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What World Events Occurred In The Year of Your Birth?

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  1. BlackSombrero

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    Interesting or Bizarre:

    Me --

    June 09, 1980:

    Comedian Richard Pryor attempts to commit suicide by dousing himself with rum and setting it ablaze during a cocaine binge.
     
    #1 BlackSombrero, Jul 2, 2008
  2. KingCheetah

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    After I was born they started the whole 'AD' thing -- and the calendar started moving up for some reason.


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  3. 3814

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    1984

    January 24 - Apple Macintosh introduced
    April 7 - AIDS virus discovered
     
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    1982. I was Born.
     
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  5. Major Malcontent

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    1970

    Beatles broke up and Kent State
     
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  6. Cannonball

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    I was born the same day as basketball player Udonis Haslem and some guy named BlackSombrero.
     
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    the civil war ended. it was good times.

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    #7 dntrwl, Jul 2, 2008
  8. wreck

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    1985 a few days after i was born there was the infamous earthquake in mexico city. to make it weirder i was actually in mexico city at the time.
     
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    Mt. St. Helens blew up.
     
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    Ozzy bit the head off of a bat.

    Grace Kelly, Princess of Monaco dies after a stroke causer her to drive her car over a cliff.

    John Belushi dies of drug overdose.

    Best I could do before I got bored. I was trying to find some real world event type stuff but didn't.
     
    #11 Oski2005, Jul 2, 2008
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    Nixon resigned
     
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    Major Events of 1986

    Challenger Space Shuttle explodes killing 7 astronauts.

    Chernobyl Accident (first nuclear disaster) in Soviet Union.

    Iran-Contra (1985) revealed to public.

    Oprah Winfrey show airs for the first time.
     
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  14. Lil Pun

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    Pretty sure the AIDS virus was discovered before then. Eddie Murphy talked about it in Delirious and that was released in 1983.
     
    #14 Lil Pun, Jul 2, 2008
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    TIROS-1 is launched.

    I'm sure Jeff knows all about TIROS-1.
     
    #15 Rip Van Rocket, Jul 2, 2008
  16. Lil Pun

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    My Year: 1980

    Mount St. Helens eruption

    Italian earthquake

    CNN is launched

    John Lennon killed

    Steelers become first team to win 4 Super Bowls

    Phillies win the World Series

    Reagan is elected US president

    Miracle on Ice

    1980 Summer Olympics boycott

    Zimbabwe gains independence

    Iran's embassy siege in London
     
    #16 Lil Pun, Jul 2, 2008
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    Pyramids were built.
     
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    several deaths:
    Philip K. Dick, John Belushi, Ayn Rand, Randy Rhoads.


    he played his first game
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    this dude was born too
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    #18 rodrick_98, Jul 2, 2008
  19. Yaozer

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    The year I was born:

    The Rockets won their 2nd championship
    The legendary Joe Smith was picked first the following draft
    49ers won their 5th championship
    Forest Gump won best picture
    Ebay was founded
    Harry Potter started to be written
     
    #19 Yaozer, Jul 2, 2008
  20. Yaozer

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    Typo... 1st championship.
     
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