January 8 - West Germany has 8 million refugees inside its borders
February 6
Elizabeth II becomes Queen upon the death of her father George VI. She is simultaneously
proclaimed Queen of Canada at Rideau Hall, Ottawa, Ontario.
March 4 - Ronald Reagan marries Nancy Davis
April 23 - Nuclear test in Nevada desert.
May 18 - Ann Davison became the first woman to single-handedly sail the Atlantic Ocean
June 15 - The Diary of Anne Frank published.
July 25 - Puerto Rico becomes a self-governing commonwealth of the United States.
August 16 - Lynmouth in North Devon England is devastated by floods, death toll of 34.
September 2 - Dr. C. Walton Lillehei and Dr. F. John Lewis perform first open-heart surgery at the University of Minnesota.
October 19 - John Bamford, aged 15, rescues victims of a house fire and becomes the youngest person to have been awarded the George Cross.
November 4
8.25 Richter scale earthquake in Kamchatka
December 1 - The New York Daily News carries a front page story announcing that Christine Jorgensen, a transsexual woman in Denmark became the recipient of the first successful sexual reassignment operation
AND HOW WAS YOUR YEAR ??!!
2007-09-27 18:20:00
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answered by Adios 7
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1984:
AC DC Rocked The World with Hells Bells.. My mommy told me so plus i heard it in her stomach she was at there concert and said she had to go all the way across the street in side a building before i would calm down from kickn her a** yahhh!
Also, a lawyer was wrongly convicted as a bomber.
The Los Angeles Raiders kicked Washington Redskins butts at the 1984 Super Bowl.
2007-09-27 20:06:57
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answered by Anonymous
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Ferdinand Marcos declared Martial Law
2007-09-27 19:18:50
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answered by alone2nit 1
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Gee, 1970 wasn't a very good year because musicians were dying and bands were breaking up and the astronauts almost died. I'd love to find something good that happened that year.
Wait I thought of something! Some great songs were written that year. Di no mite!
2007-09-27 18:05:46
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answered by ? 6
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1956-The Hungarian Revolution
2007-09-27 18:06:04
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answered by housemouse62451 4
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Canada turned 100 in 1967, I was a centennial baby!
2007-09-27 18:04:48
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answered by dogriver 5
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It was 1944 and the Battle of the Bulge was going on in Europe. My father was working on Navel installations. My mother craved Hershey bars and they were rationed.
2007-09-27 18:42:58
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answered by curious connie 7
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The moon landing happened three weeks after I was born, in 1969.
2007-09-27 18:04:49
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answered by Arwen 6
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ha ha. im so young compared to you guys! not calling you old, just im little. lol. well in 1991 :
it was a palindrome year
Tim Berners-Lee released files for the "World Wide Web."
The Super Nintendo Entertainment System was released in the United States.
2007-09-27 18:11:19
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answered by Anonymous
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I live in Mexico and by the year i was born , there was a terrible earthquake.my mom told me that many sculptures fell down.
2007-09-27 18:05:28
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answered by hope55 4
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