Another question about the year you were born...

[TeeBone]

What is the most significant event that happened the year in which you were born ?

(other than the physical act of you actually being born)

1975 for me - The fall of Saigon, ending the Vietnam War.

[lleeder]

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[buzzard]

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[lleeder]

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[Marc with a c]

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i like this better

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[boobieman]

The most significant event the year I was born...Dad dumped a load...THE END.


SEE YAYAY

[Tall_James]

Warning: Not for the faint of heart - some nasty shit in here.

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[WhistlePig]

I read this stuff in a pamphlet sold at Cracker Barrel:

The first combat troops arrived in Vietnam
Malcolm X was shot to death
First Class stamp cost $.05
Montreal won the Stanley Cup
My Fair Lady won best picture
Winston Churchill died
Ooh-and "A Charlie Brown Christmas" debuted on TV!

[Sarge]

This is a list of important events the occured during 1970. Exact dates are listed when known.

We also have pages on this topic devoted to the 80s and 90s

* Kent State Shooting
May 4, 1970....National Guardsmen opened fire on a group of students, wounding many, 4 fatally, on the campus of Kent State University. Today, memorials to the four students stand near the place of the shootings.

* Chilie elects Marxist, Allende, as head of state
Allende became the first western nation to freely elect a Marxist head of state. This resulted in a stock market crash, a run on banks and a strike by mine workers.

* Black September
Jordan's King Hussein started to drive Palestinian commandos from his country, and on the 28th, Egyptian president Nasser died of a heart attack.

* First Earth Day, April 22

* EPA created

* Prime time football
ABC begins it's long running Monday Night Football

* World Trade Center is completed

* Childproof safety caps

* First female jockey in Kentucky Derby

* Mexico City subway is completed

* California is the first no-fault divorce state

* First New York City marathon

* Lithium is approved by the FDA
Used to treat manic-depressives.

* Arcosanti, a desert utopia is begun

* The New English Bible is printed
Directly translated from ancient texts into English, it created a big stir of controversy due to it's deviations from the King James version of the Bible (which had been originally translated from other languages)

* Spain's Franco regime convicts Basque leaders

* The Beatles release Let It Be, their last album

* First successful oil well in the North Sea found

* Artist Rothko commits suicide
After an investigation of his dealer, it is discovered that he had purchased 800 paintings after Rothko's death at much less their true cost.

* Canadian October Crisis
Two Canadian leaders were kidnapped by Front de liberation du Quebec, a Quebec seperatist movement. This resulted in martial law being declared in the Quebec province. One of the leaders, Pierre Laporte was killed by his captors, the other freed.

* Doonesbury comic strip goes national

* Apollo 13 mission suffers a huge setback
A ruptured air tank on their way to the moon almost sealed the fate of the three astronauts on board the spacecraft.

* Floppy disc was invented.

* Charles Manson Convicted of Murdering Sharon Tate
Charles Manson, the leader of a bizzare cult, and 4 of his followers were convicted of the murders of several people including actress Sharon Tate and her unborn baby.

* Earthquake in Peru May 31, 1970
72,000 people were killed and 700,000 were left homless

* China Launches Its First Satellite
APRIL 24. The People's Republic of China becomes the fifth nation to put a satellite into orbit. China 1's first broadcast is the song "Tang Fang Hung" (The East is Red).

* Federal Elections
18 year olds are given the right to vote in federal elections.

* The introduction of bar codes
Bar codes are introduced for retail and industrial use in England.

* Marshall University plane crash
On November 14, 1970 a chartered plane carrying 75 players, coaches, and prominent residents of Huntington, WV and Marshall University crashed just short of the runway after returning from the days game against ECU. There were no survivors.

* First F-14 Tomcat Tested
Dec. 21, 1970: The first ever F-14 Tomcat was tested; This led to use by the NAVY for about 30 years.

* American Soldiers Found Guilty
American soldiers found guilty of murdering entire town of Vietnamese civilians.

[SatCam]

The first McDonald's in Moscow, USSR opens.

[Judge Smails]

The first moon landing was faked by NASA.

[midwestjeff]

My mother's tight little vagina was ruined.

[milliehatchett]

The most devastating thing that happened the year I was born also happened on the DAY I was born. Martin Luther King, Jr. was shot 5 hours before I arrived on the earth. My mom watched Washington DC burn from her hospital window. An awful day...

[Chigworthy]

This monumental event happened on the day I was born (courtesy of Wikipedia):

June 20, 1976 - General elections are held in Italy.

It must have been very exciting for my parents on that fateful day.

[PapaBear]

The first Acid Test takes place at the Filmore.

John Lennon said "We are more popular than Jesus now"

The Church of Satan is founded by Anton LaVey.

Pet Sounds was released.

Blonde on Blonde was released.

Richard Speck murdered 8 nurses in Chicago.

Charles Whitman killed 13 people in Austin Texas.

The Beatles released Revolver.

How The Grinch Stole Christmas was first aired.

First Kwanzaa.

The Black Panthers are formed.

And, for a certain RF.net board member...

The first SR-71 Blackbird went into service.

[lleeder]

My mother's tight little vagina was ruined.

Well the butthole was still an option...

[MrPink]

http://a5.vox.com/6a00b8ea0716781bc000b8ea0699a5dece-320pi

[midwestjeff]

Well the butthole was still an option...

You would think so, but I ruined that too. Much later of course.

[Melrapuo]

Chernobyl, First US Space Shuttle to blow up

At least "Walk Like An Egyptian" was #1 when I popped out. Woot. :thumbdown:

[DirtyPool]

Deep Throat was released and the porno age began.

[MHasegawa]

-First Mac sold

-Brunei becomes independent

-Jacko catches fire

-Raiders humiliate Skins in Super Bowl 18

-Jesse Jackson calls jews "Hymies" (Don't Let me down, HYMIETOWN!)

-Winter games in Sarajevo, summer games in LA

-Haunted Castle at Six Flags in Jersey burned down

-First VMA's

-Regan and Bush get re-elected

-CRACK EPIDEMIC STARTS!!!

-Detroit Tigers win World Series 4 games to 1 over the San Diego Padres

-Georgetown Hoyas defeated Houston Cougars in National Baseketball Championship

-Boston Celtics defeated Los Angeles Lakers 4 games to 3

-Hakeem Olajuwon, Michael Jordan and Charles Barkley are drafted

-Thomas "Hitman" Hearns KO's Roberto Duran in 2nd round

-Walter Payton breaks Jim Brown's rushing record

-Edmonton Oilers win their first of 5 Stanley Cups by defeating the New York Islanders 4 games to 1

[PapaBear]

-Raiders humiliate Skins in Super Bowl 18

HEY, HEY, HEY!!!

Some of us haven't gotten over that one, yet.:glurps:

[Yerdaddy]

Laugh-In and Vanilla Ice were born.

And the Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. was assassinated.

[spoon]

-Edmonton Oilers win their first of 5 Stanley Cups by defeating the New York Islanders 4 games to 1

How'd they do last night?

[A.J.]

One of my all-time favorite albums was released:

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[Death Metal Moe]

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Lucky.

[drjoek]

JFK defeats Nixon

[Kris10]

The Phillies won the World Series

[BrooklynKat]

1977, my parents had to deal with

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