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Subject: What Happened That Year?
Written By: Tia on 01/10/08 at 6:10 pm
Answer correctly and win the opportunity to name a year yourself.
let's start with a toughie: what happened in 1215? (no fair googling. >:()
Subject: Re: What Happened That Year?
Written By: Rice_Cube on 01/10/08 at 6:13 pm
Magna Carta?
I liked how history repeats itself, because Hammurabi had his code, then they did the Magna Carta, then in 1780-whatever they signed the Constitution. It's like bell bottoms from the 60s becoming cool again in the early 90s!
Subject: Re: What Happened That Year?
Written By: thereshegoes on 01/10/08 at 6:20 pm
Pfft ::)
What happened on the 24th of August of 1978?
Subject: Re: What Happened That Year?
Written By: Tia on 01/10/08 at 6:20 pm
Pfft ::)
What happened on the 24th of August of 1978?
things started looking up for all of us. :)
Subject: Re: What Happened That Year?
Written By: thereshegoes on 01/10/08 at 6:23 pm
Aww Tia :-*
What happened in 1500? Clue around here.
Subject: Re: What Happened That Year?
Written By: Tia on 01/10/08 at 6:32 pm
Aww Tia :-*
What happened in 1500? Clue around here.
something cortez-related? ???
Subject: Re: What Happened That Year?
Written By: thereshegoes on 01/10/08 at 6:34 pm
something cortez-related? ???
Nope! Cabral related :P
Subject: Re: What Happened That Year?
Written By: Rice_Cube on 01/10/08 at 7:05 pm
Okay...what happened in 1965?
Subject: Re: What Happened That Year?
Written By: Tia on 01/10/08 at 7:07 pm
that beatles movie came out.
yeah, i see your point. :P
Subject: Re: What Happened That Year?
Written By: Badfinger-fan on 01/13/08 at 1:37 am
What Happened In 1975 that forever changed the life of someone here?
Subject: Re: What Happened That Year?
Written By: Philip Eno on 01/15/08 at 5:24 am
What Happened In 1975 that forever changed the life of someone here?
That year I took my exams and left school.
What happened in 1969?
Subject: Re: What Happened That Year?
Written By: KKay on 01/15/08 at 8:38 am
personally I turned 4.
historically: APOLLO 11!
what happened in 1955?
Subject: Re: What Happened That Year?
Written By: ninny on 01/15/08 at 9:05 am
Personally nothing I wasn't even born yet
Elvis's first TV appearence
McDonalds first opened
Einstein died
What happened in 1989?
Subject: Re: What Happened That Year?
Written By: Badfinger-fan on 01/15/08 at 2:11 pm
That year I took my exams and left school.
Escape To Witch Mountain released in 1975
Personally nothing I wasn't even born yet
What happened in 1989?
my dear sweet little Julie was born :)
Subject: Re: What Happened That Year?
Written By: Matthias on 01/15/08 at 2:13 pm
What happened yesterday?
Subject: Re: What Happened That Year?
Written By: Philip Eno on 01/15/08 at 3:39 pm
What happened yesterday?
You know what, I cannot remember.
What happened in 1957?
Subject: Re: What Happened That Year?
Written By: Badfinger-fan on 01/15/08 at 3:48 pm
You know what, I cannot remember.
What happened in 1957?
one of the worlds most prolific postwhores and postcount geek was born.
what happened Nov 29, 2001
Subject: Re: What Happened That Year?
Written By: Philip Eno on 01/15/08 at 3:50 pm
one of the worlds most prolific postwhores and postcount geek was born.
what happened Nov 29, 2001
Hang on! Wikipedia has gone down.
Subject: Re: What Happened That Year?
Written By: Badfinger-fan on 01/15/08 at 3:52 pm
Hang on! Wikipedia has gone down.
here's a clue...I think it happened in your country
Subject: Re: What Happened That Year?
Written By: Philip Eno on 01/15/08 at 3:54 pm
one of the worlds most prolific postwhores and postcount geek was born.
what happened Nov 29, 2001
A sad day, Beatle George Harrison died from cancer.
What happened on March 30, 1962?
Subject: Re: What Happened That Year?
Written By: Matthias on 01/15/08 at 4:17 pm
A sad day, Beatle George Harrison died from cancer.
What happened on March 30, 1962?
Something of semi-significant importance...
What happened 5 seconds ago?
Subject: Re: What Happened That Year?
Written By: La Roche on 01/15/08 at 4:48 pm
Something of semi-significant importance...
What happened 5 seconds ago?
You clicked reply.
March 26th - 1985?
Subject: Re: What Happened That Year?
Written By: Philip Eno on 01/15/08 at 5:11 pm
English actress Keira Knightley was born
What happened on July 13, 1985?
Subject: Re: What Happened That Year?
Written By: ninny on 01/16/08 at 9:04 am
Escape To Witch Mountain released in 1975
my dear sweet little Julie was born :)
My son was born that year also.
Subject: Re: What Happened That Year?
Written By: ninny on 01/16/08 at 9:10 am
English actress Keira Knightley was born
What happened on July 13, 1985?
Live -Aid
Who died in 1981?
Subject: Re: What Happened That Year?
Written By: Philip Eno on 01/16/08 at 11:28 am
Live -Aid
Who died in 1981?
February 9 - Bill Haley, American musician (b. 1925)
What happened in 1966?
Subject: Re: What Happened That Year?
Written By: Henk on 01/16/08 at 3:57 pm
February 9 - Bill Haley, American musician (b. 1925)
What happened in 1966?
Well, I was born... ::)
What happened in 1953?
Subject: Re: What Happened That Year?
Written By: Philip Eno on 01/16/08 at 3:58 pm
Well, I was born... ::)
What happened in 1953?
Coronation of Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom at Westminster Abbey.
What happened in 1976?
Subject: Re: What Happened That Year?
Written By: ninny on 01/17/08 at 10:25 am
The United States Bi-Centenial
Personally I turned 16
What happened in 1933
Subject: Re: What Happened That Year?
Written By: Philip Eno on 01/17/08 at 10:29 am
The United States Bi-Centenial
Personally I turned 16
What happened in 1933
Construction of the Golden Gate Bridge begins in San Francisco Bay.
What happened in 1999
Subject: Re: What Happened That Year?
Written By: Philip Eno on 03/20/19 at 5:44 am
This day in 1999, Bertrand Piccard and Brian Jones became the first men to circumnavigate the Earth in a hot air balloon. The non-stop trip began on March 3 and covered 26,500 miles.
What happened in 1980?
Subject: Re: What Happened That Year?
Written By: Philip Eno on 08/14/19 at 3:53 am
This day in 1980, the People for Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) was incorporated.
What happened in 1981?
Subject: Re: What Happened That Year?
Written By: Indy Gent on 09/08/19 at 11:23 pm
Bobby Sands starts his hunger strike on March 1 and dies 2 months later.
What occurred in 1982?
Subject: Re: What Happened That Year?
Written By: Philip Eno on 09/11/19 at 6:05 pm
This day in 1982, John "Cougar" Mellencamp became the only male artist to have two singles in the US Top Ten as well as the No.1 album. ‘Jack and Diane’ was No.4, while ‘Hurts So Good’ was at No.8. His album ‘American Fool’ was at No.1 for the first of nine weeks.
What occurred in 1983?
Subject: Re: What Happened That Year?
Written By: Indy Gent on 09/14/19 at 10:36 pm
I graduated from high school.
What happened in 1984?
Subject: Re: What Happened That Year?
Written By: Philip Eno on 09/15/19 at 4:00 am
I was forced to change my job for the position was no longer required. Another position was found for me, in the same company.
What happened in 1985?
Subject: Re: What Happened That Year?
Written By: Indy Gent on 09/15/19 at 10:25 am
Coca-Cola unleashed its New Coke with a sweeter taste, which annoyed purists so much that it was replaced with the original Coke.
What happened in 1986?
Subject: Re: What Happened That Year?
Written By: Philip Eno on 09/15/19 at 10:42 am
Changed jobs again, for a better salary
What happened in 1987?
Subject: Re: What Happened That Year?
Written By: Indy Gent on 09/15/19 at 10:49 am
Nazi war criminal Rudolf Hess commits suicide in the Spandau Prison on August 17. He was the last prisoner to die before the prison was demolished.
What happened in 1988?
Subject: Re: What Happened That Year?
Written By: Philip Eno on 09/26/19 at 6:51 am
The 1988 Summer Olympics are held in Seoul, South Korea.
What happened in 1989?
Subject: Re: What Happened That Year?
Written By: Indy Gent on 10/02/19 at 10:55 pm
Florida executes serial killer Ted Bundy.
What happened in 1990?
Subject: Re: What Happened That Year?
Written By: Philip Eno on 11/13/19 at 3:27 am
The first case of successful somatic gene therapy on a patient.
What happened in 1991?
Subject: Re: What Happened That Year?
Written By: Indy Gent on 11/16/19 at 11:44 am
Mikhail Gorbachev resigns on Christmas Day, marking the of the Soviet era.
Subject: Re: What Happened That Year?
Written By: Philip Eno on 02/27/20 at 9:47 am
1992 - North Korea signs an accord with the International Atomic Energy Agency allowing for international inspections of North Korea's nuclear power plants.
What happened in 1993?
Subject: Re: What Happened That Year?
Written By: Indy Gent on 03/02/20 at 12:44 am
1993
Janet Reno became the first female Attorney General pn March 11.
What happened in 1994?
Subject: Re: What Happened That Year?
Written By: Philip Eno on 03/12/20 at 8:31 am
In 1994, Pete Sampras won the first of two Australian Open titles, defeating American Todd Martin in the final, and then defended his Wimbledon later that year.
What happened in 1995?
Subject: Re: What Happened That Year?
Written By: Indy Gent on 03/12/20 at 9:03 pm
The Murrah Building in Oklahoma City was blown up in a terrorist attack planned by Timothy McVeigh.
What happened in 1996?
Subject: Re: What Happened That Year?
Written By: Philip Eno on 03/13/20 at 4:33 pm
Yasser Arafat is re-elected president of the Palestinian Authority.
What happened in 1997?
Subject: Re: What Happened That Year?
Written By: Indy Gent on 03/14/20 at 10:58 am
Andrew Cunanan kills 6 people, including designer Gianni Versace, over a few months until he killed homself in a police shootout.
What happened in 1998?
Subject: Re: What Happened That Year?
Written By: Philip Eno on 03/15/20 at 5:07 am
President Clinton becomes embroiled in the Lewinsky scandal.
What happened in 1999?
Subject: Re: What Happened That Year?
Written By: Sman12 on 03/15/20 at 8:37 am
The Columbine shooting happened. 13 people were murdered: 12 students and 1 teacher. It was perpetuated by Eric Harris and Dylan Klebold, who eventually killed themselves. It changed the way how Americans dealt with guns in schools and overall gun culture.
What happened in 2000?
Subject: Re: What Happened That Year?
Written By: Philip Eno on 03/15/20 at 9:09 am
In regards to the Millennium Bug, nothing happened.
What happened in 2001?
Subject: Re: What Happened That Year?
Written By: Indy Gent on 03/31/20 at 9:20 pm
Everyone knows what happened on September 11, 2001.
What happened in 2002?
Subject: Re: What Happened That Year?
Written By: Philip Eno on 04/01/20 at 10:26 am
In November, Severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) epidemic begins in Guangdong Province of China.
What happened in 2003?
Subject: Re: What Happened That Year?
Written By: Indy Gent on 04/02/20 at 5:35 pm
The space shuttle Columbia disintegrates before orbiting, killing all 7 astronauts.
What happened in 2004?
Subject: Re: What Happened That Year?
Written By: Philip Eno on 04/08/20 at 7:34 am
The Boston Red Sox win the World Series for the first time since 1918.
What happened in 2005?
Subject: Re: What Happened That Year?
Written By: Indy Gent on 04/09/20 at 4:52 pm
Over 1,800 people died in Louisiana from Hurricane Katrina in August 29-30.
What happened in 2006?
Subject: Re: What Happened That Year?
Written By: Philip Eno on 04/10/20 at 5:20 am
The Walt Disney Company buys Pixar Animation Studios from Lucasfilm Ltd. for $7.4 billion, making Pixar a subsidiary of Walt Disney Pictures.
What happened in 2007?
Subject: Re: What Happened That Year?
Written By: Indy Gent on 04/10/20 at 3:21 pm
The iPhone became the first smartphone. Apple released it on June 29.
What happened in 2008?
Subject: Re: What Happened That Year?
Written By: Philip Eno on 04/15/20 at 5:10 am
The International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda finds Théoneste Bagosora and two other senior Rwandan army officers guilty of genocide, crimes against humanity and war crimes and sentences them to life imprisonment for their role in the Rwandan genocide.
What happened in 2009?
Subject: Re: What Happened That Year?
Written By: Indy Gent on 04/17/20 at 6:00 pm
Circuit City, the once giant electronics store goes out of business, closing all of its stores and laying off 34,000 workers, January 16.
What happened in 2010?
Subject: Re: What Happened That Year?
Written By: Philip Eno on 04/18/20 at 6:32 am
The 2010 Winter Olympics are held in Vancouver and Whistler, Canada.
What happened in 2011?
Subject: Re: What Happened That Year?
Written By: Sman12 on 04/18/20 at 8:01 am
The Occupy Wall Street happened as a protest to show income inequality in the U.S. and rest of the world.
What happened in 2012?
Subject: Re: What Happened That Year?
Written By: Philip Eno on 04/18/20 at 11:50 am
Shenzhou 9, a Chinese spacecraft carrying three Chinese astronauts, including the first-ever female, docks manually with orbiting module Tiangong-1, making them the third country, after the United States and Russia, to successfully perform the mission.
What happened in 2013?
Subject: Re: What Happened That Year?
Written By: Indy Gent on 04/20/20 at 12:20 am
New York opens the One World Trade Center on November 3 to replace the fallen Twin Towers.
What happened in 2014?
Subject: Re: What Happened That Year?
Written By: Philip Eno on 04/20/20 at 12:23 am
In the 2014 Scottish independence referendum, Scotland votes against independence from the United Kingdom.
What happened in 2015?
Subject: Re: What Happened That Year?
Written By: Indy Gent on 04/21/20 at 11:52 pm
The New England Patriots defeated the Seattle Seahawks 28-24 at the Super Bowl in Phoenix when Russell Wilson's short pass was intercepted by Malcolm Butler on the 1 foot line
Subject: Re: What Happened That Year?
Written By: Philip Eno on 04/22/20 at 5:55 am
The New England Patriots defeated the Seattle Seahawks 28-24 at the Super Bowl in Phoenix when Russell Wilson's short pass was intercepted by Malcolm Butler on the 1 foot line
What happened in 2016?
NASA launches OSIRIS-REx, its first asteroid sample return mission. The probe will visit Bennu and is expected to return with samples in 2023.
What happened in 2017?
Subject: Re: What Happened That Year?
Written By: Indy Gent on 05/17/20 at 4:56 pm
Donald Trump is sworn in as the 45th U.S. President on January 20 (a day which will live in infamy.)
What happened in 2018?
Subject: Re: What Happened That Year?
Written By: Philip Eno on 05/18/20 at 8:53 am
Scientists in China report in the journal Cell the creation of the first monkey clones using somatic cell nuclear transfer, named Zhong Zhong and Hua Hua.
What happened in 2019?
Subject: Re: What Happened That Year?
Written By: Indy Gent on 05/20/20 at 5:18 pm
Avengers: Endgame became the highest grossing movie of all time on April 26, 2019.
What happened in 2020 (so far)?
Subject: Re: What Happened That Year?
Written By: Philip Eno on 05/22/20 at 5:50 am
Not much, just been stuck at home in lockdown
Thomas Moore popularly known as Captain Tom, the former British Army officer known for his achievements raising money for charity in the run-up to his 100th birthday during the COVID-19 pandemic.
What happened in 1969?
Subject: Re: What Happened That Year?
Written By: Indy Gent on 05/24/20 at 10:52 am
Judy Garland dies of a drug overdose. Her body was found on June 22.
What happened in 1970?
Subject: Re: What Happened That Year?
Written By: Philip Eno on 05/25/20 at 9:30 am
Boeing Computer Services was founded.
What happened in 1971?
Subject: Re: What Happened That Year?
Written By: Indy Gent on 05/29/20 at 5:11 pm
Jim Morrison dies at a Paris hotel on July 3rd.
What happened in 1972?
Subject: Re: What Happened That Year?
Written By: Philip Eno on 06/01/20 at 7:44 am
Munich Olympics
What happened in 1973!
Subject: Re: What Happened That Year?
Written By: Indy Gent on 06/11/20 at 4:08 pm
The Paris Peace Treaty ends all U.S. involvement in the Vietnam War.
What happened in 1974?
Subject: Re: What Happened That Year?
Written By: Philip Eno on 06/25/20 at 2:12 am
The Prime Minister, Edward Heath, calls a General Election for 28 February in an attempt to end the dispute over the miners' strike. During the campaign, the Labour Party and Trades Union Congress agree a 'Social Contract' intended to produce wage restraint.
What happened in 1975?
Subject: Re: What Happened That Year?
Written By: Indy Gent on 06/26/20 at 5:36 pm
John Mitchell, H.R. Halderman and John Ehrlichman were found guilty for their part in the Watergate scandal.
What happened in 1976?
Subject: Re: What Happened That Year?
Written By: Philip Eno on 06/29/20 at 10:29 am
Peter Finch won the Best Actor Oscar for "Network" at the 49th Academy Awards.
What happened in 1977?
Subject: Re: What Happened That Year?
Written By: Howard on 06/29/20 at 1:44 pm
Supreme Court rules out death penalty for rapists of adults
What happened in 1974?
Subject: Re: What Happened That Year?
Written By: Philip Eno on 06/30/20 at 2:19 pm
Happy Days, a sitcom about life in the 1950s, debuts on ABC.
What happened in 1975?
Subject: Re: What Happened That Year?
Written By: Indy Gent on 07/02/20 at 9:54 am
Peter Finch won the Best Actor Oscar for "Network" at the 49th Academy Awards.
What happened in 1977?
Star Wars is released in theaters in the summer.
What happened in 1978?
Subject: Re: What Happened That Year?
Written By: Philip Eno on 07/02/20 at 11:34 am
"Close Encounters of the Third Kind" opened in general release in the UK.
What happened in 1979?
Subject: Re: What Happened That Year?
Written By: Indy Gent on 07/02/20 at 1:08 pm
Dallas Cowboys tight end Jackie Smith drops an easy, potentially game-changing touchdown pass, and Terry Bradshaw was MVP as the Pittsburgh Steelers beat Dallas 35-31 in Super Bowl XIII.
What happened in 1980?
Subject: Re: What Happened That Year?
Written By: Howard on 07/02/20 at 2:34 pm
Comedy film "Airplane!" written and directed by David Zucker, Jim Abrahams, and Jerry Zucker and starring Robert Hays and Julie Hagerty premieres
What happened in 2019?
Subject: Re: What Happened That Year?
Written By: Philip Eno on 11/08/20 at 7:08 am
Bartholomew I of Constantinople issues a formal decree granting independence to the Orthodox Church of Ukraine from the Russian Orthodox Church.
What happened in 1970?