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August 21, 2005

Me an the Beatles Arrived the Same Year

In 1962 (the year you were born)
John F. Kennedy is president of the US

John Glenn becomes the first American in orbit when he circles the earth three times in the Mercury capsule Friendship 7

Cuban Missile Crisis occurs when Soviet offensive missile build-up is discovered

Cuban Missile Crisis is averted when President Kennedy and Soviet premiere Krushchev agree to remove missiles

Maryiln Monroe is found dead in her Los Angeles home

The drug thalidomide is recalled when it becomes linked with severe birth defects in thousands of children worldwide

Pantyhose becomes available for sale in U.S. department stores

Jim Carrey, Sheryl Crow, Jon Bon Jovi and Tom Cruise are born

New York Yankees win the World Series

Green Bay Packers win the NFL championship

Toronto Maple Leafs win the Stanley cup

Lawrence of Arabia wins the Oscar for best picture

The Beatles release their first recording: the single "Love Me Do"/"P.S. I Love You"

Johnny Carson debuts as host of The Tonight Show

What Happened the Year You Were Born?
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Posted by Liz at August 21, 2005 09:58 AM




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Posted by: Mary  |  August 22, 2005 05:31 PM

Thanks for my birthday wish. My dad bought me a whole book about what was going on in 1965. It was pretty cool and a nice keepsake. I think I am all Mojito and Martini'd out - what a year!
Love and blessings,
M



Posted by: Tony  |  August 22, 2005 06:43 PM

See if you can guess the year (one of these may not be true....)


In ****(the year you were born)


Birth of the Qianlong Emperor, the fourth governor of the Manchus Qing Dynasty.


John Shore invents the tuning fork


The London premiere of Rinaldo by George Friderich Handel, the first Italian opera written for the London stage.


Alexander Pope publishes An Essay on Criticism


Yostos kills Tewoflos, becomes Emperor of Ethiopia.


death of Nicolas Boileau-Despreaux, French poet and critic


Wenzel Anton von Kaunitz, David Hume, William IV of Orange, and William Boyce are born


Milwaukee Brewers win World Series


French troops occupy Rio de Janeiro


"The Spectator" began publishing in London.


THE LIFE AND Notable AdventuresOF THAT Renown'd Knight Don Quixote De la MANCHA. Merrily Translated into Hudibrastick Verse is published


Enactment of the world's first copyright legislation, Britain's Act for the Encourage of Learning is published



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