1991: Nadine Gordimer of South Africa is awarded the Nobel Peace prize. And I was born!
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1991: Nadine Gordimer of South Africa is awarded the Nobel Peace prize. And I was born!
1990 - Glasgow is declared the European City of Culture :rolleyes:
1989 - The Fall of the Berlin Wall
1988 - George H. W. Bush is elected 41th President of the United States
count backwards choco cookie! count backwards
1987 - U2's The Joshua Tree is released, and it's a really good album :D
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Originally Posted by AimusSage
Wooops ! I'm embarassed :blush: I thought this was similar to the "Count to 10 000"-thread where posting historical events is a must...
Thanks for rectifying, maybe no one will notice :p
The right way now:
1986 - 24. Januar: The American spacecraft Voyager 2 passes Uranus and sends several pictures of the planet and its moons. (This might be interesting for the one of us ruling Uranus :) )
1985- Live aid concerts rais over £50 million for famine relief.
1984, February.
Anne Dobie Peebles of Sussex County, a 1944 alumna of the College of William and Mary, was elected the first woman rector in William and Mary's history.
1983--January 22 - Björn Borg retires from tennis after winning 5 consecutive Wimbledon championships.
1982 ~ 1st reports appear of death from cyanide-laced Tylenol capsules.
1981 - Greece becomes a member of the European Community
1980--January 11 - Nigel Short, 14, is the youngest chess player to be awarded the degree of International Master.
1979: The first human-powered aircraft flies across the English Channel: Bryan Allen pilots the Gossamer Albatross from Folkestone, England, to Cap Gris-Nez, France (June 12).
1978
- Pope John Paul II becomes the first non-Italian pope in centuries.
- The first computer bulletin board system is created.
- Garfield debuts in newspapers.
1977 - STAR WARS Episode IV: A New Hope appears in theaters. That's historic enough for me. :D :cool: