Great Events During Your Birth Year (buying, living in, American, story)

[Northwoods Voyager]

It is interesting to look back and read about the events that occurred during the year someone was born. We usually are not aware of those past happenings that may have helped shaped our world. Some good, some way not so good. Take a look and share what y'all find. Oughta be some fun. The youngest around here will really think of some of us as being way to old to even use a keyboard let alone read.

Oh, my great events:

1. Spanish Civil War breaks out
2. German troops occupy the Rhineland
3. Hoover Dam is completed
4. Italy completes conquest of Abyssinia
5. Olympic Games held in Berlin and Jesse Owens wins 4 Gold Medals
6. First Edition of LIFE magazine is published

and last, by not least:
7. First Stock Car race held at Daytona Beach. Yea...Since I raced stock cars for 2 years in my 'younger' daze. In St, Louis, Alton and Springfield, IL. Talk about thrills.

Okay, anyone else brave enough to post their fascinating events?

[AksarbeN]

Depressing to look at the history that birth year. No wonder my parents were so happy to see me. I can’t imagine living in those days and trying to raise a family. On the bright side however I always enjoy buying an old copy of LIFE magazine as a gift for friends who have birthdays. I’m lucky that there’s an antique store nearby with one vendor sells this old stuff and has lots of it. You know your old when your friends go to antique stores to get you gifts!

[Northwoods Voyager]

I know about the 'old' magazines. Have sold quite a few on ebay. Even sold a McCalls for over $70. I still have many others to put on there. When I get the time.

[FLPL75]

Here are some of the events from the year I was born


Wham-O Company produced the first Frisbee.

The Soviet Union launched Sputnik 1, the first artificial satellite to orbit the earth

Howard Cosell's made his 1st TV show

Elvis Presley given draft notice to join U.S. Army for National Service

"American Bandstand" premiered hmm the same day I was born lol guess my parents missed the show

[happynoodleboycey]

Here are a few things that took place in 1990:

- Times Warner is formed.
- Nelson Mandela is released
- Exxon Valdez oil spill takes place.
- The largest prison riot in British history takes place in Manchester.
- Hubble Space Telescope is placed in orbit.
- The World Health Organisation removes homosexuality from its list of diseases.
- Iraq invades Kuwait resulting in the beginning of the Gulf War.
- East Germany and West Germany reunify.
- Slobodan MiloÅ¡ević becomes President of Serbia.
- John Gotti is arrested.

Quite an interesting year if I may say so myself.

[Racelady88]

I was born into a very turbulent era.

My notable events include:

The assassination of Malcolm X

Bloody Sunday in Selma, Al

First US troops entered Viet Nam

Interesting factoid: DOW Jones high for the year was 969

[Magnum Mike]

Great Events During Your Birth Year

How am I supposed to remember? I was too young!

Actually I was born in October of 1956, and from what mom and dad tell me, Dwight D. Eisenhower was President of the United States, Elvis Presley released his first gold album, the movie The Ten Commandments (Charlton Heston and Yule Bryner) was made that year. Two planes collided over the Grand Canyon in northern Arizona, a TWA Lockheed 1049 Constellation and a United Douglas DC-7 crossed paths and collided, then crashed into the Grand Canyon. This happened about 4 months before I was born, and only 185 miles from where I was born.
TWA & United collision over Grand Canyon

World events, there was a war in the middle east between Israel and its neighbors, Fidel Castro was coming into the picture.

[gardener34]

President kennedy was assassinated.

[bigthirsty]

Watergate televised hearings begin..

[Thyra]

Hell's Angles started in CA
the Caspian Tiger became extinct
Babe Ruth died
Berlin Blockade began
OMG.... am I really THAT old