Backwards Through Time

[Rudy]

The idea here is for each poster to go one year further into the past, and say some interesting things that happened that year in the world/in history. Put one thing, or more things, as you choose. Internet searches will probably be needed =D

In 2008,

NASA landed the Phoenix spacecraft on the polar region of Mars.

The Federal Democratic Republic of Nepal was established, replacing the former monarchy.

In 2008, the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) was first brought online. Too bad that it had a major failure. =p


Next is 2007

[auriga vega]

In 2007

Microsoft lauched Windows Vista

An earthquake in Japan killed 7 and caused a pipe at a nuclear power plant to break, releasing about 300 gallons of radioactive water.

and.. my aunt's female hamster ran away after eating her mate. (true story, I promise)

[loosefanbelt]

2006:

Enron trial
250th anniversary of the birth of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Mumbai train blasts
Amish school shooting
Google buys YouTube
'Crocodile Hunter' killed
Disney buys Pixar
Saddam Hussein verdict

[Nikita]

2005

- A stampede at the Mandher Devi temple in Mandhradevi during a religious pilgrimage in India kills at least 215, mostly women and children.
- The Internet site YouTube goes online.
- Pope John Paul II dies; over 4 million people travel to the Vatican to mourn him.
- W. Mark Felt is confirmed to be "Deep Throat."
- Hurricane Katrina strikes New Orleans

[Allie]

2004:

- Train bombings in Madrid
- Islamist terrorists murder about 340 held inside a school in Beslan, Russia
- George W. Bush wins a second term as U.S. president
- Great Indian Ocean Earthquake-Tsunami
- Ukraine presidential election declared fraudulent
- Martha Stewart sentenced to 5 months in prison

[Rudy]

In 2003:

Sodomy laws were declared unconstitutional in US by the Supreme Court. [ And what a relief! ;) ]

The Iraq War began with the U.S. invasion of Iraq.

The Human Genome Project was completed.

[altoid]

2002

*Queen Elizabeth, The Queen Mother died in her sleep (101 years old).

*The Mars Odyssey found signs of large water ice deposits on the planet Mars.

*U.S. Vice President Dick Cheney briefly served as acting president during President George W. Bush's colonoscopy.

*Slobodan Milosevic's trial on charges of crimes against humanity opened at The Hague.

[Rudy]

In 2001:

The Netherlands legalized same-sex marriages, becoming the first country to do so. [Interesting. I didn't realize it was such a new thing, even in Europe. Makes me feel a little better about the U.S. being "behind the times."]

Alabama Supreme Court Chief Justice Roy Moore installed a 2½ ton monument of the Ten Commandments in the Rotunda of the Judiciary Building. It was later removed, thankfully.

The September 11th attacks occurred.

The U.S. War in Afghanistan begins.

[Freedom Geek]

In 2000:
Many end of the world quacks were proven to be wrong.

[zibber]

1999

The year ended with many partying like it were actually 1999, it being 1999.

The euro is established. (Just a few years later it would be introduced, causing smart shopkeepers all over the EU to tinker with prices while people were still used to thinking in terms of their old currency.)

Napster debuts! (Weren't those the days?)

Big L dies.

[Rudy]

In 1998:

The U.S. Congress passed the "Iraq Liberation Act", which states that the United States wants to remove Saddam Hussein from power and replace the government with a democratic institution. The act was then signed into law by President Clinton. [This is, arguably, the first solid step towards the Iraq War.]

Google was incorporated as a privately owned company.

The European Court of Human Rights was instituted.

[zibber]

1997

Willem de Kooning dies.

Bill Clinton begins his second term.

Part of St. Francis of Assisi's basilica (in Assisi) collapses as a result of an earthquake

"Flyin' Brian Pillman" dies

ECWA holds the first annual Super 8 tournament

[Rudy]

The year 1996 was designated the International Year for the Eradication of Poverty. It didn't work.

In 1996:

The first version of the Java programming language was released.

A chess program, "Deep Blue", became the world chess champion.

"Dolly the sheep," the first successfully cloned animal, was born.

[Samoan Corleone]

1995

- South Africa wins The Rugby World Cup
- New Zealand wins The America's Cup (I remember watching that with my granddad)
- Bravehart wins Oscar for Best Picture
- Undertaker wins his match at Wrestlemania

[Rudy]

In 1994:

The North American Free Trade Agreement went into effect.

The first Australopithecus afarensis skull is reported found in Ethiopia.

The Rwandan Genocide occurred, with a death toll of near 1,000,000.

[loosefanbelt]

1993

Federal Agents raid religious cult Waco, Texas
Earthquake in India kills nearly 10,000 people
The World Wide Web was born at CERN
Islamic Fundamentalists bomb World Trade Center
Harley Davidson Motorcycles are 90 years old
Police officers are convicted in Rodney King case
Jurassic Park was the first film with DTS sound

[pocohauntus]

The News are right, the News are true
But if you believe THEM, the fool is you.

[Nikita]

1992

- Japan apologizes for forcing Korean women into sexual slavery during World War II.
- Boris Yeltsin announces that Russia will stop targeting United States cities with nuclear weapons.
- The Maastricht Treaty is signed, founding the European Union.
- China ratifies the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty.
- John Gotti convicted for murder and racketeering, receives life in prison
- EuroDisney opens
- Jay Leno takes over The Tonight Show following Johnny Carson's retirement
- Republic of Georgia becomes a member of the UN
- Hurricane Andrew hits Florida
- Russian serial killer Andrei Chikatilo convicted of 52 murders
- Depo Provera becomes an approved contraceptive in the U.S.
- Fire at Windsor Castle

[altoid]

1991

*Nirvana's Nevermind became the most popular album of the year
*Operation Desert Storm began
*Rodney King's beating by LAPD was captured on amateur video
*The "Super Nintendo" was released in the US
*Children's author Dr. Seuss died
*The Soviet Union officially ceased to exist

[Samoan Corleone]

1990

- I'm born
- Martin Scorsese releases Goodfellas, but loses the Best Picture Oscar to Kevin Costner's Dances With Wolves
- Nelson Mandela is released from prison
- Mama Said Knock You Out! LL Cool J's "triumphing comeback"
- Margaret Thatcher resigns as the British Prime Minister after 11 years in power
- Undertaker wins his match at Wrestlemania

[Rudy]

In 1989:

Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini placed a US $3-million bounty on the head of The Satanic Verses author Salman Rushdie.

The Tiananmen Square protests of 1989 occurred, culminating in the Tiananmen Square Massacre on June 4th.

The Wall Between East and West Germany is broken.

[zibber]

1988

I, five, get a NES with the Mario Bros/Duck Hunt combo cartidge.

Several high-profile indictments take place in the Iran-Contra affair.

The original George Bush wins the presidential election.

(Some wrestling stuff, of course: )

Ted Turner buys Jim Crockett Promotions (NWA Crockett) and turns it into WCW.

Arn Anderson and Tully Blanchard leave NWA/WCW to join WWF, breaking up the legendary Four Hoursemen stable.

Jim Duggan wins the first annual Royal Rumble.

Perry Saturn makes his debut!

[Rudy]

In 1987:

The constitution of the Philippines went into effect.

Edwards v. Aguillard: The Supreme Court of the United States ruled that a Louisiana law requiring that creation science be taught in public schools whenever evolution is taught is unconstitutional.

The First Intifada began in the Gaza Strip and West Bank.

[loosefanbelt]

1986
Challenger Disaster
Halley's Comet
Ferdinand Marcos out of the Philippines
Beatle records officially go on sale in Russia
U.S. bombs Libya
Chernobyl accident
Barbra Streisand's 1st live concert in 20 years
Statue of Liberty's 100th Anniversary
Desmond Tutu installed
Geraldo Rivera opens Al Capone's vault on TV & finds nothing
British Queen proclaims Australia as legally independent

[altoid]

1985:

FDA approved a blood test for HIV/AIDS
Mike Tyson makes his professional debut
Coca-Cola released New Coke
"We Are the World" topped the charts
The wreckage of the RMS Titanic is located

[Nikita]

1984

- Brunei becomes an independent state
- Sale of first Macintosh computer made by Apple
- Winter Olympics held in Sarajevo
- The longest game in Major League Baseball history begins at 7:30 PM between the Milwaukee Brewers and the Chicago White Sox. The game is played over the course of 2 days, lasting 25 innings, with a total time of 8 hours and 6 minutes.
- One dollar coin introduced in Australia
- The Indian government begins Operation Blue Star, the planned attack on the Golden Temple in Amritsar.
- The African republic Upper Volta changes its name to Burkina Faso.
- United States President Ronald Reagan, during a voice check for a radio broadcast remarks, "My fellow Americans, I'm pleased to tell you today that I've signed legislation that will outlaw Russia forever. We begin bombing in five minutes".
- The Cosby Show premieres
- Bhopal Disaster
- Hezbollah militants hijack a Kuwait Airlines plane and kill 4 passengers.
- LeBron James was born
- Andy Kaufman died
- Nobel Peace Prizes in Medicine awarded to: Niels Kaj Jerne, Georges J.F. Köhler, César Milstein
- Nobel Peace Prizes in Peace awarded to: Desmond Mpilo Tutu

[Rudy]

^ You forgot "Rudy Henkel enters the world." ;)

In 1983:

Kilauea began slowly erupting on the Big Island of Hawaii. It is still going today.

Ronald Reagan made his initial proposal to develop technology to intercept enemy missiles. The media dubbed this plan "Star Wars."

Microsoft Word was first released.

The first democratic elections in Argentina after 7 years of military rule are held.

The United Nations General Assembly passes United Nations Resolution 37, stating that the Soviet Union should withdraw from Afghanistan. [Oh, no! Not a resolution!] Interestingly enough, the Soviets decided not to withdraw from Afghanistan.

[loosefanbelt]

1982
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First CD player sold in Japan
Israeli forces invade Lebanon
Israeli returns Sinai to Egypt
Times man of The Year is THE COMPUTER
Human League - " Don't You Want Me Baby? "
International Whaling Commission decides to end commercial whaling
Michael Jackson releases Thriller
Severe recession begins in the United States
Vietnam Veterans Memorial in Washington DC is dedicated
Cost of a gallon of gas - 91 cents

[Harmony]

1981

I was born at 7 AM on Aug 7!
Howard Stern begins broadcasting on WWDC in Washington D.C.
2 workers killed in space shuttle Columbia accident
President Reagan shot and wounded by John W Hinckley III
Columbia space shuttle returns
Prince Charles of England weds Lady Diane Spencer
MTV premieres at 12:01 AM

[ClydeB]

1980

Here's ones I remember.


The wonderful world of Disney was cancelled after a 25 year run.
Israel and Egypt establish diplomatic relations.
The United States ice hockey team defeats the Soviet Union team at the Winter Olympic Games
Comedian Richard Pryor attempts to commit suicide by dousing himself with rum and setting it ablaze during a cocaine binge
Mark David Chapman murders former Beatle John Lennon

[loosefanbelt]

Mark David Chapman murders former Beatle John Lennon

Sad, sad day....

[Nikita]

1979

- Collapse of the Pol Pot/Khmer Rouge regime in Cambodia.
- Patty Hearst released from prison after Carter commuted her sentence.
- Khomeini seizes power in Iran.
- 30 minutes of snow in the Sahara Desert
- Mr. Ed ("talking" horse) dies.
- A Soviet biowarfare laboratory at Sverdlovsk accidentally releases airborne anthrax spores, killing 66 plus an unknown amount of livestock.
- Tanzanian troops take Kampala, the capital of Uganda; Idi Amin flees.
- Greenland gets home rule.
- Carmine Galante, boss of the Bonanno crime family, is assassinated.
- The first British nudist beach is established in Brighton.
- Beginning of comic strip For Better or For Worse.
- Saint Vincent and the Grenadines gains independence.
- Iran hostage crisis
- Soviet Union invades Afghanistan
- China implements One Child policy
- VisiCalc becomes the first commercial spreadsheet program.
- Evangeline Lilly born.
- Flo Rida born.
- Nelson Rockefeller dies.
- Conrad Hilton dies.
- Mother Teresa wins the Nobel Peace Prize in Peace.

[Rudy]

In 1978:

The Democratic Republic of Afghanistan was proclaimed, under pro-communist leader Nur Mohammed Taraki.

The Mormon Church stops being officially racist in its selection of priesthood.

"Garfield" made its debut.

Charon, a satellite of Pluto, was discovered.

John Paul II became the Pope of the Catholic Church, following the 33 day papacy of John Paul I.

Vietnam invaded Cambodia.

The Spanish Constitution officially ended 40 years of military dictatorship.

[Tragic Hero]

1990

- Undertaker wins his match at Wrestlemania

The Undertaker wasn't a WWF wrestler until November 1990; thus did not participate in that year's Wrestlemania. Perhaps you could replace it with; Ultimate Warrior wins "Champion vs Champion" at Wrestlemania.



Tragic Hero added to this post, 39 minutes and 45 seconds later...

In 1977:

Annie Hall wins 'Best Picture' at the Academy Awards.

Jimmy Carter is inaugurated as U.S President.

Australia's worst railway disaster occurs at Granville, killing 83.

Three members of Lynyrd Skynyrd die as a result of a plane crash.

Portland Trailblazers win the N.B.A Championship.

The last natural case of Smallpox is discovered in Somalia.

Spain has first democratic elections since Franco's regime.

Kerry Packer begins 'World Series Cricket'

[loosefanbelt]

1976
The Steadicam is used for the first time in Rocky
Viking I lands on Mars
Academy Award, Best Picture: One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
Cosmic string theory first postulated by Thomas Kibble
Record of the Year: "Love Will Keep Us Together," Captain and Tennille
Apple Computer is launched
Fidel Castro becomes The President of Cuba
Legionnaire's disease strikes 182, kills 29
Soweto riots in South Africa mark the beginning of the end of apartheid
The $2.00 bill was issued

[Nikita]

1975

- Altair 8800 is released, sparking the era of the microcomputer.
- Wheel of Fortune premieres on NBC
- Charlie Chaplin is knighted
- A Canadian parliamentary committee is televised for the first time.
- The Rocky Horror Picture Show opens on Broadway in NYC
- Bill Gates founded Microsoft
- The Suez Canal opens for the first time since the Six-Day War.
- Mozambique gains independence from Portugal.
- Helsinki Accords are signed.
- Suriname gained independence from the Kingdom of the Netherlands.
- IRA outlawed in the UK
- Portuguese Timor declares its independence from Portugal as East Timor.
- The term fractal is first used.
- Drew Barrymore, Eva Longoria, Fergie, Angelina Jolie, Russell Brand, KT Tunstall, Tobey Maguire, Charlize Theron, Marion Cotillard, Milla Jovovich, and Tiger Woods are born
- Nobel Prize in Physics awarded to: Aage Niels Bohr, Ben Roy Mottelson, and Leo James Rainwater

[graciela224]

1974
- Nixon refuses to surrender 500 tapes & documents which have been subpoenaed by the Senate Watergate Committee
- A soccer stampede occurs in Cairo, killing 49.
- A Turkish airline traveling from Paris to London crashes in a forest near Paris, killing 346 all aboard.
- Oil embargo crisis: the OPEC nations end a 5-mo. oil embargo against US, Europe & Japan.
- Super Outbreak: the largest series of tornadoes in history kills 315 and injures over 5,000 in 13 US states and 1 Canadian province.
- Steven King publishes his first novel, Carrie
- Ma'alot massacre: an Arab terrorist attack against an Israeli school kills 31 people, including 22 schoolchildren
- 33 people die and over 300 are wounded in Dublin bombings
- India successfully detonates its first nuclear weapon
- Alberta Williams King (MLK's mother) is killed during an Alabama church service
- Richard Nixon is charged with impeachment and shortly resigns thereafter
- smallpox epidemic in India
- world population reaches 4 billion people

[Rudy]

In 1973:

Roe v. Wade: The U.S. Supreme Court overturns state bans on abortions

U.S. Involvement in Vietnam ends with the Paris Peace Accords

The World Trade Center officially opens in New York

Federal Express begins operations

The Sears Tower in Chicago is finished, becoming the tallest building in the world

The U.S. launches its first space station: Skylab.

Televised hearings on the Watergate scandal begin.

Chile's democratically-elected government is overthrown in a military coup after serious instability. General Augusto Pinochet heads a U.S.-backed military junta that governs Chile for the next 16 years.

The "Yom Kippur War" occurs.

The American Psychiatric Association ceases to classify homosexuality as a disorder.

[Tragic Hero]

1972

Bobby Fischer becomes World Chess Champion in 'The Match of the Century'
'The Godfather' {arguably the most popular film of all time} is first seen in cinemas.
The Australian Liberal Party finally loses power after 23 years in Government.

[runoverazebra]

1971

Cigarette advertisements are banned on American television.

Women gain the right to vote in Switzerland.

A Los Angeles, California jury recommends the death penalty for Charles Manson and three female followers.

The Ed Sullivan Show goes off the air.

The 26th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, lowering the voting age to 18, is ratified as Ohio became the 38th state to approve it.

Singer Jim Morrison of The Doors is found dead of a heart attack in his bathtub.

Apollo 15 astronauts become the first to ride in a lunar rover.

Australia and New Zealand decide to withdraw their troops from Vietnam.

Walt Disney World opens.

[Tragic Hero]

1970{music edition apparently}

Jimi Hendrix dies

The Beatles break up

Heavy Metal music is born. Black Sabbath release their first album.

[Orion79]

1969

The Soviet Union launches Soyuz 5

The first pulsar is discovered in the crab nebula

Yasser Arafat becomes chairman of the Palestine Liberation Organization

Sirhan Sirhan admits to the murder of Robert Kennedy

The internet is born at UCLA with the publication of the RFC1 Host Software.

Woodstock festival and concert is held at Max Yasgur's 600 acre dairy farm.

Neil Armstrong and Edwin "Buzz" Aldrin of the Apollo 11 become the first people to set foot on the moon.

In November Apollo 12 astronauts Charles Conrad and Alan Bean become the third and forth people on the moon.

Coup in Libya brings Moammar Quaddafi to power.

The "Chicago 8" plead not guilty to federal charges of conspiracy to incite a riot at the 1968 Democratic National Convention.

[Synchronicity]

1968

-Swaziland becomes an independent state
-Debut of 60 Minutes on CBS
-Coup in Panama
-Coup in Iraq, too. Hussein becomes Vice Chairman.
-Yale announces it will admit women
-US Congress repeals the gold standard
-Release of 2001: A Space Odyssey

[Stratego]

1967


First space flight disaster: Soviet Soyuz crashes after orbit killing cosmonaut Komarov
First successful heart transplant
Movies first sold on videotape
The Beatles release "Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band"

[Synchronicity]

1966:

DEBUT OF STAR TREK, YEEHAW!
Indira Ghandi becomes PM of India
Barbados joins the UN
Ronald Regan is elected Governor of California
Daylight savings time is first observed in most of North America
The first space probe to orbit the moon, Luna 10, is launched by the USSR
De Gaulle announces the withdrawal of French troops from NATO
John Lennon makes people upset with his "more popular than Jesus" remark

[Josephine1012]

1965

-Sir Winston Churchill dies, gathering quite the crowd for the state assmebly at his funeral
-New red and white maple leaf design is inagurated as the flag of Canada
-Malcom X is assassinated
-Soviet cosmonaut Alexei Leonov is the first man to walk in space
-Palm Sunday Tornado Outbreak, estimated 56, confirmed 47 tornados hit 6 midwestern states.
-First Skateboarding Championship is held
-Cigarette advertising is banned on British TV
-Beatles perform first stadium concert in history in Shea Stadium in NYC
-Pillsbury Doughboy is created

[Rudy]

1964


The leaders of the Catholic and Orthodox churches met for the first time in hundreds of years.
For the first time, the US Surgeon General says that smoking may be hazardous to one's health.
On April 4, the Beatles hold the top 5 positions on the American Top 40 Singles chart.
The government of Italy asked for help to keep the Leaning Tower of Pisa from toppling over.
The gameshow, Jeopardy!, debuted.
Nelson Mandela made his "I Am Prepared to Die" speech at the opening of the Rivonia Trial
The Vatican condemned the female combined oral contraceptive pill.
President Lyndon Johnson signed the Civil Rights Act of 1964 into law, abolishing racial segregation in the United States.
The final Looney Toon is produced by the Warner Bros. Cartoon Division.
Malta declared independence from the United Kingdom.
The Vietnam War continues...

[Jonathan Brewer]

1963

The French vetoed the British bid to join the Common Market.
The Vietnamese military, with the backing of the United States Central Intelligence Agency (CIA), overthrew the regime of Ngo Dinh Diem.
On December 12, Great Britain granted Kenya independence within the British Commonwealth.
Representatives of 30 of the 32 independent nations of Africa met in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia to form the Organization of African Unity (OAU). An outgrowth of the Pan-Africanist movement begun by W. E. B. Du Bois and other African-American intellectuals, the OAU was intended to foster unity among African nations. Headquarters were established in Addis Ababa. The organization stood for the eradication of colonialism, mutual defense and the promotion of the economic and social welfare of member states. The OAU was successful in mediating conflicts between Algeria and Morocco (1965), Somalia and Ethiopia and Somalia and Kenya (1965-67), but fared poorly in its dealings with the Nigerian-Biafra Civil War (1968-70). Repeated attempts in the 1970's and 1980's to move the continent toward greater economic integration also failed and, by the 1990's, the OAU spoke with a voice that rang with little authority.
The first test ban agreement between the United States and the Soviet Union was ratified by the Senate on October 10. The agreement banned the above-ground testing of nuclear weapons.
Betty Friedan wrote The Feminine Mystique. The book issued a call to modern women to throw off their traditional roles, which were dependent on men, and establish independent identities.
On June 11, 1963, two black students were admitted to the University of Alabama. This occured after an unsuccessful attempt by Governor George Wallace to block their admission. President Kennedy ordered the national guard federalized to insure their admittance, and gave an impassioned speech to the nation on the subject.
On June 12, Medgar Evers, the NAACP field secretary for Mississippi, was assassinated by Byron De La Beckwith. It took almost 33 years to bring the assassin to justice.
Two hundred thousand people participated in the largest non-violent demonstration ever held to support the passage of civil rights legislation. At the rally, Dr. Martin Luther King stated: "I have a dream that one day this nation will rise up and live out the true meaning of its creed: we hold these truths to be self evident; that all men are created equal."
President Kennedy made a truimphant visit to Europe. He visited West Germany and West Berlin, where he was met by a degree of enthusiasm usually reserved for a movie star. He also visited his ancestral home, Ireland. While in Rome, John F. Kennedy, a Roman Catholic, was greeted by the Pope as President Kennedy, Head of State.
On November 22, while visiting Dallas, Texas, President Kennedy was assassinated by Lee Harvey Oswald. The assassination shocked the world and marked the end of an era in American history.
Approval was given for a vaccine against measles. John Enders developed the vaccine.
In the worst post-war US submarine disaster, the USS Tresher sunk in the Altantic with all men aboard. None of the men were recovered.

[Synchronicity]

1962


Western Samoa becomes independent
So does Jamaica
And Algeria, which is later accepted into the UN
And Trinidad and Tobago
And Rwanda
And Burundi
And Uganda. It's a party, isn't it.
Premiere of Dr. No, the first James Bond film
The beginning (and end) of the Cuban Missile Crisis
The beginning (and end) of the Sino-Indian War
"My Bonnie", the Beatles' first record, is released
Launch of the Mariner 1 and 2 space probes
Debut of both Spider-Man and The Hulk

[Solus]

1961


The construction of the Berlin Wall started.
Ireland, the United Kingdom and Denmark formally applied to join the European Communities.
The Soviet Union detonated the so-called Tsar Bomba, the largest, most powerful nuclear weapon ever detonated.
Yuri Gagarin became the first human in outer space and the first to orbit the Earth
Amnesty International was created
The French police' attack of an unarmed and peaceful demonstration of some 30,000 Algerians in Paris left some 200 protestors dead.
Adolf Eichmann's trial took place before an Israeli court in Jerusalem.
Carl Jung died.
Ernest Hemingway committed suicide.
U Thant elected as UN Secretary General.
J.F. Kennedy became US President

[Quite8the8bell]

1960

*Sit-ins against segregation began when black college students demonstrated at the Woolworth lunch counter in Greensboro

*Summer Olympic games were held in Rome

*John F. Kennedy was elected US president

*US senate passes Civil Rights Bill

[skycloud86]

1959

Mar 07 The first aviator to fly a million miles (1.61 Mkm) in a jet (MC Garlow)

Mar 05 Iran & US sign economic & military treaty

Mar 10 Uprising against Chinese occupation force in Lhasa Tibet

Mar 16 Iraq &USSR sign economic/technical treaty

Mar 24 Iraq withdraws from the Baghdad Pact

Mar 03 British government arrests Hastings Banda of Nyasaland, ends emergency crisis

Mar 12 US House joins Senate approving Hawaii statehood

Mar 17 Australia and USSR restore diplomatic relations

Mar 09 The first known radar contact is made with Venus

Mar 04 US Pioneer IV misses Moon & becomes 2nd (US 1st) artificial planet

Mar 09 Barbie, the popular girls' doll, debuted, over 800 million sold

Mar 25 French President De Gaulle acknowledges Oder-Neisse boundary

Mar 31 The Dalai Lama, fleeing the Chinese suppression of a national uprising in Tibet, crosses the border into India, where he is granted political asylum

Mar 01 Beverly Hanson wins LPGA Golden Triangle Festival Golf Tournament

Mar 07 West Indies all out 76 vs Pakistan at Dacca, Fazal Mahmood 6-34

Mar 17 Dalai Lama flees Tibet for India

Mar 15 Robert Foster sets record by staying underwater 13 minutes 42.5 seconds

Mar 03 First US probe to enter solar orbit, Pioneer 4, is launched

Mar 08 Pro-Egyptian coup fails in Mosul Iraq

Mar 06 11th Emmy Awards Playhouse 90, Jack Benny Show, Raymond Burr

Mar 29 Wes Hall takes Pakistani cricket hat-trick at Lahore

Mar 06 Raymond Burr wins for best actor in a series at the 11th Emmy Awards for his work in TV's Perry Mason.

Mar 07 Melvin C. Garlow became the first pilot to fly over a million miles in jet airplanes.

Mar 26 Test debut for Mushtaq Mohammad vs West Indies age 15 years 124 days

Mar 11 The new home of the San Francisco Giants baseball team was officially named Candlestick Park.

Mar 29 "Some Like it Hot" with Marilyn Monroe & Jack Lemmon premieres

Mar 04 Pioneer 4 becomes the first American spacecraft to flyby the Moon

Mar 06 11th Emmy Awards: Playhouse 90, Jack Benny Show, Raymond Burr

Mar 03 The new home of the San Francisco Giants baseball team was officially named Candlestick Park.

Mar 08 Groucho, Chico &Harpo's final TV appearance together

Mar 01 Archbishop Makarios returns to Cyprus after 3 years

Mar 29 Barthelemy Boganda, first president of the Central African Republic, is killed in a plane crash.

Mar 06 Farthest radio signal heard (Pioneer IV, 400,000 miles)

Mar 28 11 days after Tibet uprising, China dissolves Tibet's government & installs Panchen Lama

Mar 18 U.S. President Dwight D. Eisenhower signs the Hawaiian statehood bill into law, approving the entrance of Hawaii into the United States pending approval by the electorate of the Pacific Ocean island chain

Mar 19 "1st Impressions" opens at Alvin Theater NYC for 84 performances

Mar 12 Dutch Liberal Party wins 2nd parliamentary elections

Mar 11 The HSS-2 amphibian all-weather anti submarine warfare helicopter made its first flight

Aug 24 Hiram L Fong sworn in as first Chinese-American senator while Daniel K Inouye sworn in as first Japanese-American Rep (Both from Hawaii)

Aug 31 Australia defeats US for tennis' Davis Cup

Aug 17 7.1 quake strikes Yellowstone National Park

Aug 16 USSR introduces installment buying

Aug 27 Off Cape Canaveral, FL, USS Observation Island (EAG-154) makes first shipboard launching of a Polaris missile.

Aug 07 Explorer 6 transmits first TV photo of Earth from space

Aug 21 Hawaii becomes 50th US state

Aug 20 Marine Helicopter Squadron 261, operating from the amphibious assault ship Thetis Bay, completed a week of relief operations in flood-stricken Taiwan in which it airlifted 1,600,540 pounds of cargo and 833 passengers on 898 missions.

Aug 12 The first ship firing of a Polaris missile, Observation Island

Aug 17 ADM Arleigh Burke reappointed CNO for 3rd 2 year term, serving longest term as CNO

Sep 06 Mattel's Barbie doll goes on sale for the first time; she's still popular today.

Sep 12 The Television show "Bonanza" premiers

Sep 17 Typhoon kills 2,000 in Japan and Korea

Sep 19 Nikita Krushchev is denied access to Disneyland

Sep 12 Luna 2 launched by USSR; first spacecraft to impact on the Moon

Sep 18 Vanguard 3 launched into Earth orbit

Sep 12 Luna 2, of the USSR, became to first spacecraft to crash on the moon

Sep 29 Sultan of Brunei promulgates a constitution

Sep 27 Typhoon Vera, hits Japanese island of Honshu, kills nearly 5,000

Sep 13 USSR's Luna 2 becomes first probe to contact another celestial body

Sep 27 Soviet leader Nikita Khrushchev concludes his US visit

Sep 28 Explorer VI reveals an intense radiation belt around the Earth

Sep 27 Nearly 5000 people die when a typhoon hits the Japanese island of Honshu.

Sep 15 Soviet Premier Khrushchev arrives in US to begin a 13-day visit

[Quite8the8bell]

1958

-Empire Games held in Cardiff
-Nikita Krushchev becomes Soviet leader
Popular Songs of 1958
1."At the Hop" ... Danny and the Juniors
2."Don't I Beg of You" ... Elvis Presley
3."Tequila" ... The Champs
4."Twilight Time" ... The Platters
5."Witch Doctor" ... David Seville
6."All I Have to Do is Dream" ... Everly Brothers
7."The Purple People Eater" ... Sheb Wooley
8."Hard Headed Woman" ... Elvis Presley
9."Poor Little Fool" ... Ricky Nelson
10."Volare" ... Domenico Modugno

Top Movies
1. The Bridge on the River Kwai
2. Peyton Place
3. Sayonara
4. No Time for Sergeants
5. The Vikings
6. Search for Paradise
7. South Pacific
8. Cat on a Hot Tin Roof
9. Raintree Country
10. Old Yeller

-Jan 24, After warming to 100,000,000 degrees, 2 light atoms were bashed together to create a heavier atom, resulting in the 1st man-made nuclear fusion.

[Moriarty]

1957:


October 4 – Space Age – Sputnik program: The Soviet Union launches Sputnik 1, the first artificial satellite to orbit the earth.

December 6 – First U.S. attempt to launch a satellite fails, the rocket blowing up on the launch pad.

[Quite8the8bell]

1956

US condemns England, France and Israel

Soviet troops and tanks crush anti-Communist uprisings in Hungary (November).

Elvis Presley records "Hound Dog"

Nikita Khrushchev, First Secretary of USSR Communist Party, denounces Stalin's excesses (Feb. 24).

Morocco gains independence from France (March 1) and Spain (April 7).

[Zzyber]

1955

Albert Einstein, the worlds greatest genius, dies at age 76.

Polio shots are given in schools for the first time.

The famous “Don’t Walk” signs are introduced to the streets of New York City.

Instant Oatmeal is invented by the Quaker Oats Company.

West Germany is admitted into NATO May 9. The Soviets counter NATO with creation of the Warsaw Pact, signed by eight countries May 14.

Crest, the first toothpaste with fluoride clinically proven to fight cavities, was introduced.

Congress authorizes all US currency and coins to say "In God We Trust"

James Dean is killed in an automobile accident when his Porche 550 Spyder crashes near Paso Robles, California.

[Synchronicity]

1954

-Beginning of the Algerian War of Independence
-Beginning of the First Indochina War
-Coups in Guatemala and Paraguay
-Death of Alan Turing :(
-First transistor radio is developed :cheesy:
-First Burger King opens :yuck:
-The Nautilus, the world's first nuclear sub, is commissioned and launched :evil:
-Premiere of the first Godzilla movie in Japan :popcorn:
-"Under God" is added to the US pledge of allegiance :suspicious:

[ssrprotege]

1953

- Tangiwai Disaster
- Korean War Armistice signed on July 27
- Official publication on the discovery of REM sleep
- Crick and Watson publish their observation of DNA (double-helix)
- Death of Joseph Stalin
- Lari Massacre in Kenya

[dragonsscout]

1952

The word 'smog' is coined
IKE wins US elections
First hydrogen bomb tested
First open-heart surgery
Egyptian king deposed, Nasser assumes effective power in Egypt
European Coal and Steel Community formed
Marshall Plan ends in Europe
US Special Forces created
Diary of Anne Frank published
First official government of the state of India is established
UK develops nuclear weapons
A mechanical heart is used for the first time on a human
George VI dies, Elizabeth II becomes Queen of the UK and Canada

[Rudy]

1951

The new UN headquarters officially opens in New York
China is declared the aggressor in the Korean War by the new UN assembly.
Avalanches in the Alps kill 240 people, and cause massive destruction.
22nd amendment to the US Constitution limits US presidents to two terms (after that power-hungry socialist, FDR is finally gone...)
General Douglas MacArthur is relieved of his Far Eastern commands.
The first thermonuclear weapon is tested by the US
Tibet signs "agreement" affirming Chinese sovereignty over the country.
The ANZUS defense treaty between Australia, the US and New Zealand, still in force today, is signed.
The Treaty of San Fransisco formally ends the Pacific War.
I Love Lucy debuts.
The world's first experimental nuclear power plant opens.

[themuzicman]

1950

Senator Joseph McCarthy accuses the United States State Department of being filled with Communists.
Klaus Fuchs is convicted of spying for the Soviet Union by giving them top secret atomic bomb data.
Apartheid: In South Africa, the Group Areas Act is passed formally segregating races.
Guam is organized as a United States commonwealth.
The "Beetle Bailey" comic strip begins.
The comic strip Peanuts by Charles M. Schulz is first published in seven US newspapers.
The Federal Communications Commission issues the first license to broadcast television in color, to CBS

[runoverazebra]

1949

*The North Atlantic Treaty is signed by Belgium, Canada, Denmark, France, Great Britain, Iceland, Italy, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Norway, Portugal and the United States.
*The first stored-program computer, begins operation at Cambridge University, the United Kingdom.
*The Soviet Union tests an atomic bomb.
*The Berlin blockade is rescinded by the Soviets.
*Dystopian future novel Nineteen Eighty-Four published by George Orwell.
*In China, Communists under Mao Zedong force Chiang Kai-shek's KMT government to retreat to Taiwan.
*Joe DiMaggio of the NY Yankees became the 1st $100,000/year baseball player.

[ssrprotege]

1950

Senator Joseph McCarthy accuses the United States State Department of being filled with Communists.
Klaus Fuchs is convicted of spying for the Soviet Union by giving them top secret atomic bomb data.
Apartheid: In South Africa, the Group Areas Act is passed formally segregating races.
Guam is organized as a United States commonwealth.
The "Beetle Bailey" comic strip begins.
The comic strip Peanuts by Charles M. Schulz is first published in seven US newspapers.
The Federal Communications Commission issues the first license to broadcast television in color, to CBS

+ Korean War broke out June 25, 1950 :)

1948

President Truman signs the Marshall Plan
Birth of Brian Eno
Hells Angels was founded in California
Gerard Kuiper discovered Miranda, the innermost moon of Uranus.
International war tribunals at Japan convicted seven Japanese officials to executions.
Korean Constitution was proclaimed (Juny 17)
The Republic of Korea was established. Syngman Rhee became the first president of the Republic of Korea (August 15).

[Quite8the8bell]

1947

-First supersonic flight.
-First Of The Dead Sea Scrolls Found in caves near Wadi Qumran.
-Transistor invented.
-Ferrari begins production of Italian sports cars after having been involved in motor racing since 1929.
-The US Gives $400 million in aid to Greek and Turkish governments to help fight the growth in communism.
-The first Edinburgh International Festival and Edinburgh Fringe festival opens for the performing arts.
-The coldest temp in North America ( −63 °C )is recorded at Snag, Yukon, Canada.

[reb]

1946

Austrian republic with 1937 borders recognized by allies

first meeting of united nations held in London

project Diana bounces radar waves off the moon, determining exact distance between the blue planet and it's orbiter

Central Intelligence Group is founded (CIA)

Bank of England is nationalized

Juan Peron elected Pres of Argentina

British troops withdraw from Iran; Soviets do not

Ho Chi Minh signs agreement with France recognizing Vietnam as autonomous state in French Union

14 meter tsunami strikes Hawaii's Big Island

Los Alamos Lab-Dr. Louis Slotin receives fatal dose of radiation

Laurence Olivier's film 'Henry V' opens in the u.s.

bikinis go on sale in Paris

violence between Hindus and Muslims in Calcutta leaves 3000 dead

Mensa International founded in the UK

8 British servicemen are killed in Jerusalem by Jewish nationalists

Frank Capra's 'It's a Wonderful Life' is released

The 20 mm M61 Vulcan Gatling gun contract is released

rebel sticks head into world, starts screaming

credits, all but last, wikipedia; credit for last goes to lust

[ssrprotege]

1945

- Japanese occupation of Korea ended on August 15 as Japan lost WWII; Korea gained independence. :)
- Death of Anne Frank, a few weeks before the Western Allies could have saved her :(
- The UN charter signed
- Churchill resigned as the prime minister; Attlee succeeds
- The BBC Light Programme radio station was launched
- Vietnam War and Chinese Civil War resulted in the establishment of communist governments
- Women were allowed to vote in France, starting October 21
- Nuremberg tribunal begins on November
- The Berklee College of Music was founded in Boston.

[Synchronicity]

1944

We're starting to get into my favorite years.

D-Day: Operation Overlord begins
Operation Overlord ends with the liberation of Paris
Operation Market Garden, the largest airborne operation in history, begins
The Battle of the Bulge occurs
London is hit by a V2 rocket for the first time
Hitler survives an attempt on his life :angry:
Iceland becomes independent from Denmark
General Erwin Rommel commits suicide :sick:
Hideki Tojo resigns as Prime Minister of Japan
The Volksstrum (To view links or images in this forum your post count must be 15 or greater. You currently have 0 posts.) is created. Sure sucks to be them.
FDR wins the 1944 United States Presidential Election, becoming the only president to serve four terms
Finland and the Soviet Union make peace

[Quite8the8bell]

1943

4 Jan Operation Ring approved by STAVKA - Russian HQ. It entails the destruction of the German VI Army at Stalingrad, unit by unit.

25 July Mussolini is arrested.

Battle of Kursk (largest tank battle)

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February saw German surrender at Stalingrad: the first major defeat of Hitler's armies. Battle continued to rage in the Atlantic, and one four-day period in March saw 27 merchant vessels sunk by German U-boats.

A combination of long-range aircraft and the codebreakers at Bletchley, however, were inflicting enormous losses on the U-boats. Towards the end of May Admiral Dönitz withdrew the German fleet from the contended areas - the Battle of the Atlantic was effectively over.

In mid-May German and Italian forces in North Africa surrendered to the Allies, who used Tunisia as a springboard to invade Sicily in July. By the end of the month Mussolini had fallen, and in September the Italians surrendered to the Allies, prompting a German invasion into northern Italy.

Mussolini was audaciously rescued by a German task force, led by Otto Skorzeny, and established a fascist republic in the north. German troops also engaged the Allies in the south - the fight through Italy was to prove slow and costly.

In the Pacific, US forces overcame the Japanese at Guadalcanal, and British and Indian troops began their guerrilla campaign in Burma. American progress continued in the Aleutian Islands, New Guinea and the Solomon Islands.

As the Russian advance on the Eastern Front gathered pace, recapturing Kharkov and Kiev from Germany, Allied bombers began to attack German cities in enormous daylight air raids. The opening of the Second Front in Europe, long discussed and always postponed, was being prepared for the following year.

[Night Runner]

1942

Declaration of United Nations signed by 26 Allied Nations.

SS leader Heydrich holds Wannsee Conference to plan the "Final Solution" (Holocaust of Jews).

Japanese forces take Manila, Philippines.

General Douglas MacArthur leaves Philippines, arrives in Australia.

United States forces on Bataan peninsula surrender April 9th. "Bataan Death March"

Heydrich attacked and fatally wounded in Prague. Nazi's destroy town of Lidice in reprisal.

Battle of Stalingrad begins.

British Army led by Montgomery, defeat Rommel's German Afrika Corps at the Battle of El Alamein.

Allied invasion of Northwest Africa (Operation Torch)

Enrico Fermi sets up first atomic reactor at Chicago.

[Quite8the8bell]

1941

-RCA demonstrates a new simplified electron microscope that magnifies up to 100,000 times.

-Japanese bomb Pearl Harbor, Hawaii; also attack the Philippines, Wake Island, Guam, Malaya, Thailand, Shanghai and Midway.

-Germany attacks the Soviet Union and then begins an all out offensive of Moscow.

-Hitler and Mussolini announce they are at war with America who retaliates with its own declaration of war .

-Enigma Code Is Broken.

[MikeAZ]

•Selective Training and Service Act signed into law as first peacetime military draft in United States history

•The first Social Security benefit checks are paid out


•France falls to Germany in six weeks

[CatalystAK]

1939

Hitler's Nazi Germany attacks Poland, the opening attacks of WW2

Batman has his Comic debut

"Gone With The Wind" premieres

Einstein sends a letter to FDR, urging the development of Nuclear Weapons program knows as the Manhattan Project.