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    This Is What Happened In The Year I Was Born


    In 1980


    Jimmy Carter is president of the US

    President Carter announces punitive measures and embargos against the USSR in retaliation for the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan

    Mount St. Helens in Washington state erupts in a violent blast estimated to be 500 times as powerful as the Hiroshima atomic bomb

    Ronald Reagan is elected the 40th US president in a sweeping victory

    US Representative Michael O. Myers is expelled from the House for his role in the Abscam scandal

    Hewlett-Packard announces release of its first personal computer

    Microsoft announces their version of UNIX, Xenix

    Christina Ricci, Chelsea Clinton, Venus Williams, Jessica Simpson, Macaulay Culkin, and Jake Gyllenhaal are born

    Philadelphia Phllies win the World Series

    Pittsburgh Steelers win Superbowl XIV

    New York Islanders win the Stanley Cup

    The Empire Strikes Back is the top grossing film

    “Lady” by Kenny Rogers spends the most time at the top of the US charts

    U.S. viewers get caught up in the “Who Shot J.R.?” cliff hanger on the soap opera series, Dallas, which is solved on a November 21 episode, drawing a record numbers of viewers

    I must confess I’m a bit disappointed. I was hoping more exciting things took place that year. Oh well…

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    2 Responses to “This Is What Happened In The Year I Was Born”

    1. Jose Says:
      February 4th, 2007 at 6:27 pm

      Good question. I don’t often think of what happend the year I was born. I had to go to Answers.com to find out. The year was 1962:

      Political:

      The Organization of American States (OAS) ousts Cuba from membership.

      Soviet authorities release U.S. espionage pilot Gary Powers February 10 in exchange for Soviet espionage agent Col. Rudolf Abel, who has been in U.S. hands since 1957.

      The Cuban missile crisis in October produces a tense nuclear confrontation between Washington and Moscow that comes perilously close to an exchange of nuclear weapons and marks a turning point in the Cold War.

      Sports:

      The New York Yankees win the World Series, defeating the San Francisco Giants 4 games to 3.

      Jockey Eddie Arcaro retires at age 46 with bursitis in his right arm, having won 4,779 victories in 24,092 races to set a record that will stand until Bill Shoemaker breaks it in 1972.

      Human Rights, Social Justice:

      Adolf Eichmann goes to the gallows at Jerusalem May 31 at age 56 in punishment for his role in the Holocaust during World War II (see 1961).

      There are a few things. Wait a minute…I this your way of finding out how old your readers are?

    2. blah Says:
      February 4th, 2007 at 7:23 pm

      hey Jose,

      thanx for stopping by.
      exactly what i was saying: my year was kind of dissapointing. ;)

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