What happened in the year you were born?
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Originally Posted by 00CivicSi,Jan 17 2011, 07:18 AM
- Apple Incorporated.
- Rings around Uranus were found (
).
- Star Wars
- The King died.
- Porsche 928 debuts.
- Atari 2600.
- Rings around Uranus were found (
).- Star Wars
- The King died.
- Porsche 928 debuts.
- Atari 2600.
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President Harry Truman sends United States military advisers to Vietnam to aid French forces.
January 17 – Great Brinks Robbery: Eleven thieves steal more than $2 million from an armored car in Boston, Massachusetts.
President Harry S. Truman orders the development of the hydrogen bomb, in response to the detonation of the Soviet Union's first atomic bomb in 1949
Albert Einstein warns that nuclear war could lead to mutual destruction.
n an election speech at Edinburgh, Winston Churchill proposes "a parley at the summit" with Soviet leaders, first use of term "Summit" for such a meeting
Tollund Man is unearthed in Denmark.
The Huntsville Times runs the headline, "Dr. von Braun Says Rocket Flights Possible to Moon."
June 1–June 23 – Mauna Loa in Hawaii starts erupting.
Legendary singer-actor Paul Robeson, whose passport had recently been revoked because of his alleged Communist affiliations, meets with U.S. officials in an effort to get it reinstated. He is unsuccessful, and it is not reinstated until 1958.
Darlington Raceway is the site of the inaugural Southern 500, the first 500-mile NASCAR race.
Korean War – Battle of Inchon: Allied troops commanded by Douglas MacArthur land in Inchon, occupied by North Korea, to begin a U.N. counteroffensive.
November 10 – A U.S. Air Force B-50 Superfortress bomber, experiencing an in-flight emergency, jettisons and detonates a Mark 4 nuclear bomb over Quebec, Canada (the device lacked its plutonium core).
# The first pagers are developed.
# The first TV remote control, Zenith Radio's Lazy Bones, is marketed.
January 17 – Great Brinks Robbery: Eleven thieves steal more than $2 million from an armored car in Boston, Massachusetts.
President Harry S. Truman orders the development of the hydrogen bomb, in response to the detonation of the Soviet Union's first atomic bomb in 1949
Albert Einstein warns that nuclear war could lead to mutual destruction.
n an election speech at Edinburgh, Winston Churchill proposes "a parley at the summit" with Soviet leaders, first use of term "Summit" for such a meeting
Tollund Man is unearthed in Denmark.
The Huntsville Times runs the headline, "Dr. von Braun Says Rocket Flights Possible to Moon."
June 1–June 23 – Mauna Loa in Hawaii starts erupting.
Legendary singer-actor Paul Robeson, whose passport had recently been revoked because of his alleged Communist affiliations, meets with U.S. officials in an effort to get it reinstated. He is unsuccessful, and it is not reinstated until 1958.
Darlington Raceway is the site of the inaugural Southern 500, the first 500-mile NASCAR race.
Korean War – Battle of Inchon: Allied troops commanded by Douglas MacArthur land in Inchon, occupied by North Korea, to begin a U.N. counteroffensive.
November 10 – A U.S. Air Force B-50 Superfortress bomber, experiencing an in-flight emergency, jettisons and detonates a Mark 4 nuclear bomb over Quebec, Canada (the device lacked its plutonium core).
# The first pagers are developed.
# The first TV remote control, Zenith Radio's Lazy Bones, is marketed.
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Back to the Future was the best selling movie of the year.
Out of Africa won best picture.
"We Are The World" was recorded.
Michelle Trachtenberg was born.
Tommy Hilfiger is established.
Some stuff I knew, some I didn't. Pretty cool.
Out of Africa won best picture.
"We Are The World" was recorded.
Michelle Trachtenberg was born.
Tommy Hilfiger is established.
Some stuff I knew, some I didn't. Pretty cool.
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