Falkland's War

Ronald Reagan being sworn in as President of the United States and the end of the Iran Hostage Crisis with the release of the americans

The Apollo missions to the Moon. 2 years after I finished High School - Neil Armstron set his feet on the moon. I was on a train the next morning and bought a newspaper at a stop to read the news story.

"Baby Jessica," Jessica McClure falls down the well and is later rescued. Wednesday October 14th, 1987 --9:30am through Friday October 16th, 1987" "Condom commericals begin to appear on TV for the first time." "Bruce Willis marries Demi Moore, November 21,1987" "Black Monday - Stock market drops 22% on October 19th."

Headline News 1990 May 30 135 die in a (6.4) earthquake in Peru May 30 Dow Jones average hits a record 2,878.56 May 31 BPAA US Women's Bowling Open won by Dana Miller-Mackie May 31 Seinfeld starring Jerry Seinfeld, debuts on NBC as Seinfeld Chronicles May 31 63rd National Spelling Bee: Amy Marie Dimak wins spelling fibranne

I graduated June 1970 and the Viet Nam War was in full swing. The year before we went to the moon and also the Mets won the series

hmm the year i graduated was the year that 6 of my friends died in a hit and run accident. that was on the news the whole year and is still currently coming up in the news all the time due to trials atc. even if there are road accidents today they still have to throw in a sentence about 2006 cardross accident! its stupid! suppose it is because our town was so little so have somethign so big happen in one night. horrible!

http://www.inthe80s.com/time1988.shtml Pan Am Flight 103 explodes over Lockerbie, Scotland

Shah overthrown in Iranian revolution. Ayatollah Khomeini returns to Iran after 15 years in exile. US embassy in Iran seized by "students", and embassy staff held hostage. Saddam Hussein becomes President of Iraq. Margaret Thatcher becomes Britain's first woman Prime Minister. Three Mile Island nuclear accident - a partial meltdown of a reactor occurs in the worst civilian nuclear accident in US history, at Midtown, a suburb of Harrisburg, Pennsylvania. USSR and USA sign the SALT II treaty, limiting nuclear arms. Soviets forces invade Afghanistan. Voyager I discovers faint ring system around Jupiter. Visicalc, first spreadsheet software introduced. Former US space station, Skylab, re-enters the Earth's atmosphere and debris is scattered in the Indian Ocean and Western Australia. Ugandan dictator, Idi Admin, deposed. Debut of the Garfield comic strip. Muhammad Ali announces his retirement from boxing (although he will later, briefly, return). Sony introduces the Walkman. Sandinista rebels enter Managua, winning the civil war in Nicaragua. Rhodesia becomes Zimbabwe. First European Ariane rocket is launched.

"Possum Receives Diploma! Education Secretary Calls for Nationwide Investigation."

Any guesses what year the following occurred? January 30 – State funeral of Sir Winston Churchill takes place with the largest assembly of statesmen in the world until the 2005 funeral of Pope John Paul II. February 15 – A new red and white maple leaf design is inaugurated as the flag of Canada, replacing the Union Flag and the Canadian Red Ensign. February 21 – Malcolm X is assassinated in Manhattan. March 8 – Vietnam War: Some 3,500 United States Marines arrive in South Vietnam, becoming the first American combat troops in Vietnam. March 17 – In response to the events of March 7 and 9 in Selma, Alabama, President Johnson sends a bill to Congress that forms the basis for the Voting Rights Act of ****. It is passed by the Senate May 26, the House July 10, and signed into law by President Johnson Aug. 6. April 5 – At the 37th Academy Awards, My Fair Lady wins 8 Academy Awards, including Best Picture and Best Director. Rex Harrison wins an Oscar for Best Actor. Mary Poppins takes home 5 Oscars. Julie Andrews wins an Academy Award for Best Actress, for her portrayal in the role. Sherman Brothers receives 2 Oscars including Best Song, "Chim Chim Cher-ee". April 24 – The *** Yerevan demonstrations start in Yerevan, demanding recognition of the Armenian Genocide. May 5 – The first draft card burnings take place at the University of California, Berkeley, and a coffin is marched to the Berkeley Draft Board. Woohoo! I arrived at UCB 4 months later. July 25 – Bob Dylan elicits controversy among folk purists by "going electric" at the Newport Folk Festival. August 6 – U.S. President Lyndon B. Johnson signs the Voting Rights Act of **** into law. August 11 – The Watts Riots begin in Los Angeles, California. August 13 – The rock group Jefferson Airplane debuts at the Matrix in San Francisco, California and begins to appear there regularly. August 15 – The Beatles perform the first stadium concert in the history of rock, playing at Shea Stadium in New York. August 30 – Rock musician Bob Dylan releases his influential album Highway 61 Revisited, featuring the song "Like a Rolling Stone." September 9 – Hurricane Betsy roars ashore near New Orleans, Louisiana with winds of 145 MPH, causing 76 deaths and $1.42 billion in damage. The storm is the first hurricane to cause $1 billion in unadjusted damages, giving it the nickname "Billion Dollar Betsy". It is the last major hurricane to strike New Orleans until Hurricane Katrina 40 years later. October 28 – In St. Louis, Missouri, the 630-foot-tall parabolic steel Gateway Arch is completed. December 30 – Ferdinand Marcos becomes President of the Philippines.

1962 was a banner news year. Kennedy ordered a blockade of Cuba to prevent soviet missile deployment -- we came close to nuclear war. John Glen became the first American to orbit the earth. Federal troops went to U. of Mississippi to register first black, James Meredith. Marilyn Monroe died.