What happened the year you were born?

[katinmn]

http://www.infoplease.com/yearbyyear.html

The year I was born a first class stamp was $.03.

The workers' uprising against Communist rule in Poland was crushed.

Autherine Lucy, the first black student at the University of Alabama, was suspended after riots.

The U.S. tested the first aerial hydrogen bomb over Namu islet, Bikini Atoll with the force of 10 million tons TNT.

Hmmm.

http://www.infoplease.com/yearbyyear.html

[MissMillie]

1. The Beatles came to America

and were on Ed Sullivan

[katinmn]

Cool. I remember watching that show sitting on the floor on a

round braided rug. I was in grade school. I have no idea why I remember the rug.

[CottonBear]

2. JFK was assasinated.

:cry:

[Lavender Brown]

5. My mom came to America just a couple of months before

:(

[MissMillie]

7. that was the day I was conceived

My mom said that by the time evening rolled around, she and Dad were tired of watching all the news coverage.

[katinmn]

19. maybe they were seeking solace from the outside world

you're a miracle!:)

[CottonBear]

21. Oh wow. That's too much information from the parents.

Interesting, though! ;)

[Wcross]

28. Geez Mom, you two really did "it" on such a sad day???? n/t

[ET Awful]

3. You mean besides man walking on the moon and Woodstock?

:)

[katinmn]

6. Ahh! I remember watching the moon walk, too. I was visiting my

uncle in the hospital. Walter Cronkite was almost crying.

Now I am feeling ancient.

[tk2kewl]

17. i remember watching the moon walk in the basement

i remember the tv and the black and white tile floor from that night

[katinmn]

20. hmm. so you remember floor coverings. too

:-)

[tk2kewl]

22. yeah. it's funny but the tile is a strong part of my memory of that event

i wasn't quite 4 yrs old yet

[DeaconBlues]

23. me too

on the year I was born, Kennedy's dream of a man on the moon was realized, and that dickhead Nixon took credit for it

[chicagojoe]

The Chicago White Sox made their last

appearance in the World Series vs. the LA Dodgers.

Architect Frank Lloyd Wright died on the very day I was born.

[ewagner]

4. U.S. Air Force

became a separate branch of the services.... (Used to be Army Air Corps)

Chuck Yeager broke the sound barrier.

[tk2kewl]

8. Born into another scary time

The first US combat troops arrive in Vietnam. By the end of the year, 190,000 American soldiers are in Vietnam.

US marines land in the Dominican Republic as fighting persists between rebels and Dominican army (April 28).


France withdraws its Atlantic fleet from NATO.


Rhodesia unilaterally declares its independence from Britain

Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., and more than 2,600 others arrested in Selma, Ala., during demonstrations against voter-registration rules (Feb. 1). Background: Civil Rights


Malcolm X, black-nationalist leader, shot to death at Harlem rally (Feb. 21).


Blacks riot for six days in Watts section of Los Angeles: 34 dead, over 1,000 injured, nearly 4,000 arrested (Aug. 11-16).

[katinmn]

11. I agree. A very scary year. Wow.

[Commie Pinko Dirtbag]

30. Me too. Year of the Snake. But at least one good thing happened:

Ralph Nader publishes Unsafe at Any Speed.

[tk2kewl]

31. NOOOO! I love Corvairs.

My first car was a 1965 Corvair Corsa Convertible. I hope to get another as a hobby car some day.

[TlalocW]

9. 1972

J. Edgar Hoover died and went to hell... wearing sensible pumps with modest heels and darling pink taffeta dress.

TlalocW

[katinmn]

15. haha!

:)

[liberal N proud]

10. 1959

Cuban President Batista resigns and flees (Jan. 1). Fidel Castro assumes power (Feb. 16).


Tibet's Dalai Lama escapes to India (Mar. 31).

Alaska (Jan. 3) and Hawaii (Aug. 21) become the 49th and 50th states.


St. Lawrence Seaway opens, allowing ocean ships to reach Midwest (April 25).

US GDP (1998 dollars): $507.2 billion
Federal spending: $92.10 billion
Federal debt: $287.5 billion
Consumer Price Index: 29.1
Unemployment: 6.8%
Cost of a first-class stamp: $0.04

Jack S. Kilby of Texas Instruments (US) supervises the development of the first integrated circuit. Background: Computers and Internet

[Jessica]

12. *Ronald Reagan elected president in Republican sweep

*John Lennon of the Beatles shot dead in New York City.
*Ted Turner launches CNN, the first all-news network.

Not a good year. :(

[sinkingfeeling]

13. Stamps were $.03, Israel was created, Gandhi was killed, the

Berlin Airlift started, and the 33 1/3 LP record was born.

[tavalon]

14. JFK was assassinated

Just a little under three months after I was born.

[auntAgonist]

16. my parents lives were forever changed

:)

[hippiechick]

18. 1966: Watts Riots

...

Medicare begins (July 1).

Supreme Court decides Miranda v. Arizona, protecting rights of the accused.

Stokeley Carmichael elected president of Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC).

France withdraws its forces from NATO. President De Gaulle visits the USSR (June 20).

Botswana, Lesotho, and Guyana become independent states within the British Commonwealth.

[bertha katzenengel]

24. U.S. Supreme Court ruled that no locality may require recitation of the

Lord's Prayer or Bible verses in public schools.

Oh, and JFK was assassinated.

[Reverend_Smitty]

25. 1984

Toxic gas leaks from Union Carbide plant in Bhopal, India, killing 2,000 and injuring 150,000 (Dec. 3).

President Reagan re-elected in landslide with 59% of vote (Nov. 7). (oy!)

Led by Bob Geldof, the band Band Aid releases "Do They Know It's Christmas," with proceeds of the single going to feed the starving in Africa.

Apple introduces the user-friendly Macintosh personal computer

Median Household Income
(current dollars): $22,415
Unemployment: 7.5%
Cost of a first-class stamp: $0.20

Gee what a fun year :eyes:

[Englander]

26. The Year of Revolution;

Grosvenor Sq demo in London,
Paris May demos,
My Lai,
MLK,
RFK,
black power at the Olympics.

[zbdent]

27. Nothing of importance really happened in 1963

;)

[tjwmason]

29. Thatcher became British Prime Minister

The first woman P.M. of a major western country.

[hyphenate]

32. 1956

Same as yours