1991: Nadine Gordimer of South Africa is awarded the Nobel Peace prize. And I was born!
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![]()
There once was a scotsman named Drew
Who put too much wine in his stew
He felt a bit drunk
And fell off his bunk
And landed smack into his shoe ~(C) Ms Niamh Anne King
1989 - The Fall of the Berlin Wall
"...if you weren't smart enough to get a pedophile in a dress to put a small amount of water on the child’s forehead, then what the eff did you think was going to happen?
1988 - George H. W. Bush is elected 41th President of the United States
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"Where mind meets matter, both should woo!"Currently reading:
* Paradise Lost by John Milton
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1987 - U2's The Joshua Tree is released, and it's a really good album![]()
There is no darkness, there is no light, there is only Lasagne!
Wooops ! I'm embarassedI 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
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)
"Where mind meets matter, both should woo!"Currently reading:
* Paradise Lost by John Milton
1985- Live aid concerts rais over £50 million for famine relief.
My mission in life is to make YOU smile![]()
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"The time has come," the Walrus said,"To talk of many things:
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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.
I am the music floating free, I am the puppet trapped in the box... I am the cascades flowing tranquilly, I am the lava bursting from the mouth of the volcano... I am the rose blooming in a winter storm, I am the frost-bite on your finger in June... I am knowledge, I am ignorance... I am full of likenesses, I am full of contradictions.
~Me
1983--January 22 - Björn Borg retires from tennis after winning 5 consecutive Wimbledon championships.
Some of us laugh
Some of us cry
Some of us smoke
Some of us lie
But it's all just the way
that we cope with our lives...
1982 ~ 1st reports appear of death from cyanide-laced Tylenol capsules.
the luminous grass of the prairie hides
feet lovely and still as sleeping doves,
porcelain bones strong enough to carry a life,
but weighty and unmovable
As black Dakota hills. ~ Riesa
1981 - Greece becomes a member of the European Community
“I know that you believe you understand what you think I said, but I'm not sure you realize that what you heard is not what I meant.”- Robert McCloskey
1980--January 11 - Nigel Short, 14, is the youngest chess player to be awarded the degree of International Master.
Some of us laugh
Some of us cry
Some of us smoke
Some of us lie
But it's all just the way
that we cope with our lives...
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).
Hanlon's Razor: "Never attribute to malice that which can be adequately explained by stupidity."
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.
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"It is not that I am mad; it is only that my head is different from yours.”
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1977 - STAR WARS Episode IV: A New Hope appears in theaters. That's historic enough for me.![]()
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Por una cabeza
Si ella me olvida
Qué importa perderme
Mil veces la vida
Para qué vivir