I found this over at Comedy Plus’s place, and I thought I’d give it a go. So i did. Some of these things I knew (JFK met with his fate in Dallas 4 days before I was born), most of them I did not. I’m so happy about the bit on television remote controls though…
In 1963 (the year you were born) |
Lyndon B. Johnson becomes president of the US The atomic powered submarine, Thresher, sinks in the North Atlantic killing 129 A civil rights rally held by 200,000 blacks and whites, features Dr. Martin Luther King’s “I Have a Dream” speech President John F. Kennedy is assassinated as he rides in a motorcade through downtown Dallas Betty Friedan publishes The Feminine Mystique, launching a middle-class feminist movement Michael Jordan, Quentin Tarantino, Conan O’Brien, Johnny Depp, and Brad Pitt are born The Beatles receive their first #1 hit single, when “Please Please Me” tops the charts in the UK Astroboy (known as Mighty Atom in Japanese) Japan’s first ever anime was launched NBC expands its evening network news program to 30 minutes The television remote control is authorized by the FCC |
Now it’s your turn!
Stumble it!
