Do you know of any major events that occurred during your year of birth?

I believe I was born during "The Summer of Love".

1976 in the U.S. was our Bicentennial - Our country started in 1776, so we were 200 years old.

I remember 1976 - it was the year of the great drought (the hottest summer in living memory).

I was born during the coldest winter in the past 50 years.

I remember my mum mentioning that!! I was dehydrated for long periods apparently!

John Kennedy's assassination.

Medicare was introduced (in Saskatchewan). Trans-Canada Highway officially opened. Satellite "Alouette" launched, Canada becomes 3rd nation in space. Canada's last execution. Cuban missile crisis. UN votes in favour of economic sanctions against South Africa.

I don't remember anything else important happening that year either...except, Mao Tse Tung died too.

Elvis died the year I was born. That's the only one I know of without researching it.

I was born. That's enough!

Well it's the bicentennial.

The Monterey International Pop Music Festival
Bonnie and Clyde released
The Graduate released
Guess Who's Coming To Dinner released
It was the year of The Summer of Love
Langston Hughes died
An act to prohibit age discrimination in employment was passed
The Six Day War in the middle east during The Summer of Love......Ha!

That's all I came up with...oh and Lyndon B. Johnson was Man of The Year.

1968 was a revolutionary year in The Netherlands, so a lot of things happened.

I can't think of any.
In history on my birthday (not exact year or anything) the Chicago fire started.

"The Waltons" debuted the day I was born.

Just the birth of an amazing person! No, actually, I don't know anything that happened in 1986.

The space shuttle exploded in '86 I think.

What space shuttle? Was anyone hurt?

The Tet Offensive

He's referring to the Challenger. It was unique because on board for the first time ever was a civilian teacher. Her class was there to see her off and schools around the country, possibly around the world, were tuned in to watch the Challenger lift off. It couldn't have been more than a minute after lift-off, the Challenger exploded. Everyone was killed. I can't remember if they ever even found all the body parts. It was pretty horrible. I was spared watching it first hand at school because it happened less than a month before my mother died and I was at home that day.

Let's see. What was happening around the world in 1982? Oh, Ingrid Bergman died.

Someone already answered your question!

Oh my god, that's terrible. It just exploded? That is so sad.
And I'm sorry your mom died.

Thank you Jemmy.

I think there was a big ol' stock market crash in October of 86. Or it could have been 87. I can't remember. I remember it was October, though. It seems like the stock market always goes all weird in October.

About the space shuttle: Our school was particularly creeped out, because one of the coolest teachers we had was nominated to go. We were all relieved that she didn't!

My teacher came too close to going also... so she was very excited about watching it take off... too bad we were all watching.

That was 1987.

That is so sad.

I only know that Jim Morrison died in 71. Now that is sad-I know hardly anything about my country's history. I know Nixon was still president, and all that hippie stuff was dying out. That's about it.

The stock market thing happened in '87. I was working in the trading room of an investment management company at the time. It was an interesting place to be.

The Canadiens won the Stanley Cup that year :)

The what? What sport is that?

Hockey

You don't know what the Stanley Cup is!?

I don't think she's really Canadian! She's been fooling us all.

Something major happened in 1986!!!

Argentina won the Football World Cup captained by the one and only....

DIEGO MARADONA!!

One of my heros

Oh. I hate hockey.

Oh. I've never heard of him. Does he still play?

I know what it is now. But I doubt this information will stay with me. My hockey knowledge goes about as far as Wayne Gretzy's bad coffee commercials.

No!!

He is 40 and drugged up on cocaine!!

He won't live for much longer!

He was the best footballer of all time!!

Maradona sucks. He may have been a good footballer for a while, but the fact that he was prepared to cheat in order to win, and then lie about it afterwards, is not the action of a hero.

cheat or not, he was the most skilful player the world has ever seen!!

The best footballer of all time was, is, and probably always will be Pele. Maradona isn't fit to clean Pele's boots.

nah!!

Pele was always second to the God!

What Pele could do with a football, Maradona could do with a golfball!

When did Pele ever "score" with a foul, and then claim it was the "hand of God"?

I think you're just too young to appreciate Pele

I found a site that has several "greatest footballer of all time" lists, at http://www.rsssf.com/miscellaneous/best-x-players-of-y.html

All of them put Pele first and Maradona second. The most common choice for third is Cruyff.

Argh. First no French, then no hockey! How can we hope to reinforce stereotypes! I hope you at least eat poutine!

The Beatles came the America. JFK was shot on the same day my mom found out she was pregnant, but that was the year before the year I was born.

Yeah, I'm pretty much the oposite of every Canadian stereotype. And I've never had poutine. It looks and smells disgusting.
And I never say "eh".

Oh. I always thought that that Brazilian guy was supposed to be the best football player. I forget his name. Maybe not, though.

*shaking head sadly*

Yes, the most important events of all - my husband and I were both born.

True. Most put Pele first but that's because he won 3 World Cups compared to Diego's one! But most people vote based on what that player has achieved rather than how good they are! That is wrong/ Look at George Best. He never played in a world cup but he was better than 99% of the players who have!

Oh, one more thing!

Can you think of an outstanding goal Pele has scored!? Maradona scored the best goal of all time and that was the 2nd against England!

Hmmm ... lets see. Grease was originally released, I believe Star Trek was released, too. Oh, and the most bestest one -- Garfield waz born!!

"that Brazilian guy" is Pele

Personally I think Maradona is basically scum. As has been mentioned in this survey he cheated and then denied it and he's a major cocaine addict. As has not been mentioned yet he also shot at some reporters a few years ago. Not my idea of a good role model or sporting hero.

Tu n'aime pas la poutine???
Je ne te comprends vraiment pas, comment ne peux-tu pas aimer ça!
As-tu déjà goûté à la poutine Italienne(des frites, du fromage en grain et de la sauce à spaghetti).

I know he isn't a good role model or sporting hero. I am basing it on what he achieved and how good he was!

Do you agree that he was an exceptional footballer?

Pele scored many incredible goals. Read about some at http://www.wc98.com/2gktSSlw/english_nonuk/fever/history_and_memories/player_profile1.html

I agree that he was exceptionally scummy, even for a footballer

But yes, from what I know of him he displayed a high level of skill with a football, I could just never call someone like him a "good player".

(incidentally I could consider someone with a fudgeed up personal life a "good player", but I can't tolerate on-field cheating and off-field denying of said cheating)

Ow. That's awfully violent. Reporters are just doing their jobs. That's terrible.

Um...no, I don't aime la poutine. C'est ick.

There are my wonderful French skills!

Well admittedly in this case they weren't really just doing their jobs: they were harassing him as reporters sometimes have a tendency to do. But it's still no excuse for shooting at them.

No, it's not. Reporters do go to far a lot of the time. Just think of the Princess Diana thing. That was so sad.

Bob Marley released his eighth album, "Kaya";he wrote the song "Is This Love" the day before my birthday (SOLID!!!) ;he died six days before my third birthday ().

Richard Nixon resigned from the Presidency of the United States.

In 1975 Women were allowed to play sports of any kind *with funding* (IE: Pro & College sports), have equal time on the field as men's teams, receive sport’s scholarships, & be funded through endorsements. This was all possible through the Equal Rights Sex Act (or something like that, can’t remember the actual name of the document).
We’ve come a long way, huh?

ME BEING BORN!

I WAS BORN, isn't that a big enough event.!-lol-

World War Two, but I was born after it started so don't blame me please!! :)

Coronation of Queen Elisabeth. (Yeah, okay, I AM that old!)

...the year I was born, was the major event

You can check if anything happened on the day of your birth at this site: http://www.bored.com/anyday.htm

I don't know, I never thought about it.
I will now though...

I was born. That was a major event (I bet everyone put that!)! Otherwise, um, radioactive sheep, erm, other stuff....... I can't think right now!

Wasn't Chernobyl in '86? I was only 2 1/2 so I don't really remember! (My little brother was born in '86 though.)

Um...I'm not sure. Maybe.

Well of course, what is more important than me being born (probably me, getting killed, because I annoyed the person who killed me). Anywayz, maybe nothing special happened for World, but really special and important thing happened in my family.

JFK assasination.

Yes, I know of several. First, those of you who were born between the years of 1946 and 1964 might want to go www.boomerbaby.com. This site tells what movies, books, songs, and world events came out in each of these years. You can post what some of your favorite foods, toys, and TV shows were when you were a kid. In 1954, the year I was born, here are some of the things that happened. Segregation in schools based on race was declared unconstitutional. Senator Joseph McCarthy started his Hollywood blacklisting of people who were suspected Communists. The words "under God" were added to the Pledge of Allegiance. New movies included "Rear Window" and "On The Waterfront". New songs included "Mr.Sandman" and "Three Coins In The Fountain". That is all I can remember right now.

I was born that was a huge event

The Tet offensive

Major Events of 1974
1) Solzhenitsyn expelled from the USSR.
2) Richard Nixon resigns as US President.
3) Muhammad Ali wins back his heavyweight championship title from George Foreman.
4) In the world of baseball, Hank Aaron hits his 715th homerun breaking Babe Ruth's longstanding record.
5) Baring all and running through public gatherings becomes a fad known as streaking. thats so cool
6) On the radio, Barabra Streisand pines for the Way We Were and Olivia Newton-John says she Honestly Loves You.
7) The new sounds of Punk Rock and New Wave play in the nightclubs.
8) Ali boasts in rhyme; his most famous "I float like a butterfly but sting like a bee," becomes a signature phrase.
9) I was born

1974 Timeline

Jan. 2: President Richard M. Nixon signs legislation limiting highway speeds to 55 mph.

Feb. 5: The Georgia Senate votes to re-create Georgia Bureau of Investigation.

Feb. 9: Skylab III crew ends 84 days in space.

Feb. 27: People magazine debuts.

March 1: Indictment is returned against seven former presidential aides in connection with the Watergate cover-up. President Richard M. is named an unindicted co-conspirator.

March 2: First-class postage -- the cost of mailing a letter -- is raised from eight cents to 10 cents.

March 18: Arab nations lift their oil embargo against the United States.

April 10: Golda Meir resigns as prime minister of Israel. Her successor is Yitzak Rabin.

April 25: Colonial government is overthrown in Portugal.

May 9: The U.S. House Judiciary Committee begins hearings to consider whether to impeach President Richard M. Nixon for his role in the Watergate scandal.

May 14: Richmond County voters defeat a referendum for a unified Augusta-Richmond government.

July 1: Isabel Peron succeeds her husband, Juan Peron, as president of Argentina, becoming first woman head of state in the Western hemisphere.

July 2: Construction permits are issued for the Plant Vogtle nuclear power station near the Savannah River in Burke County.

July 24-30: The House Judiciary Committee recommends three articles of impeachment charging President Richard M. Nixon with taking part in a criminal conspiracy to obstruct justice, failing to carry out his constitutional oath and unconstitutional defiance of committee subpoenas.

July 27: The U.S. Supreme Court orders the president to surrender audio tapes to Leon Jaworski, special prosecutor in the Watergate scandal. The White House turns over portions of the tapes July 30-Aug. 2.

Aug. 5: President Richard M. Nixon releases transcripts of three taped conversations which contain the ``smoking gun'' tying him to obstruction of justice in the Watergate break-in.

Aug. 9: Richard M. Nixon resigns from the presidency, the only U.S. chief executive ever to leave office voluntarily before the end of his term. He is succeeded by Gerald R. Ford.

Sept. 2: President Gerald R. Ford signs the Employee Retirement Income Security Act, putting private pension plans under federal regulation.

Sept. 8: President Gerald R. Ford pardons former President Richard M. Nixon for his role in the Watergate scandal.

Sept. 17: Famed architect I.M. Pei unveils a $4 million downtown renovation plan which creates sunken parking bays and landscaped medians on Augusta's Broad Street.

Oct. 14: The United Nations recognizes the Palestine Liberation Organization.

Oct. 23: U.S. Secretary of State Henry A. Kissinger persuades Syria and Israel to agree to a cease-fire on the Golan Heights.

Nov. 20: Federal officials file an antitrust lawsuit to break up corporate giant AT&T.

Nov. 21: Congress passes the U.S. Freedom of Information Act over President Gerald R. Ford's veto.

Nov. 23-24: President Gerald R. Ford meets with Soviet Premier Leonid Brezhnev in Vladivostok to approve the Strategic Arms Limitation Treaty.

Dec. 12: Georgia Gov. Jimmy Carter formally enters the 1976 presidential race.

Dec. 20: Former New York Gov. Nelson A. Rockefeller is sworn in as the nation's 41st vice president.

Dec. 31: U.S. citizens are allowed to purchase gold for first time in more than 40 years.

remember YOU asked for it.

Could you do a 1982 timeline for me? All I know is Ingrid Bergman died and the Vietnam Wall came up (I think).

All I did is search 1974 events and 1974 history on google.

1982 Timeline

Jan. 8: AT&T, the world's largest corporation, is forced to divest itself of its 22 Bell operating companies, worth an estimated $80 billion.

Jan. 21: An Aiken boy, killed in a car accident, saves several other lives by having his heart, liver and kidneys donated by his family in Georgia's first multiple-organ transplant at Talmadge Memorial Hospital (now Medical College of Georgia).

Jan. 21: The Equal Rights Amendment suffers a death blow in the Georgia Legislature, falling in a 116-57 vote. The ERA would fall short of the 38 states it needs to ratify it to gain amendment status.

March 5: Comedian John Belushi is found dead of a drug overdose at the Chateau Marmont Hotel in Los Angeles.

March 15: Thirty-five students at Butler High School are arrested on charges of inciting a peaceful protest against the school board's policy abolishing open campuses.

April 11: It is reported that a New England family purchased the abandoned and deteriorating Sacred Heart Cathedral for an undisclosed price.

June 8: Baseball pitching legend and consummate showman Satchel Paige dies. June 29: University of Georgia basketball star Dominique Wilkins is drafted by the Utah Jazz of the NBA.

July 23: On the set of the movie The Twilight Zone actor Vic Morrow and two child actors are killed when a stage explosion knocks a helicopter out of the sky.

Aug. 1: Home run king Hank Aaron and Frank Robinson are inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame in Cooperstown, N.Y.

Aug. 12: Actor Henry Fonda, 77, dies in Los Angeles. He had won the Oscar earlier in the year for his work in On Golden Pond.

Aug. 19: New Braves pitcher Pascual Perez gets lost on Interstate 285 in Atlanta, missing his start in a game against the Montreal Expos.

Sept. 11: Georgia Southern plays its first football game in 41 years. The resurrected program plays against Central Florida in Jacksonville's Gator Bowl.

Sept. 14: Princess Grace of Monaco dies of a stroke, an injury she suffered in a car wreck.

Oct. 1: A large passenger boat capsizes in the Savannah River near downtown Augusta, spilling 42 into the cold water. All of the party-goers are rescued.

Nov. 2: Joe Frank Harris carries Richmond County on his way to a landslide victory in the Georgia gubernatorial race.

Dec. 2: Barney Clark receives the world's first artificial heart implant.

Dec. 13: After a nationwide manhunt, a chief suspect is arrested for trying to extort $1 million through 7 Chicago-area deaths from poisoned Tylenol.

Dec. 15: Alabama football coach Paul ``Bear'' Bryant announces his resignation. He had a 322-85-17 record over 38 years.

Hows that?

And now 1968 please!

OK, I am just at work it isn't like I have anything better to do

here is a long one: http://www.stg.brown.edu/projects/1968/reference/timeline.html
or
http://www.vancouver.wsu.edu/fac/mercier/hist419/1968_Web_Home_Page.html

I could not find a good list of facts like I did for Brian and myself.

Pretty damn good! Thanks.

your welcome

Thanks, that was interesting!

Your welcome.

I dont know. I was born in 1969.

I remember the stock market crash was in our Senior year because I was in Mr. Deckers class when he told everyone about it.

man landed on the moon