Tuesday, June 12, 2007

The year I was born

I saw this quiz over at Skittles, so I decided to see what my birth year brought to the world.

In 1968 (the year you were born)

Lyndon B. Johnson is president of the US

North Koreans seize USS Pueblo and 83 man crew in the Sea of Japan

Communist troops attack Saigon and 30 province capitals in the "Tet Offensive"

Martin Luther King is assassinated in Memphis, TN

Senator Robert F. Kennedy is shot in California after celebrating presidential primary victories

American troops destroy a town in South Vietnam in the "My Lai Massacre"

Peggy Fleming wins Olympics figure skating gold medal

The United States Congress repeals the requirement for a gold reserve to back US currency

Student protesters at Columbia University in New York City take over administration buildings and shut down the university

LL Cool J, Lisa Marie Presley, Jeri Ryan, Lucy Lawless, Celine Dion, Traci Lords, Tony Hawk, Kylie Minogue, and Sammy Sosa are born

Detroit Tigers win the World Series

Green Bay Packers win Superbowl II

Montreal Canadians win the Stanley Cup

2001: A Space Odyssey and Planet of the Apes are the top grossing movies

The rock musical Hair opens on Broadway

The Beatles' White Album and Simon and Garfunkel's Bookends are released

Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In, debuts on NBC


Geez, two major figures were assasinated that year! Maybe I should have held on in the womb for about another month and made it to 1969. But my momma probably wouldn't have been too wild about that idea!

6 tossed two cents in the coffee can:

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Squirrel said...

My sister was born in 1968. I was a 66 baby.

Comedy + said...

You are such a young one. No, I don't think your mother would have like it at all. :)

MUD said...

Got married and spent the rest of the year of 1968 in Vietnam. It has all been uphill since then. Did you see Kriss's picture with the Porn Star?
MUD

Skittles said...

1968 huh? Then I must have been.. um... (counting on fingers and toes).. 12!!!

Thanks for the link :)

Katkat said...

Fun I'll have to try it.