The Birthday Game

[Nighthawk76]

I think I may have made this thread a few years ago, but I'm not certain. In this thread, tell us a little bit about some of the events you know took place during the year you were born.

1976

1. The 200th Anniversary of the United States.
2. Jimmy Carter is elected president.
3. Hit songs included "If You Leave Me Now" by Chicago, "You Should Be Dancing" by the Bee Gees, "Silly Love Songs" by Paul McCartney and Wings, "Don't Go Breaking My Heart" by Elton John and Kiki Dee, "Fool To Cry" by the Rolling Stones.
4. Movies in 1976 included All The President's Men, Taxi Driver, The Omen, Carrie, Rocky and Network

[phoebe7165]

Originally Posted by Crazy for Blair

In this thread, tell us a little bit about some of the events you know took place during the year you were born.

Well, I cheated a little, had to look up some events that occured in

1965

Gateway Arch in St.Louis is completed
Malcolm X is assassinated
Watts riots occur
Days of Our Lives & Lost in Space debut
Grateful Dead play their 1st concert at the Fillmore in San Francisco

Songs: Help! - Beatles, I Got You Babe - Sonny & Cher, California Girls - Beach Boys, Mr. Tambourine Man - The Byrds, You've Lost That Lovin' Feeling - The Righteous Brothers

Movies:"awesome movies" that came out on 1965 - Pinocchio in Outer Space, Hercules & the Princess of Troy, Monsters Crash the Pajama Party, Attack of the Eye Creatures, Bad Girls Go to Hell

Other movies:The Greatest Story Ever Told, Cat Ballou, Father Goose, Beach Blanket Bingo,

and "A Charlie Brown Christmas" debuted.

[dawsongirl]

1979

Hostages taken in Iran...ON MY BIRTHDAY. I'm special.

All below I had to cheat and look up...


Celebs born in 79...celebs that I've heard of that is:
Adam Brody
Daniel Bedingfield
Chamillionaire lol
Cote de Pablo (she's on NCIS)
Brandon Routh (who's also a local boy)
Rachael Lee Cook
Dr. Phil's son
Pink
Evangeline Lilly
Petra Nemcova
Pete Wentz
Tracy McGrady
Rosario Dawson
Kate Hudson
Claire Danes
Heath Ledger
Norah Jones
The Good Charlotte Madden twins
Jennifer Love Hewitt
Mena Suvari
Brandy
Tatyana Ali
Aaliyah


Happenings:
Fans killed at a Who concert (WKRP did an ep based in this)
Soviet Union invades Afganistan
Pirates win the World Series
ESPN debuts. What would many, many men do without it???
Skylab comes back home
The (rather annoying) Susan B. Anthony dollar is debuted.
Supersonics win the NBA Championship
First person killed by electric chair since reintroduction (in 1976)
President Jimmy Carter is attacked by a swamp rabbit while fishing in his hometown Plains, Georgia. (lol...sorry, but that's funny sounding)
A nuclear power plant accident at Three Mile Island, Pennsylvania, caused a partial meltdown.
The Sahara Desert experiences snow for 30 minutes.
Khomeini seizes power in Iran.
Vietnam and Vietnam-backed Cambodian insurgents announce the fall of Phnom Penh, Cambodia, and the collapse of the Pol Pot regime. Pol Pot and the Khmer Rouge retreat west to an area along the Thai border.
Brenda Ann Spencer opens fire at an elementary school in San Diego, California, killing 2 faculty members and wounding 8 students.

Celebs who passed away...again, just ones I've heard of:
Conrad Hilton...of theeeee Hiltons
Sid Vicious
Mr. Ed
Edgar Buchanan (Uncle Joe from Petticoat Junction)
Mary Pickford
John Wayne
Minnie Riperton
Bill Todman (of Goodson-Todman productions)
Vivian Vance
Mamie Eisenhower
Zeppo Marx

[Nighthawk76]

Originally Posted by dawsongirl

1979

Hostages taken in Iran...ON MY BIRTHDAY. I'm special.

All below I had to cheat and look up...


Celebs born in 79...celebs that I've heard of that is:
Adam Brody
Daniel Bedingfield
Chamillionaire lol
Cote de Pablo (she's on NCIS)
Brandon Routh (who's also a local boy)
Rachael Lee Cook
Dr. Phil's son
Pink
Evangeline Lilly
Petra Nemcova
Pete Wentz
Tracy McGrady
Rosario Dawson
Kate Hudson
Claire Danes
Heath Ledger
Norah Jones
The Good Charlotte Madden twins
Jennifer Love Hewitt
Mena Suvari
Brandy
Tatyana Ali
Aaliyah


Happenings:
Fans killed at a Who concert (WKRP did an ep based in this)
Soviet Union invades Afganistan
Pirates win the World Series
ESPN debuts. What would many, many men do without it???
Skylab comes back home
The (rather annoying) Susan B. Anthony dollar is debuted.
Supersonics win the NBA Championship
First person killed by electric chair since reintroduction (in 1976)
President Jimmy Carter is attacked by a swamp rabbit while fishing in his hometown Plains, Georgia. (lol...sorry, but that's funny sounding)
A nuclear power plant accident at Three Mile Island, Pennsylvania, caused a partial meltdown.
The Sahara Desert experiences snow for 30 minutes.
Khomeini seizes power in Iran.
Vietnam and Vietnam-backed Cambodian insurgents announce the fall of Phnom Penh, Cambodia, and the collapse of the Pol Pot regime. Pol Pot and the Khmer Rouge retreat west to an area along the Thai border.
Brenda Ann Spencer opens fire at an elementary school in San Diego, California, killing 2 faculty members and wounding 8 students.

That's a great post, Cathy. Sorry about the entire Iran thing though. I'm sure it had nothing to do with your birth though.

[dawsongirl]

Originally Posted by Crazy for Blair

That's a great post, Cathy. Sorry about the entire Iran thing though. I'm sure it had nothing to do with your birth though.

Don't be so sure!

[Nighthawk76]

Originally Posted by dawsongirl

Don't be so sure!

[*Pleasant Tomorrow*]

1989

lol I need to look things up

-The first Bush became president
-Disney MGM Studios opened to the public
-Tiananmen Square protests/massacre
-Seinfeld premiered
-Serial killer Ted Bundy is executed in Florida's electric chair
-After 30 years the Cold War between East and West is coming to an end and the Berlin Wall comes down
-Nintendo begin selling the Game Boy in Japan
-Scientists pronounce 1989 as the warmest on record possibly a sign of the greenhouse effect
-Florida and Virginia allow use of DNA genetic fingerprinting evidence as admissible
-First release of Microsoft Office. which was a bundle of Microsoft's office applications, such as Microsoft Word, Microsoft Excel , Dependent on the Version you purchased would depend on which applications were included

Popular Films

* Batman
* Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade
* Lethal Weapon 2
* Twins
* Back to the Future Part II
* Ghostbusters II
* The Little Mermaid
* Driving Miss Daisy
* Parenthood
* Dead Poets Society
* Licence to Kill
* Honey, I Shrunk The Kids
* My Left Foot
* When Harry Met Sally.

Popular Musicians

* Duran Duran
* Paul McCartney
* Phil Collins
* Prince
* Madonna
* Erasure
* The Bangles
* Madonna
* New Kids On The Block
* Cher
* R.E.M
* Depeche Mode
* Paula Abdul
* Garth Brooks
* Elvis Costello

Celebs Born in 1989
-Chris Brown
-Daniel Radcliffe
-Joe Jonas
-Romeo
-Hayden Panettiere
-Taylor Swift
-Jordin Sparks

[Czas na Zywiec]

Edna's Edibles burned down. I don't really remember anything else signifigant.

[Hollow]

Originally Posted by Czas na Zywiec

Edna's Edibles burned down. I don't really remember anything else signifigant.

hmm, i found one for me.

In July 1989, Nick Menza was hired to replace Behler on the drums. Unable to find a suitable lead guitarist in time, Megadeth recorded a cover version of Alice Cooper's "No More Mr. Nice Guy" (sample (help·info)) as a three piece band. The version later appeared on the soundtrack to the 1989 Wes Craven horror movie Shocker. While the band was holding auditions for the new lead guitarist in the summer of 1989, Mustaine was arrested for driving while intoxicated and possession of narcotics, having crashed into a parked vehicle occupied by an off-duty police officer. He entered court ordered rehab soon after, and got sober for the first time in ten years.