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Reply #60 posted 04/04/07 3:45pm

reneGade20

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MIGUELGOMEZ said:


Oh Lawd. That was my nickname in elementary school (Magoo). Thank God it never stuck.

M
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NO WAY!!! Dude, I'm so sorry.....hug I cribbed the use of Magoo from Jim Carrey in "Liar, Liar"....lol
He was like a cock who thought the sun had risen to hear him crow.
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Reply #61 posted 04/04/07 3:55pm

NDRU

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In 1972 (the year you were born)
Richard Nixon is president of the US

President Nixon approves NASA's space shuttle, a reusable spacecraft, at a cost of $5.5 billion

Nixon arrives in China for an 8 day visit, which he calls a "journey for peace"

While campaigning for the presidency Alabama Governor George C. Wallace is shot and seriously wounded

Five men are arrested in the Watergate office complex in DC for breaking into the offices of the Democratic National Committee

Hurricane Agnes strikes the East Coast causing 117 deaths

First scientific hand-held calculator (HP-35) os introduced for $395

Shaquille O'Neal, Jennifer Garner, The Rock, The Notorious B.I.G., Cameron Diaz, Eminem, and Alyssa Milano are born

Oakland Athletics win the World Series

Dallas Cowboys win Superbowl VI

Boston Bruins win the Stanley Cup

The Godfather is the top grossing film

Pink Floyd debuts "The Dark Side of the Moon" during a performance at London's Rainbow Theater

"You've Got a Friend" by Carole King wins a Grammy for song of the year

The Price is Right premieres on CBS
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Reply #62 posted 04/04/07 5:02pm

heartbeatocean

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NDRU said:



The Price is Right premieres on CBS


Well, now that's something to note in the history books!!! wink
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Reply #63 posted 04/04/07 6:26pm

MIGUELGOMEZ

reneGade20 said:

MIGUELGOMEZ said:


Oh Lawd. That was my nickname in elementary school (Magoo). Thank God it never stuck.

M
[Edited 4/4/07 15:24pm]



NO WAY!!! Dude, I'm so sorry.....hug I cribbed the use of Magoo from Jim Carrey in "Liar, Liar"....lol



It's understandable though. It's not a huge leap from Miguel to Magoo.


M
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Reply #64 posted 04/04/07 7:48pm

IAintTheOne

Lennon says, "We are more popular than Jesus" sparking controversy in the US

The first black Senator is elected to the United States Senate

Cindy Crawford, Janet Jackson, Mike Tyson, Halle Berry, Adam Sandler, and Kiefer Sutherland are born

Baltimore Orioles win the World Series

Green Bay Packers win the NFL championship

Montreal Canadiens win the Stanley Cup

The Good, the Bad and the Ugly is the top grossing film

Valley of the Dolls by Jacqueline Susann is published

Pet Sounds by The Beach Boys and Sounds of Silence by Simon and Garfunkel are released

Star Trek and The Newlywed Game premiere

What Happened the Year You Were Born?
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Reply #65 posted 04/05/07 4:21am

ZombieKitten

not a one thing on the list NOT american neutral
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Reply #66 posted 04/05/07 5:14am

missfee

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In 1982 (the year you were born)

Ronald Reagan is president of the US

The space shuttle Columbia completes its first operational flight

Actor John Belushi is found dead of a drug overdose in a West Hollywood hotel

Automobile manufacturer John Delorean is arrested and charged with possession of 59 pounds of cocaine

The first artificial heart is implanted in American Barney Clark

The Cable News Network, or CNN, is launched

750,000 people rally against nuclear weapons in New York City's Central Park

Time Magazine's Man of the Year was for the first time given to a non-human, a computer

The first computer virus, written by Rich Skrenta, escapes into the wild

Kirsten Dunst and Elisha Cuthbert are born

St. Louis Cardinals win the World Series

San Francisco 49ers win Superbowl XVI

New York Islanders win the Stanley Cup

E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial is the top grossing film

Ozzy Osbourne bites the head off of a live bat thrown at him during a performance, later hospitalized with rabies

"I Love Rock 'N Roll" by Joan Jett & The Blackhearts spends the most time at the top of the US charts

Cheers, Family Ties, Silver Spoons, and Fame premiere
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Reply #67 posted 04/05/07 10:13am

NDRU

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heartbeatocean said:

NDRU said:



The Price is Right premieres on CBS


Well, now that's something to note in the history books!!! wink


And they're still giving away the same ugly furniture!
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Reply #68 posted 04/05/07 7:37pm

heartbeatocean

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ZombieKitten said:

not a one thing on the list NOT american neutral

There were a few on my addendum list. Type in the year at wikepedia for a slightly more global perspective...
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Reply #69 posted 04/05/07 7:38pm

heartbeatocean

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NDRU said:

heartbeatocean said:



Well, now that's something to note in the history books!!! wink


And they're still giving away the same ugly furniture!

When I was a kid, I had a Price Is Right board game. Also had Let's Make a Deal.
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Reply #70 posted 04/05/07 7:41pm

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brownsugar said:

REDFEATHERS said:

This is too depressing.. wtf ppl born in 1980 and 1990! disbelief


damn thats what i was thinking lol



RIGHT - I don't even wanna post mine neutral
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Reply #71 posted 04/05/07 7:52pm

AnckSuNamun

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In 1910 (the year you were born)



William Howard Taft is president of the US

Boy Scouts of American founded

Speaker Joe Cannon loses his autocratic power to appoint key committees

Theodore Roosevelt gives a landmark speech outlining his "New Nationalism"

Mexican leader Porfirio Diaz is overthrown by Francisco Madero

The Mann Act prohibits "interstate prostitution"

Mother Teresa is born

Mark Twain and Leo Tolstoy die

Philadelphia Phillies win the World Series

What Happened the Year You Were Born?

http://www.blogthings.com...ebornquiz/
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Reply #72 posted 04/05/07 8:00pm

gemini13

In 1970 (the year you were born)



Richard Nixon is president of the US

A federal jury finds the "Chicago 7" innocent of conspiring to incite riots during the 1968 Democratic National Convention

The lunar spacecraft Apollo 13 splashes down in the Pacific after near catastrophe

The first Earth Day is marked by millions of Americans participating in anti-pollution demonstrations

At Kent State University, National Guardsmen fire into a crowd killing four student antiwar demonstrators

A powerful earthquake claims 50,000 lives in Peru

18 year olds are given the right to vote in federal elections

Tidal wave driven by cyclone from Bay of Bengal hits East Pakistan, killing hundreds of thousands

An anti-war rally is held at Valley Forge, Pennsylvania, attended by John Kerry, Jane Fonda and Donald Sutherland

Queen Latifah, Mariah Carey, Andre Agassi, Uma Thurman, Jennifer Lopez, and Matt Damon are born

Baltimore Orioles win the World Series

Kansas City Chiefs win Superbowl IV

Boston Bruins win the Stanley Cup

Tearjerker Love Story is the top grossing film

I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings by Maya Angelou is published

"The Long and Winding Road" becomes the Beatles' last Number 1 song

What Happened the Year You Were Born?

http://www.blogthings.com...ebornquiz/
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Reply #73 posted 04/05/07 8:06pm

ThreadBare

In 1972 (the year you were born)



Richard Nixon is president of the US

President Nixon approves NASA's space shuttle, a reusable spacecraft, at a cost of $5.5 billion

Nixon arrives in China for an 8 day visit, which he calls a "journey for peace"

While campaigning for the presidency Alabama Governor George C. Wallace is shot and seriously wounded

Five men are arrested in the Watergate office complex in DC for breaking into the offices of the Democratic National Committee

Hurricane Agnes strikes the East Coast causing 117 deaths

First scientific hand-held calculator (HP-35) os introduced for $395

Shaquille O'Neal, Jennifer Garner, The Rock, The Notorious B.I.G., Cameron Diaz, Eminem, and Alyssa Milano are born

Oakland Athletics win the World Series

Dallas Cowboys win Superbowl VI

Boston Bruins win the Stanley Cup

The Godfather is the top grossing film

Pink Floyd debuts "The Dark Side of the Moon" during a performance at London's Rainbow Theater

"You've Got a Friend" by Carole King wins a Grammy for song of the year

The Price is Right premieres on CBS
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Reply #74 posted 04/05/07 9:28pm

ZombieKitten

heartbeatocean said:

ZombieKitten said:

not a one thing on the list NOT american neutral

There were a few on my addendum list. Type in the year at wikepedia for a slightly more global perspective...


ooh! good thinking!

1971

For the first time more colour tvs sold than b/w ones in Sweden.

Switzerland gives women voting rights in state elections, but not in all canton-specific ones.

The British heavy metal band Black Sabbath releases their breakthrough album, Paranoid.

East Pakistan becomes independent from Pakistan and is renamed Bangladesh.

Marky Mark born.

The United Kingdom and Ireland both switch to decimal currency.

Un banc, un arbre, une rue by Séverine (music by Jean-Pierre Bourtayre, text by Yves Dessca) wins the Eurovision Song Contest 1971 for Monaco.

Charles Manson is sentenced to death.

A tsunami 85 m high rises over the Ryukyu Islands in Japan. It throws a 750-ton block of coral 2.5 km inland.

An earthquake in Turkey destroys most of the city of Burdur. Ten days later an earthquake lasting 20 seconds destroys most of Bingöl, Turkey - more than 1,000 are killed, 10,000 made homeless.

After a successful mission aboard USSRs Salyut 1, the world's first manned space station, the crew of the Soyuz 11 spacecraft are killed when their air supply leaks out through a faulty valve.

The movie Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory is released in theaters.

The Doors musician Jim Morrison is found dead in his Paris, France apartment.

The South Tower of the World Trade Center is topped out at 1,362 feet, making it the second tallest building in the world.

Vietnam War: Australia and New Zealand decide to withdraw their troops from Vietnam.

Six Persian Gulf sheikdoms found the United Arab Emirates.
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Reply #75 posted 04/05/07 9:42pm

theodore

gemini13 said:

In 1970 (the year you were born)



Richard Nixon is president of the US

A federal jury finds the "Chicago 7" innocent of conspiring to incite riots during the 1968 Democratic National Convention

The lunar spacecraft Apollo 13 splashes down in the Pacific after near catastrophe

The first Earth Day is marked by millions of Americans participating in anti-pollution demonstrations

At Kent State University, National Guardsmen fire into a crowd killing four student antiwar demonstrators

A powerful earthquake claims 50,000 lives in Peru

18 year olds are given the right to vote in federal elections

Tidal wave driven by cyclone from Bay of Bengal hits East Pakistan, killing hundreds of thousands

An anti-war rally is held at Valley Forge, Pennsylvania, attended by John Kerry, Jane Fonda and Donald Sutherland

Queen Latifah, Mariah Carey, Andre Agassi, Uma Thurman, Jennifer Lopez, and Matt Damon are born

Baltimore Orioles win the World Series

Kansas City Chiefs win Superbowl IV

Boston Bruins win the Stanley Cup

Tearjerker Love Story is the top grossing film

I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings by Maya Angelou is published

"The Long and Winding Road" becomes the Beatles' last Number 1 song

What Happened the Year You Were Born?

http://www.blogthings.com...ebornquiz/



Mariah Carey was born in 1970, as well.

cool
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Reply #76 posted 04/06/07 3:42am

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In 1989 (the year you were born)

George H.W. Bush becomes president of the US

The largest oil spill in US history occurs after the Exxon Valdez strikes Blight Reef in Alaska's Prince William sound

In Liverpool, England a soccer stadium barrier collapses killing 94 people

Hurricane Hugo causes 71 deaths and $4.2 billion in damage

A massave earthquake hits the San Francisco Bay area minutes before the World Series between the Giants and A's


The Berlin Wall comes down, symbolically ending the Cold War

Serial killer Ted Bundy is executed in Florida's electric chair

Ayatollah Khomeini places a three-million-US dollar bounty for the death of author Salman Rushdie

Actress Zsa Zsa Gabor is arrested in Beverly Hills, California after slapping a motorcycle police officer

Nintendo released its popular handheld video game player, Game Boy

Oakland Athletics win the World Series

San Francisco 49ers win Superbowl XXIII

Calgary Flames win the Stanley Cup

Batman is the top grossing film

"Look Away" by Chicago spends the most time at the top of the US charts

Talk show host, Geraldo Rivera's nose is broken during a taping of his show, when a fight erupts on the set between guests

The Arsenio Hall Show and The Simpsons premiere

Dragonball Z premieres on Japanese television

... wow apparently there were a lot of other accidents too lol
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Reply #77 posted 04/06/07 3:43am

ZombieKitten

emmi said:

In 1989 (the year you were born)

George H.W. Bush becomes president of the US

The largest oil spill in US history occurs after the Exxon Valdez strikes Blight Reef in Alaska's Prince William sound

In Liverpool, England a soccer stadium barrier collapses killing 94 people

Hurricane Hugo causes 71 deaths and $4.2 billion in damage

A massave earthquake hits the San Francisco Bay area minutes before the World Series between the Giants and A's


The Berlin Wall comes down, symbolically ending the Cold War

Serial killer Ted Bundy is executed in Florida's electric chair

Ayatollah Khomeini places a three-million-US dollar bounty for the death of author Salman Rushdie

Actress Zsa Zsa Gabor is arrested in Beverly Hills, California after slapping a motorcycle police officer

Nintendo released its popular handheld video game player, Game Boy

Oakland Athletics win the World Series

San Francisco 49ers win Superbowl XXIII

Calgary Flames win the Stanley Cup

Batman is the top grossing film

"Look Away" by Chicago spends the most time at the top of the US charts

Talk show host, Geraldo Rivera's nose is broken during a taping of his show, when a fight erupts on the set between guests

The Arsenio Hall Show and The Simpsons premiere

Dragonball Z premieres on Japanese television

... wow apparently there were a lot of other accidents too lol


1989 was my first year at university! biggrin




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Reply #78 posted 04/06/07 4:00am

Shanti1

ZombieKitten said:

emmi said:

In 1989 (the year you were born)

George H.W. Bush becomes president of the US

The largest oil spill in US history occurs after the Exxon Valdez strikes Blight Reef in Alaska's Prince William sound

In Liverpool, England a soccer stadium barrier collapses killing 94 people

Hurricane Hugo causes 71 deaths and $4.2 billion in damage

A massave earthquake hits the San Francisco Bay area minutes before the World Series between the Giants and A's


The Berlin Wall comes down, symbolically ending the Cold War

Serial killer Ted Bundy is executed in Florida's electric chair

Ayatollah Khomeini places a three-million-US dollar bounty for the death of author Salman Rushdie

Actress Zsa Zsa Gabor is arrested in Beverly Hills, California after slapping a motorcycle police officer

Nintendo released its popular handheld video game player, Game Boy

Oakland Athletics win the World Series

San Francisco 49ers win Superbowl XXIII

Calgary Flames win the Stanley Cup

Batman is the top grossing film

"Look Away" by Chicago spends the most time at the top of the US charts

Talk show host, Geraldo Rivera's nose is broken during a taping of his show, when a fight erupts on the set between guests

The Arsenio Hall Show and The Simpsons premiere

Dragonball Z premieres on Japanese television

... wow apparently there were a lot of other accidents too lol


1989 was my first year at university! biggrin




dead



It was the year I graduated high school

God I feel old... confused
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Reply #79 posted 04/06/07 4:15am

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In 1984 (the year you were born)

Ronald Reagan is president of the US

On a Challenger mission, two astronauts become the first humans to fly free of a spacecraft

An Union Carbide insecticide plant in Bhopal, India seeps toxic gas killing over 2,000

Penthouse magazine publishes nude photographs of Miss America Vanessa Williams

The Soviet Union boycotts the Los Angeles Summer Olympics

Richard Stallman starts developing GNU

"Where's the Beef?" commercial campaign for Wendy's airs for the first time

The Apple Macintosh, the first consumer computer to use a computer mouse and GUI interface, is introduced by Apple

Ethiopian famine begins

Mandy Moore and Avril Lavigne are born

Detroit Tigers win the World Series

Los Angeles Raiders win Superbowl XVIII

Edmonton Oilers win the Stanley Cup

Ghost Busters, Beverly Hills Cop, Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom, Gremlins, and The Karate Kid are top grossing films

"When Doves Cry" by Prince and the Revolution spends the most time at the top of US charts

Michael Jackson's hair catches fire during the filming of a Pepsi commercial

The Cosby Show, Punky Brewster, and Who's the Boss? premiere

cool
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Reply #80 posted 04/06/07 4:17am

ZombieKitten

united1878 said:

In 1984 (the year you were born)

Ronald Reagan is president of the US

On a Challenger mission, two astronauts become the first humans to fly free of a spacecraft

An Union Carbide insecticide plant in Bhopal, India seeps toxic gas killing over 2,000

Penthouse magazine publishes nude photographs of Miss America Vanessa Williams

The Soviet Union boycotts the Los Angeles Summer Olympics

Richard Stallman starts developing GNU

"Where's the Beef?" commercial campaign for Wendy's airs for the first time

The Apple Macintosh, the first consumer computer to use a computer mouse and GUI interface, is introduced by Apple

Ethiopian famine begins

Mandy Moore and Avril Lavigne are born

Detroit Tigers win the World Series

Los Angeles Raiders win Superbowl XVIII

Edmonton Oilers win the Stanley Cup

Ghost Busters, Beverly Hills Cop, Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom, Gremlins, and The Karate Kid are top grossing films

"When Doves Cry" by Prince and the Revolution spends the most time at the top of US charts

Michael Jackson's hair catches fire during the filming of a Pepsi commercial

The Cosby Show, Punky Brewster, and Who's the Boss? premiere

cool


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Reply #81 posted 04/06/07 6:11am

SexOnWheels

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

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





so, do you think this means i have enough in common with heath ledger to suggest we start dating seriously? lol
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Reply #82 posted 04/06/07 7:13am

furygirl

In 1992 (the year you were born)



George H.W. Bush is president of the US

Hurricane "Andrew" becomes the most costly in US history with $20 billion worth of damage

Arkansas Governor Bill Clinton is elected President of the United States

Riots break out in Los Angeles after police are acquitted in the Rodney King case

An "Earth Summit" is held in Brazil to address global environmental problems

Jay Leno replaces Johnny Carson as host of the Tonight Show on NBC

George H. W. Bush becomes ill on a visit in Japan and vomits on the Japanese Prime Minister

Mike Tyson goes on trial charged with raping a 1991 Miss Black America Contest contestant

Amy Fisher, the "Long Island Lolita," is arrested for shooting Mary Jo Buttafuoco on the front porch of her home

Toronto Blue Jays win the World Series

Washington Redskins win Superbowl XXVI

Pisstburgh Penguins win the Stanley Cup

Aladdin is the top grossing film

"End of the Road" by Boyz II Men spends the most time at the top of the US charts

Mad About You and The Real World premiere

Sailor Moon premieres on TV Asahi in Japan

What Happened the Year You Were Born?

http://www.blogthings.com...ebornquiz/
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Reply #83 posted 04/06/07 8:53am

heartbeatocean

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AnckSuNamun said:

In 1910 (the year you were born)



William Howard Taft is president of the US

Boy Scouts of American founded

Speaker Joe Cannon loses his autocratic power to appoint key committees

Theodore Roosevelt gives a landmark speech outlining his "New Nationalism"

Mexican leader Porfirio Diaz is overthrown by Francisco Madero

The Mann Act prohibits "interstate prostitution"

Mother Teresa is born

Mark Twain and Leo Tolstoy die

Philadelphia Phillies win the World Series

What Happened the Year You Were Born?

http://www.blogthings.com...ebornquiz/



eek You're two years older than my grandma! woot!
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Reply #84 posted 04/06/07 8:54am

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ZombieKitten said:

heartbeatocean said:


There were a few on my addendum list. Type in the year at wikepedia for a slightly more global perspective...


ooh! good thinking!

1971

For the first time more colour tvs sold than b/w ones in Sweden.

Switzerland gives women voting rights in state elections, but not in all canton-specific ones.

The British heavy metal band Black Sabbath releases their breakthrough album, Paranoid.

East Pakistan becomes independent from Pakistan and is renamed Bangladesh.

Marky Mark born.

The United Kingdom and Ireland both switch to decimal currency.

Un banc, un arbre, une rue by Séverine (music by Jean-Pierre Bourtayre, text by Yves Dessca) wins the Eurovision Song Contest 1971 for Monaco.

Charles Manson is sentenced to death.

A tsunami 85 m high rises over the Ryukyu Islands in Japan. It throws a 750-ton block of coral 2.5 km inland.

An earthquake in Turkey destroys most of the city of Burdur. Ten days later an earthquake lasting 20 seconds destroys most of Bingöl, Turkey - more than 1,000 are killed, 10,000 made homeless.

After a successful mission aboard USSRs Salyut 1, the world's first manned space station, the crew of the Soyuz 11 spacecraft are killed when their air supply leaks out through a faulty valve.

The movie Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory is released in theaters.

The Doors musician Jim Morrison is found dead in his Paris, France apartment.

The South Tower of the World Trade Center is topped out at 1,362 feet, making it the second tallest building in the world.

Vietnam War: Australia and New Zealand decide to withdraw their troops from Vietnam.

Six Persian Gulf sheikdoms found the United Arab Emirates.


Interesting! woot!
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Reply #85 posted 04/06/07 3:15pm

theodore

ZombieKitten said:

united1878 said:

In 1984 (the year you were born)

Ronald Reagan is president of the US

On a Challenger mission, two astronauts become the first humans to fly free of a spacecraft

An Union Carbide insecticide plant in Bhopal, India seeps toxic gas killing over 2,000

Penthouse magazine publishes nude photographs of Miss America Vanessa Williams

The Soviet Union boycotts the Los Angeles Summer Olympics

Richard Stallman starts developing GNU

"Where's the Beef?" commercial campaign for Wendy's airs for the first time

The Apple Macintosh, the first consumer computer to use a computer mouse and GUI interface, is introduced by Apple

Ethiopian famine begins

Mandy Moore and Avril Lavigne are born

Detroit Tigers win the World Series

Los Angeles Raiders win Superbowl XVIII

Edmonton Oilers win the Stanley Cup

Ghost Busters, Beverly Hills Cop, Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom, Gremlins, and The Karate Kid are top grossing films

"When Doves Cry" by Prince and the Revolution spends the most time at the top of US charts

Michael Jackson's hair catches fire during the filming of a Pepsi commercial

The Cosby Show, Punky Brewster, and Who's the Boss? premiere

cool




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Reply #86 posted 04/06/07 3:15pm

theodore

united1878 said:

In 1984 (the year you were born)

"When Doves Cry" by Prince and the Revolution spends the most time at the top of US charts

Michael Jackson's hair catches fire during the filming of a Pepsi commercial

cool



cool and hah!
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Reply #87 posted 04/06/07 3:21pm

AnckSuNamun

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heartbeatocean said:

AnckSuNamun said:

In 1910 (the year you were born)



William Howard Taft is president of the US

Boy Scouts of American founded

Speaker Joe Cannon loses his autocratic power to appoint key committees

Theodore Roosevelt gives a landmark speech outlining his "New Nationalism"

Mexican leader Porfirio Diaz is overthrown by Francisco Madero

The Mann Act prohibits "interstate prostitution"

Mother Teresa is born

Mark Twain and Leo Tolstoy die

Philadelphia Phillies win the World Series

What Happened the Year You Were Born?

http://www.blogthings.com...ebornquiz/



eek You're two years older than my grandma! woot!

Are you serious? omg Go granny, GO! She's living a full life. cool
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Reply #88 posted 04/06/07 3:30pm

AnckSuNamun

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In 1983 (the year you were born)



Ronald Reagan is president of the US

Sally Ride becomes the first American woman to travel in space

Marines are killed when a TNT laden suicide terrorists blows up Marine headquarters at Beirut International Airport

US Marines and Rangers invade the island of Grenada and evacuate hundreds of US citizens

The Soviets shoot down Korean Airlines flight 007

The Internet Domain Name System was invented by Paul Mockapetris

Ronald Wilson Reagan signs a bill creating Martin Luther King Day

Baltimore Orioles win the World Series

Washington Redskins win Superbowl XVII

New York Islanders win the Stanley Cup

Return of the Jedi is the top grossing film

"Every Breath You Take" by The Police spends the most time at the top of US charts

The A-Team and Webster premiere

What Happened the Year You Were Born?

http://www.blogthings.com...ebornquiz/

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Reply #89 posted 04/07/07 3:56pm

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AnckSuNamun said:

heartbeatocean said:




eek You're two years older than my grandma! woot!

Are you serious? omg Go granny, GO! She's living a full life. cool


lol

Actually, I was wrong. You're a year younger than my granny! woot! She'll be 98 in December. nod
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