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Post by Alexander of Byzantine Glory on Sept 29, 2007 19:08:26 GMT 2
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Post by Alexander of Byzantine Glory on Sept 29, 2007 19:08:52 GMT 2
In 1956 (the year you were born) Dwight Eisenhower is president of the US 101 Southern Congressmen call for massive resistance to the Supreme Court desegregation rulings Italian liner Andrea Doria collides with Swedish liner Stockholm and sinks of Nantucket Island An anti-Communist revolt in Hungary is crushed by Soviet troops and tanks Suez crisis occurs in the Middle East Elvis Presley enters the music charts for the first time, with "Heartbreak Hotel". Mel Gibson, Bill Maher, Joe Montana, Tom Hanks, and Larry Bird born New York Yankees win the World Series New York Giants win the NFL championship Montreal Canadiens win the Stanley Cup Howl and Other Poems by Allen Ginsberg is published Elvis Presley appears on The Ed Sullivan Show The Price is Right game show premieres What Happened the Year You Were Born?www.blogthings.com/whathappenedtheyearyouwerebornquiz/
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Post by athanasius on Sept 30, 2007 5:08:02 GMT 2
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 What Happened the Year You Were Born?www.blogthings.com/whathappenedtheyearyouwerebornquiz/
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Post by novellusveii on Sept 30, 2007 19:35:21 GMT 2
George H.W. Bush becomes president of the US
That's funny Ilius, that was the first presidential election that I voted in.
***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
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Post by Alexander of Byzantine Glory on Sept 30, 2007 19:57:20 GMT 2
Apollo 13
Have you seen the movie? With emphasis on the various characters and the leadership abilities of the protagoniste?
Great for seminars ...
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Post by Lonskarvia on Sept 30, 2007 20:08:30 GMT 2
(1993)
Bill Clinton becomes president of the US
A powerful bomb explodes in an underground parking garage beneath the World Trade Center, killing six
Ruth Bader Ginsburg becomes the second woman on the Supreme Court
Congress passes the Family and Medical Leave Act
The North American Free Trade Agreement is ratified
Yasir Arafat and Yitzchak Rabin sign a peace accord on the White House lawn
Bill Clinton signs the Brady Bill into law
Toronto Blue Jays win the World Series
Dallas Cowboys win Superbowl XXVII
Montreal Canadiens win the Stanley Cup
Jurassic Park is the top grossing film
Sinead O'Connor stirs up controversy when she rips up a picture of the Pope on Saturday Night Live
"I Will Always Love You" by Whitney Houston spends the most time at the top of the US charts
Cheers ends its 11-year run
Beavis and Butthead, Late Night with Conan O'Brien, and Frasier premiere
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