What Happened On The Year You Were Born?

[satsmo]

Good for passing the time

What happened in my birth year?

[ChelseaBun]

apparently in the year 1991 2007 happened

[Bulld0g]

Says the wheel was invented the year i was born

[reddevil157]

hhmm, they put a man on the moon & marvin gaye was top of the charts in the us, with,I heard it through the grapevine & sex was casual

[Bulld0g]

hhmm, they put a man on the moon

Know that for sure do you

[reddevil157]

now it's gonna turn into a conspiracy thread

[Grizz]

[xant14]

Cuba was a bit iffy.

[smokin]

makes perfect sense to me...all true

[Elric]

heres mine

In 1966... The first Acid Test is conducted at the Fillmore, San Francisco. About 8,000 U.S. soldiers land in South Vietnam; U.S. troops now total 190,000. Harold Holt becomes Prime Minister of Australia when Robert Menzies retires. The United Kingdom ceases all trade with Rhodesia. The Belgian government resigns. Soviet space probe Venera 3 crashes on Venus, becoming the first spacecraft to land on another planet's surface. Pope Paul VI and Arthur Michael Ramsey, the Archbishop of Canterbury, meet in Rome. Bobbi Gibb becomes the first woman to run the Boston Marathon. Uniform daylight saving time is first observed in most parts of North America. The legendary album Pet Sounds by The Beach Boys is released. The final new episode of The Dick Van Dyke Show airs. Bob Dylan is injured in a motorcycle accident near his home in Woodstock, New York. He is not seen in public for over a year.

The 1960s were indeed a special decade. The Swinging Sixties saw the rise of counterculture. There was recreational drug use and casual sex. Many countries gained independence from their colonial rulers. Several governments turned to the left. In Britain, the Labour Party gains power. The Vietnam War continues. The Algerian War comes to a close. In the US, Hispanics fight to end racial discrimination and socioeconomic disparity. Feminism keeps rising. Art House films make it to theaters. The Beatles, Bob Dylan and the Rolling Stones play their music. The US and Soviet Union come close to a military confrontation during the Cuba missile crisis. Nixon becomes US president. Man lands on the moon during the Apollo 11 mission of the United States. The first heart transplantation occurs. The first computer game, Spacewar, is created.


In 1966, a long time ago, the year when you were born, the song Paint It Black by The Rolling Stones topped the US charts. Do you know the lyrics? Do you know the tune? Sing along.

I see a red door and I want it painted black
No colors anymore I want them to turn black
I see the girls walk by dressed in their summer clothes
I have to turn my head until my darkness goes


In the real world, in 1966, Chris Rock was born. And Cindy Crawford. Scott Adams, too.



nothing mentioned about engerland winning the world cup hmmmmm could this be a conspiracy ????

[patkins]

Some guy built a wooden boat and filled it with animals....that's all that happened the year I was born.

[AgentD]

Some of the doom and gloom in my year of birth, in no particular order.
Open University starts in the UK
Decimalisation in UK
Apollo 14 "allegedly" lands on moon
Vietnam war
Nixon declares "War on Drugs"
Charles Manson sentenced to death
Race riots in New Jersey
Jim Morrison of The Doors found dead
Walt Disney World opens in Florida

1971

[happy_highlander]

Apparently I arrived on this planet to grace everybody with my presence, and it's all went downhill since

[MrFug]

Paris Hilton was born. Eugh.

Top movie was Raiders of the Lost Arc.

Top of US charts was Bette Davis Eyes.

[Magjar]

Couldn't believe that one of the bigger pop culture events in the year I was born was not listed...