rules to tell you pasties all this but screw them. They sent me back to 2009 instead of 2013 and it looks like I'm going to die with the rest of you now.
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;););)
 
Robbie Robertson forced The Band to break up and had a fantastic last concert -- but I was only 3 months old and couldn't have possibly witnessed it.
 
-The Blue Jays played their first game.

-Star Wars is released in theatres.

-Elvis died.

-Lynyrd Skynyrd ends in a plane crash.

-The rings around uranus were discovered :)
 
1968


[h=1]Fun facts from 1968[/h]
  • A new 1968 Chevrolet Corvette coupe cost $4,663.00.
  • United States Population: 200,706,052
  • World Population: 3.556 billion
  • A carton of cigarettes cost $9.00
  • Gallon of gas in U.S. was 33 cents in 1968
  • Cost of a U.S. first-class stamp: $0.06 as of 1/7/68
  • Minimum wage in U.S. was $1.60 per hour
  • Lyndon B. Johnson was President and Hubert H. Humphrey was Vice President
  • The rock musical Hair opens on Broadway
  • April 4- Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King is assassinated in Memphis, TN.
  • June 5, 1968- Robert F. Kennedy is assassinated in Los Angeles.
  • December 21- American astronauts Frank Borman, Jim Lovell, and Bill Anders started their orbit around the Moon

TELEVISION--
  • Sept. 24, 1968- 60 Minutes debuts on CBS
  • Jan 22- Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In airs for the first time, on NBC
  • Sept 26 – The premier of Hawaii Five-O on CBS
  • Sept 23 - Here's Lucy premieres on CBS
  • Jan 27, 1968- The Lennon Sisters make their final appearance on the Lawrence Welk Show.
  • Nov. 17 - NBC breaks away from a pro football game to air Heidi, a TV movie, making viewers furious.

SPORTS—

If you’re having celebrating your 40 year old birthday, you should know these facts:

  • 1968 World Series was: Detroit d. St. Louis Cardinals (4-3)
  • NBA Championship: Boston d. LA Lakers (4-2)
  • Stanley Cup: Montreal d. St. Louis (4-0)
  • NCAA Basketball Championship: UCLA d. North Carolina (78-55)
  • Kentucky Derby Champion was Forward Pass

40th ACADEMY AWARDS from 1968

  • Best Actress in a Supporting Role: Estelle Parsons in Bonnie and Clyde
  • Best Motion Picture in 1968: In the Heat of the Night
  • Best Actor: Rod Steiger in: In the Heat of the Night
  • Best Actress: Katharine Hepburn in: Guess Who's Coming to Dinner

MUSIC--

  • The 10th Grammy Awards were presented on Feb. 29, 1968
  • Record of the Year: "Up, Up and Away," by the 5th Dimension
  • Album of the Year: Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band, The Beatles (Capitol)
  • Best Pop Vocal Performance, Male: Glen Campbell "By the Time I get to Phoenix"
  • Best Pop Vocal Performance, Female: Bobbbie Gentry "Ode to Billie Joe"
  • Best Performance By a Vocal Group or Chorus: “Up, Up and Away" performed by the Johnny Mann Singers
  • Song of the Year for 1968: "Up, Up and Away," Jimmy L. Webb, songwriter
  • Best R&B Female Solo Vocal Performance was given to Aretha Franklin for "Respect"

CELEBRITY BIRTHDAYS IN 1968--
  • January 14: LL Cool J
  • April 19: Ashley Judd
  • August 9: Gillian Anderson
  • August 14: Halle Berry
  • September 4: Mike Piazza
  • November 12: Sammy Sosa
 
The North won.

lol seriously though.

1987
Supernova is observed, the first "naked-eye" supernova since 1604.



...and somewhere out there, Depeche Mode was being awesome...
 
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