What happened in your birth year?

[BookstoreEscapee]

http://whathappenedinmybirthyear.com/

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[DGoddessChardonnay]

That is way too cool . . .

A few highlights from my year - 1969:

Oscar for Best Picture: Midnight Cowboy

Oscar for Best Actor: John Wayne for True Grit

Soyuz 4 and Soyuz 5 made the first in space transfer in January 1969 when they docked together and the crew transferred craft via spacewalk

First moonwalk was in July 1969

ARAPNET was created that year, along with the videocassette and digital photography

Top of the pop charts: I Heard It Through The Grapevine by Marvin Gaye

The U. S. Government made the first troop withdrawals from Vietnam that year

There's so much listed I can't possibly remember all of it.

[BookstoreEscapee]

1975 Best Movie: One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest

Best Actor: Jack Nicholson for One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest

Best Actress: Whoever played Nurse Ratched in One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest

[tropicsgoddess]

Some highlights from 1984...


Brunei becomes a fully independent state...

The Apple MacIntosh is introduced

The United Kingdom and The Peoples Republic of China sign the initial agreement to return Hong Kong to China in 1997.

Desmond Tutu wins the Nobel Peace Prize.

[Amina516]

I liked it. Lots of interesting facts.

Though it was kinda writing it out like "YOURE TECHNOLOGY DEPENDANT, THERE WERE NO DVDS OR GOOGLEZ OR YAHOO and PEOPLEZ STILL READ BOOKS" For 1983...etc... Its kinda confusing, as I know this. I lived through it.

[fireheart]

In 1990, there was no Google yet. Or Yahoo. Or Customerssuck for that matter.

[evillebee]

Very cool!

I was born a long time ago! The year Tropicsgoddess was born was the year I graduated from highschool.

[Sheldonrs]

My birth year:

Fire was invented. :-)

Grog the Un-clean won his first cave painting competition

[Rapscallion]

The United Kingdom and The Peoples Republic of China sign the initial agreement to return Hong Kong to China in 1997.

Desmond Tutu wins the Nobel Peace Prize.

Damn. I remember those clearly. Now I feel older...

Rapscallion

[telecom_goddess]

DGoddessChardonnay don't forget Woodstock happened in your year too...August of 1969 That's pretty cool.

Mine was the movie of the year -- The Sound of Music....yech not my favorite.

[DGoddessChardonnay]

DGoddessChardonnay don't forget Woodstock happened in your year too...August of 1969 That's pretty cool.

Mine was the movie of the year -- The Sound of Music....yech not my favorite.

Oh yeah . . I'm just a few months older than Woodstock.

Now I'm feeling like I should have been born the same year Sheldonrs was.

[Severen13]

A few highlights from 1973:

The top selling movie was The Exorcist.

The Sting won Best Film.

Jack Lemmon won Best Actor for Save the Tiger.

Glenda Jackson won Best Actress for A Touch of Class.

Pink Floyd's "Dark Side of the Moon" is released.

[snugglegirl05]

1968 the year I was born...

MLK was shot dead
Funny Girl was the best selling movie
The oscar for best film went to Oliver
Katharine Hepburn won the oscar for best actress

[Rantsylvania 6-5000]

A few highlights from my year - 1969:

That's my year too! Don't forget the Manson murders! The Family lived close to where I was living at the time. They even creepy-crawled a house on my block!

[Greenday]

1988

Rain Man was the biggest movie.

Megaman 2 was the game of the year.

One More Try by George Michael was the #1 song that year, though I know for a fact Never Gonna Give You Up by Rick Astley was #1 song my birth day.