What Happened the Year You Were Born?

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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 1969 (the year you were born)

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?

[He Who Shall Not Be Named 2]

In 1969 (the year you were born)

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 1958 (the year you were born)

 

Dwight Eisenhower is president of the US

 

The first US earth satellite, Explorer I, goes into orbit

 

Rocker Jerry Lee Lewis marries his 13 year old second cousin, Myra Brown

 

The "Quiz Show Scandals" rock the television industry and the nation

 

Vice President Richard Nixon faces hostile anti-American mobs during a visit to South America

 

14 year old Bobby Fischer wins the United States Chess Championship

 

Ellen DeGeneres, Michael Jackson, Ice-T, and Mark Cuban are born

 

New York Yankees win the World Series

 

Baltimore Colts win the NFL championship

 

Montreal Canadiens win the Stanley Cup

 

Breakfast at Tiffany's by Truman Capote is published

 

Elvis Presley enters the U.S. Army

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In 1950 (the year you were born)

 

Harry Truman is president of the US

 

Masked bandits steal $2.8 million from Brink's in Boston

 

35 US military advisers are sent to South Vietnam to aid the anti-Communist government

 

US Senator Joe McCarthy begins his crusade against suspected Communists in the US government

 

North Korea invades South Korea

 

President Harry S. Truman announces a program to develop the hydrogen bomb

 

In South Africa, the Group Areas Act is passed formally segregating races

 

Peter Gabriel, Jay Leno, Bill Murray, and Stevie Wonder are born

 

New York Yankees win the World Series

 

Cleveland Browns win the NFL championship

 

Detroit Red Wings win the Stanley Cup

 

I, Robot by Isaac Asimov is published

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In 1953 (the year you were born)

 

 

Dwight Eisenhower becomes president of the US

 

President Eisenhower announces that he has given France $60 million for the Indochina War

 

Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norkay reach the top of Mt. Everest

 

Julius and Ethel Rosenburg are executed by electrocution at Sing Sing Prison

 

The Korean War ends in stalemate

 

The first color television sets go on sale for about $1,175

 

Ron Jeremy, Tony Blair, Pierce Brosnan, and Kim Basinger are born

 

New York Yankees win the World Series

 

Detroit Lions Win the NFL Championship

 

Montreal Canadiens win the Stanley Cup

 

Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury is published

 

Elvis Presley records for the first time

 

68% of all United States television sets were tune in to I Love Lucy to watch Lucy give birth

 

What Happened the Year You Were Born?

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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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In the year you were born

 

Dwight Eisenhower is president of the US

 

The first US earth satellite, Explorer I, goes into orbit

 

Rocker Jerry Lee Lewis marries his 13 year old second cousin, Myra Brown

 

The "Quiz Show Scandals" rock the television industry and the nation

 

Vice President Richard Nixon faces hostile anti-American mobs during a visit to South America

 

14 year old Bobby Fischer wins the United States Chess Championship

 

Ellen DeGeneres, Michael Jackson, Ice-T, and Mark Cuban are born

 

New York Yankees win the World Series

 

Baltimore Colts win the NFL championship

 

Montreal Canadiens win the Stanley Cup

 

Breakfast at Tiffany's by Truman Capote is published

 

Elvis Presley enters the U.S. Army

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Ronald Reagan becomes president of the US

 

Minutes after Ronald Reagan becomes president, Iran releases 52 American hostages that had been held captive for 444 days

 

President Reagan is shot in the chest by would be assassin John Hinkley

 

Space shuttle Columbia, the world's first reusable spacecraft, is sent into space

 

A suspended walkway in the Kansas City Hyatt Regency Hotel collapses, killing 113

 

A female former lover files a "palimony" suit against tennis star Billie Jean King

 

President Reagan appoints Sandra Day O'Connor to be the first woman on the Supreme Court

 

The Pac-Man video game is introduced in the US

 

Alicia Keys, Elijah Wood, Kelly Rowland, Anna Kournikova, and Britney Spears are born

 

Los Angeles Dodgers win the World Series

 

Oakland Raiders win Superbowl XV

 

New York Islanders win the Stanley Cup

 

Raiders of the Lost Ark is the top grossing film

 

"Bette Davis Eyes" by Kim Carnes spends the most time at the top of the US charts

 

MTV debuts on cable television, playing music videos 24 hours a day

 

Gimme a Break premieres