What was happening when you were a fetus thread!

[Toph]

With the recent TV specials on the 40th anniversary of the first moon landing and Woodstock, and me being born in December 1969, it got me thinking... what special things happened in the world when your mother was preggers with you?

[BoBo]

On my birthday-
32nd Heisman Trophy Award: Steve Spurrier, Florida (quarterback)

[sillyman]

Jonas Salk developed the polio vaccine (though it wasn't in widespread use for another 3 years)

The first hydrogen bomb was exploded.

Try answering this without looking things up on the internet, what year is this? For purposes of asking this question, I have changed my profile to hide my age.

[don143]

The first hydrogen bomb was exploded...For purposes of asking this question, I have changed my profile to hide my age.

Too late

[Matt450]

Super Bowl XX: The Chicago Bears defeat the New England Patriots 46-10 at the Louisiana Superdome in New Orleans, Louisiana.

STS-51-L: Space Shuttle Challenger disintegrates 73 seconds after launch, killing the crew of 7 astronauts, including schoolteacher Christa McAuliffe (see Space Shuttle Challenger disaster).

The United States Senate allows its debates to be televised on a trial basis.

A bomb explodes on a Trans World Airlines flight from Rome to Athens, killing 4 people.

A low-pressure system moving from South Australia and redeveloping off the New South Wales coast dumps a record 328 millimetres (12.9 in) of rain in a day on Sydney.

Thank god for wikipedia lol.

[sillyman]

Too late

Yeah, there was a 1-minute gap between my original posting and the removal of my age from my profile.

And Matt's post (posts?) makes me feel really old anyway.

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[Gina]

I duno what happened in 1986. Someone tell me?

Neither do I know what happened in my NEW birth year of 1987.

[Gina]

Great, so far I've found:

Space Shuttle Challenger Disaster kills 6 astronauts and one teacher; Chernobyl Power Plant Disaster in Russia occurs; "Top Gun" is top grossing film of the year.

How crap are all those things? The only semi-cool thing I found was "Japan releases Nintendo video games to America".

DISAPPOINT.

[Pop Not Soda]

Apple Computer Company is formed by Steve Jobs and Steve Wozniak.

The punk rock group The Ramones release their first self-titled album.

The CN Tower is built in Toronto; the tallest free-standing land structure opens to the public.

Five days before I was born: The Irish rock band U2 is formed after drummer Larry Mullen Jr. posts a note seeking members for a band on the notice board of his Dublin school.

[Pop Not Soda]

Gina:

The Soviet Union launches the Mir space station.

Halley's Comet reaches its perihelion, the closest point to the Sun, during its second visit to the solar system in the 20th Century.

People Power Revolution: President Ferdinand Marcos of the Philippines goes into exile in Hawaii after 20 years of rule; Corazon Aquino becomes the first Filipino woman president, first as an interim president. Salvador Laurel becomes her Vice President.

Geraldo Rivera opens Al Capone's secret vault on The Mystery of Al Capone's Vault, discovering only a bottle of moonshine.

I don't know when you were born exactly, but those things happened between the Challenger and Chernobyl, and they were all pretty big deals in the news, as I recall.

Toph: 1969, you had a fuckton of mega-cool shit happen when you were a fetus. I wasn't even alive then, and I can name about three or four things without even looking it up.

[Imzadi]

With the recent TV specials on the 40th anniversary of the first moon landing and Woodstock, and me being born in December 1969, it got me thinking... what special things happened in the world when your mother was preggers with you?

April for me... All those things happened in celebration of my de-wombing.


Is it a bad thing to have a Pavlovian responce whenever I see 'FETUS' in a thread title...

[Gina]

Gina:

The Soviet Union launches the Mir space station.

Halley's Comet reaches its perihelion, the closest point to the Sun, during its second visit to the solar system in the 20th Century.

People Power Revolution: President Ferdinand Marcos of the Philippines goes into exile in Hawaii after 20 years of rule; Corazon Aquino becomes the first Filipino woman president, first as an interim president. Salvador Laurel becomes her Vice President.

Geraldo Rivera opens Al Capone's secret vault on The Mystery of Al Capone's Vault, discovering only a bottle of moonshine.

I don't know when you were born exactly, but those things happened between the Challenger and Chernobyl, and they were all pretty big deals in the news, as I recall.

Toph: 1969, you had a fuckton of mega-cool shit happen when you were a fetus. I wasn't even alive then, and I can name about three or four things without even looking it up.

These are all still shit! The only semi-good thing is Al Capone. I liked learning about him.

[panthro]

1972...

• Bloody Sunday: The British Army kills 13 unarmed nationalist civil rights marchers in Derry, Northern Ireland.
• Bob Douglas becomes the first African American elected to the Basketball Hall of Fame.
• The Godfather is released in cinemas in the United States.
• Nolan Bushnell and Ted Dabney co-found Atari.
• Bobby Fischer defeats Boris Spassky in a chess match at Reykjavík, Iceland, becoming the first American chess champion (see Match of the Century).
• The first episode of The Price Is Right is hosted on CBS by Bob Barker.
• Munich Massacre: Eleven Israeli athletes at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich are murdered after 8 members of the Arab terrorist group Black September invade the Olympic Village; 5 guerillas and 1 policeman are also killed in a failed hostage rescue.

And on the day of my birth...

• October 1 – The first publication reporting the production of a recombinant DNA molecule, marks the birth of modern molecular biology methodology.

[Matt450]

And Gina what I posted happened in 86 and I just wanted to make sure you guys got my point of how awesome 86 was thats why I double posted haha.

And Amir Khan, British boxer was born on my birthday-December 8th

[BigWilly]

St. Louis Cardinal Lou Brock eclipses Ty Cobb's 49-year-old career stolen bases record at 893 as Padres win 4-3

1st oil through the TransAlaska Pipeline System reach Valdez, Alaska

John Lennon is granted a green card for permanent residence in U.S.

Elvis Presley sings in Indianapolis, last performance of his career

"Brady Bunch Hour," last airs on ABC-TV

"Beatles Live! At Star-Club in Hamburg Germany" released

Muhammad Ali beats Alfredo Evangelist in 15 for heavywgt boxing title

1st quadrophonic concert (Pink Floyd in London)

Eddie Murray hits his 1st HR

U.S. performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site

[Tony]

well, Apollo 12 launched just before I was born.

In other news:
Mickey Mantle announced hi retirement (march 1, 1969)
Jets won a Super Bowl (January 12, 1969)
Emmit Smith was born (May 15, 1969)
Steffi Graf was born (June 14, 1969)

The first artificial heart was implanted in a person (April 4, 1969)
John Lennon married Yoko Ono (March 20, 1969)
The first full performance of Tommy (April 22, 1969)
Star Trek aired it's final new episode (June 3, 1969)
Sirhan Sirhan admitted he kiled John kennedy (March 3, 1969)
James Earl Ray pled guilty to killing Dr. Martin Luther King Jr (March 10, 1969)
The Stonewall Riots (June 27, 1969)
Sen ted Kennedy (not sure if he was a Senator then ) drove off a bridge in Chappaquiddick Island, Massachusetts, killing Mary Jo Kopechne (July 18, 1969).

[golden]

I assume sex happened when I became a fetus, unless I born in a lab.

[Gina]

And Gina what I posted happened in 86 and I just wanted to make sure you guys got my point of how awesome 86 was thats why I double posted haha.

And Amir Khan, British boxer was born on my birthday-December 8th

Ohh good, I like him!

[dynamitedon1]

Hey Jude" by The Beatles was the #1 song.
Nixon elected 37th President of U.S., defeating Hubert Humphrey.
The Monkees' first and only feature film, Head, premieres in New York.

That's about all I can find for my day. Nothing to get excited about woohoo!!!

[Shannon]

This is what I found with google lol!

October 1 - Vietnam attacks Cambodia.

October 8 - Australia's Ken Warby sets the current world water speed record of 317.60 mph at Blowering Dam, Australia.

October 14 - Daniel arap Moi becomes president of Kenya.

October 16 - Pope John Paul II (Cardinal Karol Wojtyła) succeeds Pope John Paul I as the 264th pope. He is the first Slavic pope in history.


October 27 - Egyptian President Anwar Sadat and Israeli Prime Minister Menachem Begin win the Nobel Peace Prize for their progress toward achieving a Middle East accord.

Average price of a dozen eggs in 1978 (USA) $0.82

[Pop Not Soda]

These are all still shit! The only semi-good thing is Al Capone. I liked learning about him.

What???? Your birth was foretold by a frickin' COMET!!!! How is that *not* awesome?

[Gina]

This is what I found with google lol!

October 1 - Vietnam attacks Cambodia.

October 8 - Australia's Ken Warby sets the current world water speed record of 317.60 mph at Blowering Dam, Australia.

October 14 - Daniel arap Moi becomes president of Kenya.

October 16 - Pope John Paul II (Cardinal Karol Wojtyła) succeeds Pope John Paul I as the 264th pope. He is the first Slavic pope in history.


October 27 - Egyptian President Anwar Sadat and Israeli Prime Minister Menachem Begin win the Nobel Peace Prize for their progress toward achieving a Middle East accord.

Average price of a dozen eggs in 1978 (USA) $0.82

1978?! You look way younger! I seriously thought you were about 20.

What???? Your birth was foretold by a frickin' COMET!!!! How is that *not* awesome?

That's pretty cool I guess. Isn't there a famous story about something similar? Something about stars and wise men, and I duno....