taker Posted May 9, 2006 Report Share Posted May 9, 2006 1968: Robert Fitzgerald Kennedy is shot and murdered in the Democratic Convention in LA, CA. Also Malcom X is shot and killed, Vietnaum excalates. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Zimarah Posted May 9, 2006 Report Share Posted May 9, 2006 1969: First man on the moon. (July 20) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
taker Posted May 10, 2006 Report Share Posted May 10, 2006 1970: National Guard Opens Fire Killing Four Students At Kent State University Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Zimarah Posted May 11, 2006 Report Share Posted May 11, 2006 1971: Walt Disney World opens. (Oct. 1) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nanaea Posted May 11, 2006 Report Share Posted May 11, 2006 1972: I was born, (July 24). Carole King won Record, Album and Song of the Year (It's too late, Tapestry, and You've Got a Friend respectively). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Zimarah Posted May 11, 2006 Report Share Posted May 11, 2006 1973: Pink Floyd released "The Dark Side of the Moon". Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
taker Posted May 11, 2006 Report Share Posted May 11, 2006 1974: August 8. President Richard Nixon resides after getting impeached for the Watergate Schandel. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Zimarah Posted May 11, 2006 Report Share Posted May 11, 2006 1975: American television network NBC airs the first episode of Saturday Night Live (Oct. 11) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dazzledfirestar Posted May 11, 2006 Report Share Posted May 11, 2006 1976: Montreal, Quebec, Canada hosts the Summer Olympic Games Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Zimarah Posted May 12, 2006 Report Share Posted May 12, 2006 1977: Star Wars opens in cinemas (later renamed as Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope). (May 25) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
taker Posted May 13, 2006 Report Share Posted May 13, 2006 1978: Pope Paul VI dies, Albino Cardinal Luciani succeeds Pope Paul VI as Pope John Paul. Then Pope John Paul I dies after only 33 days of papacy, Cardinal Karol Wojty©©a becomes Pope John Paul II. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Zimarah Posted May 13, 2006 Report Share Posted May 13, 2006 1979: Margaret Thatcher, the first female Prime Minister of the United Kingdom. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dazzledfirestar Posted May 13, 2006 Report Share Posted May 13, 2006 1980- Mt. Saint Helens erupts, killing 60 people. John Lennon is assassinated by Mark David Chapman. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
taker Posted May 13, 2006 Report Share Posted May 13, 2006 1981: January 19 - United States and Iranian officials sign an agreement to release 52 American hostages after 14 months of captivity January 20 - President-elect Ronald Reagan succeeds Jimmy Carter as President of the United States of America. Minutes after Reagan becomes president, Iran releases 52 American hostages that had been held captive for 444 days - Iran hostage crisis ends. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Zimarah Posted May 13, 2006 Report Share Posted May 13, 2006 1982: I am born! Also, Time Magazine's Man of the Year was for the first time given to a non-human, a computer. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dazzledfirestar Posted May 13, 2006 Report Share Posted May 13, 2006 (oh.... taker got my year... ) 1983- More than 125 million viewers tune in to the last episode of M*A*S*H. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Zimarah Posted May 13, 2006 Report Share Posted May 13, 2006 1984: The first Apple Macintosh goes on sale. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dazzledfirestar Posted May 13, 2006 Report Share Posted May 13, 2006 1985: The Edmonton Oilers win the Stanley Cup against the Philadelphia Flyers (four games to one) (how sad is it that I didn't have to look that up... ) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Zimarah Posted May 14, 2006 Report Share Posted May 14, 2006 (Nah, hockey stats are good to know.) 1986: Space Shuttle Challenger disintegrates 73 seconds after launch, killing its crew of six astronauts and the schoolteacher Christa McAuliffe. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
taker Posted May 14, 2006 Report Share Posted May 14, 2006 Zmarah got my year >_< 1987: R. Budd Dwyer, Treasurer for the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, shoots and kills himself at a press conference after being found guilty on charges of bribery, fraud, conspiracy, and racketeering. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nanaea Posted May 15, 2006 Report Share Posted May 15, 2006 1988: US & Canada reach a free trade agreement. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
taker Posted May 15, 2006 Report Share Posted May 15, 2006 1989: President George H.W. Bush takes office and Ted Bundy is executed in Florida. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Zimarah Posted May 15, 2006 Report Share Posted May 15, 2006 1990: The Super Famicom (aka Super Nintendo) is released in Japan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
taker Posted May 15, 2006 Report Share Posted May 15, 2006 1991: Gulf War begins and ends. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dazzledfirestar Posted May 15, 2006 Report Share Posted May 15, 2006 1992- Nirvana's Nevermind hits #1 on the Billboard Top 100, knocking Micheal Jackson from the top spot. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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