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Subject: What year were you born in ? A very simple poll !

Written By: FussBudgetVanPelt on 05/29/04 at 5:58 pm

I am starting from 1990, and will go down to the 40's to allow for Hoogbest  :)

Also, please try to tell us all a little something that happened in your birth year  :)

Subject: Re: What year were you born in ? A very simple poll !

Written By: FussBudgetVanPelt on 05/29/04 at 6:01 pm

I was born in 1961

The Berlin Wall was put up in my year.  ::)

Subject: Re: What year were you born in ? A very simple poll !

Written By: Paul on 05/29/04 at 6:09 pm

1967...summer of love and all that malarkey...

This was the year the first heart transplant was performed...

Muhammad Ali was stripped of his world boxing titles for refusing to be drafted into action in Vietnam...

And the first British football team won the European Champions' Cup...and typically, it went to the Jocks! Glasgow Celtic, to be precise...beating Inter Milan 2-1...

Subject: Re: What year were you born in ? A very simple poll !

Written By: woops on 05/29/04 at 6:16 pm

early 1984  a good year in music...Madonna, Michael Jackson, Cyndi Lauper, Van Halen, Bruce Sprinsteen, Duran Duran, ETC.


...technicalllly 2002  :) Don't really know much pop culture wise...

Subject: Re: What year were you born in ? A very simple poll !

Written By: AL-B on 05/29/04 at 6:21 pm

1970...the major events that stood out were the killings of the students at Kent State by National Guardsmen and the ill-fated Apollo 13 mission. Also, one of my favorite albums came out that year--"Funhouse" by the Stooges.

Subject: Re: What year were you born in ? A very simple poll !

Written By: CeramicsFanatic on 05/29/04 at 6:46 pm

1966


I don't know of anything Earth-shattering that happened that year.  :-\\

Subject: Re: What year were you born in ? A very simple poll !

Written By: FussBudgetVanPelt on 05/29/04 at 6:51 pm


1966


I don't know of anything Earth-shattering that happened that year.  :-\\


Had you been English you would have had something to say !  But I will leave that to them to reveal  ;)

In Aus, it was the year year we changed to decimal currency  :)

Subject: Re: What year were you born in ? A very simple poll !

Written By: CeramicsFanatic on 05/29/04 at 6:55 pm




Had you been English you would have had something to say !  But I will leave that to them to reveal  ;)

In Aus, it was the year year we changed to decimal currency  :)


Hmmm....now you have me curious!  Paul?  Bobby?  ;)

Subject: Re: What year were you born in ? A very simple poll !

Written By: FussBudgetVanPelt on 05/29/04 at 6:58 pm




Hmmm....now you have me curious!  Paul?  Bobby?   ;)


Lemme know if you don't get an answer in time, CF, and I will spill it  :)

Subject: Re: What year were you born in ? A very simple poll !

Written By: Dagwood on 05/29/04 at 7:08 pm

1971...not sure of anything earthshattering, but Nixon was president.  Also, A Clockwork Orange came out.

Subject: Re: What year were you born in ? A very simple poll !

Written By: Paul on 05/29/04 at 7:08 pm



Had you been English you would have had something to say !  But I will leave that to them to reveal  ;)



Ah! Keep her guessin'...!!

But, I can tell you Karen, on the exact day you were born...

The State Opening of the UK Parliament was televised for the very first time...(a little-known fact you can drop at dinner parties...!)

We lost Walt Disney that year, along with Montgomery Clift...

Subject: Re: What year were you born in ? A very simple poll !

Written By: CeramicsFanatic on 05/29/04 at 7:13 pm




Ah! Keep her guessin'...!!

But, I can tell you Karen, on the exact day you were born...

The State Opening of the UK Parliament was televised for the very first time...(a little-known fact you can drop at dinner parties...!)

We lost Walt Disney that year, along with Montgomery Clift...


So you're not going to fill me in regarding the 'big one', eh?  Gee, thanks.  :(

I had indeed heard that Walt Disney passed away that year....it was just stuck in the back on my brain.

Subject: Re: What year were you born in ? A very simple poll !

Written By: CatwomanofV on 05/29/04 at 7:20 pm

Technically, I really shouldn't be answering this question because it will really show my age.  :-[  I usually tell everyone I am 143-I lie about my age.  ;) But, this time I will. I was born in 1963-the major event of the year: What else? Kennedy being assassinated.



Cat

Subject: Re: What year were you born in ? A very simple poll !

Written By: RockandRollFan on 05/29/04 at 8:13 pm

In sports news that year.....

World Series
Pittsburgh d. NY Yankees (4-3)

NBA Championship
Boston d. St. Louis Hawks (4-3)

Stanley Cup
Montreal d. Toronto (4-0)

Wimbledon
Women: Maria Bueno d. S. Reynolds (8-6 6-0)
Men: Neale Fraser d. R. Laver (6-4 3-6 9-7 7-5)

Kentucky Derby Champion
Venetian Way

NCAA Basketball Championship
Ohio St. d. California (75-55)

NCAA Football Champions
Minnesota (AP, UPI, NFF) (8-2-0) & Mississippi (FW) (10-0-1)

NFL Title Game:
Philadelphia Eagles (10-2-0) Green Bay Packers (8-4-0)
Philadelphia 17  Green Bay 13
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Entertainment: Alfred Hitchcock's Psycho terrifies movie-goers and becomes one of the year's most successful films, as well as one of the most memorable psychological thrillers.
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Subject: Re: What year were you born in ? A very simple poll !

Written By: gemini61 on 05/29/04 at 8:24 pm

I was born in 1961 :) That was the year JFK was inaugurated.

Subject: Re: What year were you born in ? A very simple poll !

Written By: NbC on 05/29/04 at 8:33 pm

Normally, I would never answer a question like this.  For you Fuss, I made an exception.  ;)  Born the same year as CF.

Googled these Major events of 1966:

Chinese leader, Mao Zedong launches Great Proletarian Cultural Revolution (1966-1976).

England win the soccer World Cup, defeating West Germany 4-2 after extra time.


Academy Award winning movie:

A Man For All Seasons (never seen)

Subject: Re: What year were you born in ? A very simple poll !

Written By: nally on 05/29/04 at 9:47 pm

I was born in 1980, the year that Ronald Reagan defeated incumbent Jimmy Carter by a landslide. :-[

Subject: Re: What year were you born in ? A very simple poll !

Written By: FussBudgetVanPelt on 05/29/04 at 10:37 pm


Normally, I would never answer a question like this.  For you Fuss, I made an exception.   ;)  Born the same year as CF.


Thanks !  :)

Googled these Major events of 1966:

England win the soccer World Cup, defeating West Germany 4-2 after extra time.



CF, therein lies the answer to the earlier question  ;)

Subject: Re: What year were you born in ? A very simple poll !

Written By: lebeiw15 on 05/29/04 at 10:55 pm

1988.  The last episode of St. Elsewhere was aired, and it ended up all being a figment of the little boy's imagination...

I just got done watching I <3 the 80s.  Forgive me.

Subject: Re: What year were you born in ? A very simple poll !

Written By: Koop on 05/29/04 at 11:22 pm

I was born in 1968.  Robert Kennedy and Martin Luther King, Jr. were both assasinated the year I was born.

Subject: Re: What year were you born in ? A very simple poll !

Written By: Zella on 05/30/04 at 12:18 am

1959

Eisenhower was president, and there was a lot of really crappy music on the charts. :P

Subject: Re: What year were you born in ? A very simple poll !

Written By: Bobo on 05/30/04 at 12:52 am

Born 21st March 1986. I'm now 6645 days old.

Born the day before singer Amy Studt, and 13 days before Amanda Bynes. (So I just read..)

Coming up in this year: "Cher thinks David Letterman is an a**hole, The Everly Brothers get invited into the Rock N Roll Hall Of Fame, and Kodak fight a losing battle with Polaroid." Apparently!

Subject: Re: What year were you born in ? A very simple poll !

Written By: Fred on 05/30/04 at 1:44 am

1988...hmm, I don't know.  :-\\

Subject: Re: What year were you born in ? A very simple poll !

Written By: FussBudgetVanPelt on 05/30/04 at 1:45 am


1988...hmm, I don't know.  :-\\


For what it is worth Fred, Australia's Bi-Centenary  :)

Subject: Re: What year were you born in ? A very simple poll !

Written By: Fred on 05/30/04 at 3:00 am




For what it is worth Fred, Australia's Bi-Centenary  :)

Thanks FB, 'cause nothing else on the planet happened this year.  :-\\

Subject: Re: What year were you born in ? A very simple poll !

Written By: Paul on 05/30/04 at 4:19 am



Thanks FB, 'cause nothing else on the planet happened this year.  :-\\


Well, Fred...you could have the big scandal of that year in the Seoul olympics, when 100m sprinter Ben Johnson was stripped of his title and world record for drug taking...

George Bush (version 1) was elected US president...

And the Turin Shroud was declared a 'fake'...

Subject: Re: What year were you born in ? A very simple poll !

Written By: BrianMannixGirl on 05/30/04 at 4:57 am

1988.  The last episode of St. Elsewhere was aired, and it ended up all being a figment of the little boy's imagination...

Sniff - I still remember bawling at the end of that when the little kitten that use to miaow at the end of the credits - was instead dead on a gurney with a heart monitor going BEEEEEEEEP.


I was born in 1968.

Aussie events:

From the Australian Government Archives There was also the bizarre episode of an eight-day house siege during which the NSW Police Commissioner acted as a witness to the wedding of a gun-toting Wally Mellish to one Beryl Muddle.  This event was later turned into a movie starring Colin Friels and Jacqueline McKenzie.

Rain Lover won the first of consecutive Melbourne Cups



Elsewhere:

Robert Kennedy assasinated

Jacqueline Kennedy married Aristotle Onassis

Martin Luther King Jr murdered

The rock musical Hair opens on Broadway.

Dr. Christian Barnard performs the first successful heart transplant.

Apollo program: NASA launches Apollo 7, the first manned Apollo mission, with astronauts Wally Schirra, Don Fulton Eisele and R. Walter Cunningham aboard. Goals for the mission include the first live television broadcast from orbit and testing the lunar module docking maneuver.

Helen Keller died.

Cant remember why but the Summer and Winter Olympics were both held that year.

And around the world it was a big years for Demonstrations re Vietnam.

1st interracial TV kiss (Star Trek-Kirk and Uhura)

Rolf Harris is awarded the M.B.E.

Author Enid Blyton dies

The first decimal coins are introduced in the UK, the 5p and 10p coins

English Comedian Tony Hancock commits suicide in Sydney, Australia

First Kodak Instamatic camera

Scientists devise the Epidural to ease the pain of childbirth

Boeing 747 first flight


Some great movies and songs of 68

Stanley Kubrick’s 2001
Bonnie and Clyde,
The Graduate,
To Sir with Love,
Guess Who’s Coming to Dinner, (Hepburn won the Oscar)
Funny Girl (Striesand sharing the Oscar with Hepburn)
The Producers (and 36 years later here it is on stage in Aus)

"Born To Be Wild" - Steppenwolf
"Hey Jude"/"Revolution" - The Beatles
"Mrs. Robinson" - Simon and Garfunkel
"MacArthur Park" - Richard Harris
"Congratulations" (Cliff Richard came 2nd at Eurovision with it !)
Bobby Goldsboro records his biggest hit, "Honey"  (oh dear !)
Beatles' "Sgt Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band" wins Grammy
Unicorn by The Irish Rovers hits #7 (one of my faves :) )
Rolling Stones release "Jumpin' Jack Flash"
Beatles release "Beatles," (White Album) their only double album


Subject: Re: What year were you born in ? A very simple poll !

Written By: gumbypiz on 05/30/04 at 5:05 am

I was born in 1967, in Myrtle Beach, SC.

Classic movies: Bonnie & Clyde, Cool Hand Luke, The Graduate & The Dirty Dozen were released in ’67.

Pony cars gone now, but not forgotten: Chevy’s response to Ford’s Mustang, the Camaro was first introduced.

Rolling Stone magazine debuts.

The Beatles “Sgt. Peppers Lonely Harts Club Band” album released.

US congress creates PBS, and federal funding for public educational programming.

Grammy’s:
Album of the Year: Sinatra: A Man and His Music, Frank Sinatra (Reprise)
Song of the Year: "Michelle," John Lennon and Paul McCartney, songwriters

Popular TV shows: Mission Impossible, Get Smart, I Spy, & Wild, Wild West.

Subject: Re: What year were you born in ? A very simple poll !

Written By: PoPCultureGirl on 05/30/04 at 6:53 am

1971.  Which means I was lucky enough to grow up in the 80's!

Subject: Re: What year were you born in ? A very simple poll !

Written By: Ripp on 05/30/04 at 9:16 am

1993...that's why I couldn't vote in the poll.

Erm...

I haven't the faintest idea what could have happened in that year.

Subject: Re: What year were you born in ? A very simple poll !

Written By: Absolutely Vile on 05/30/04 at 11:13 am

I was born on 2 December 1972.

Pierre Trudeau was Prime Minister (of Canada), and people were listening to stuff like T-Rex, Roxy Music, Gary Glitter and David Bowie (his Ziggy Stardust years).

I apparently have the same birthday as Britney Spears (eeeeeeeeewwww...<wretch, sputter, vomit>) but thankfully she wasn't born the same year!

Absolutely Vile

Subject: Re: What year were you born in ? A very simple poll !

Written By: Bobby on 05/30/04 at 11:30 am

I was born in 1979.

The time the films Alien, Mad Max and Apocolypse Now were released. Sid Vicious from The Sex Pistols and Mr Ed the talking horse died and the first gay rights march took place in Washington DC.

Subject: Re: What year were you born in ? A very simple poll !

Written By: Bobo on 05/30/04 at 11:34 am

Twenty-five years tomorrow, if memory serves, Bobby!

Or would you rather not to be reminded ?!

I was born in 1979.

Subject: Re: What year were you born in ? A very simple poll !

Written By: Bobby on 05/30/04 at 11:37 am


Twenty-five years tomorrow, if memory serves, Bobby!

Or would you rather not to be reminded ?!


Heh heh. It's the quarter of a century milestone, Bobo. I never thought I'd get this far.  ;D

Thank you very much for remembering, Bobo.  :)

Subject: Re: What year were you born in ? A very simple poll !

Written By: CeramicsFanatic on 05/30/04 at 11:47 am


1959

Eisenhower was president, and there was a lot of really crappy music on the charts. :P


And don't forget that this was also the year that Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens and J.P. Richardson (aka 'The Big Bopper') died in that awful plane crash.  :\'( :\'( :\'(

Subject: Re: What year were you born in ? A very simple poll !

Written By: zac on 05/30/04 at 12:43 pm

  1963  Queen Elizabeth  visited Tasmania and the hospital where i was born.   

Subject: Re: What year were you born in ? A very simple poll !

Written By: woops on 05/30/04 at 2:06 pm


1993...that's why I couldn't vote in the poll.

Erm...

I haven't the faintest idea what could have happened in that year.



Movies: "Mrs. Doubtfire", "Philadelphia", and "Basic Indistinct"

Albums: Nirvana "In Utero", Janet Jackson "Janet", Radiohead "Pablo Honey"

Music videos: Blind Melon "No Rain", REM "Everybody Hurts", Tom Petty "Mary Jane's Last Dance"

TV: Final episode of "Cheers" and "X Files" premiered

Subject: Re: What year were you born in ? A very simple poll !

Written By: maddog on 05/30/04 at 3:18 pm

I was born in 1963.

In that year it was a really cold winter in England, my parents told me they were snowbound for weeks that winter (I was born in January).

Subject: Re: What year were you born in ? A very simple poll !

Written By: Paul on 05/30/04 at 3:30 pm


I was born in 1963.

In that year it was a really cold winter in England, my parents told me they were snowbound for weeks that winter (I was born in January).


Seconded, as one of my sisters was born in the previous month (December '62), and my mother always comments on how bad that winter was...apparently that 'big freeze' lasted right up until mid-March 1963...

Subject: Re: What year were you born in ? A very simple poll !

Written By: mandamoo on 05/31/04 at 2:57 am

1964

The Beatles toured, the Olympic games were held in Tokyo, No.1 song 'I Want To Hold Your Hand' and at the box office...Goldfinger and Dr Strangelove.

Subject: Re: What year were you born in ? A very simple poll !

Written By: dude on 05/31/04 at 3:10 am


1959

Eisenhower was president, and there was a lot of really crappy music on the charts. :P
Don't forget Sputnik!!
Guess I'm the patriarch here (remember that one Z ;) ;D).........at least on this thread.
1956 - Don Larsen pitches the only perfect game in World Series history for the NY Yankees.

Subject: Re: What year were you born in ? A very simple poll !

Written By: Meriadoc on 05/31/04 at 3:15 am

Wow! I actually have cats that are older than some of you! :o  ;D

Subject: Re: What year were you born in ? A very simple poll !

Written By: FussBudgetVanPelt on 05/31/04 at 5:11 am


  1963  Queen Elizabeth  visited Tasmania and the hospital where i was born.   


Hey zac

Didn't realise you were an Aussie  :)

Subject: Re: What year were you born in ? A very simple poll !

Written By: NbC on 05/31/04 at 8:10 am


1993...that's why I couldn't vote in the poll.

Erm...

I haven't the faintest idea what could have happened in that year.


Yikes, that was when my daughter was born.  January of 1993.

Subject: Re: What year were you born in ? A very simple poll !

Written By: dude on 05/31/04 at 9:24 am




I haven't the faintest idea what could have happened in that year.
I got my second divorce in that year. :)

Subject: Re: What year were you born in ? A very simple poll !

Written By: FussBudgetVanPelt on 05/31/04 at 5:03 pm



I got my second divorce in that year. :)


Goes to show we ARE all just "Dust In The Wind" hey ?  These great time differences - when one is starting out, another is a fair way through.

And in the end, we are all the same  :)

Subject: Re: What year were you born in ? A very simple poll !

Written By: Bobby on 05/31/04 at 5:13 pm


1988...hmm, I don't know.  :-\\


Well, Fred. The Sega Megadrive (8 bit old generation games console) was released for the first time in Japan in 1988.

Subject: Re: What year were you born in ? A very simple poll !

Written By: Bobby on 05/31/04 at 5:23 pm


1993...that's why I couldn't vote in the poll.

Erm...

I haven't the faintest idea what could have happened in that year.


Wow! You're only ten/eleven years old? You have the best spelling and grammar I've seen from anybody of the same age - Very good, Ripp. This is what happened in 1993 . . .

Bill Clinton becomes president of the USA after George Bush Snr

Legendary actress, Audrey Hepburn died in January and the excellent actor Bill Bixby (well known for playing Dr David Bruce Banner in The Incredible Hulk series of the 70s) died in November of that year as well.

The sitcom Cheers ends after 11 years and Beavis and Butthead is introduced to MTV.

Subject: Re: What year were you born in ? A very simple poll !

Written By: jaytee on 05/31/04 at 10:22 pm

I was born in 1959.

Events:

The first Mini-car was made
Dalai Lama flees Tibet and finds sanctuary in India.

Deaths:

Errol Flynn
Buddy Holly
Richie Valens
Big Bopper
Billie Holiday

Subject: Re: What year were you born in ? A very simple poll !

Written By: Rio_Rhodes on 06/01/04 at 12:15 pm

I was born in 1985, lets see, what happened in 1985....

Oh yeah!!! Live Aid!!!!!! ;)There is more, but that was a good one for the year!!


Rio

Subject: Re: What year were you born in ? A very simple poll !

Written By: Absolutely Vile on 06/01/04 at 12:28 pm

I sat glued in front of the TV watching Live Aid except for the couple of hours that my mum threw me out of the house for to go and get some fresh air. (OK, she didn't literally throw me out!) :)

Absolutely Vile

Subject: Re: What year were you born in ? A very simple poll !

Written By: Marian on 06/01/04 at 1:51 pm


1959

Eisenhower was president, and there was a lot of really crappy music on the charts. :P
:o :o :oa lot of "crappy" music???At least it was still rock and roll! ::)I was born in 1965,the yeare the riots went on.The Everly Brothers released "Gone Gone Gone'."Days of Our Lives" started.I can't think of anything else.Cheers! ::)

Subject: Re: What year were you born in ? A very simple poll !

Written By: TripsMom on 06/02/04 at 9:59 am

1963

Beatlemania hits the U.K. The Beatles, a British band composed of John Lennon, George Harrison, Ringo Starr and Paul McCartney, take Britain by storm.

The Rolling Stones emerge as the anti-Beatles, with an aggressive, blues-derived style.

The sedative Valium (chlordiazepoxide) is developed by Roche labs.

Michael E. De Bakey implants artificial heart in human for first time at Houston hospital (April 21).

Best Picture Lawrence of Arabia

Subject: Re: What year were you born in ? A very simple poll !

Written By: pennsygirl on 06/03/04 at 12:34 pm


Technically, I really shouldn't be answering this question because it will really show my age.  :-[  I usually tell everyone I am 143-I lie about my age.  ;) But, this time I will. I was born in 1963-the major event of the year: What else? Kennedy being assassinated.



Cat


I'm right with ya Cat.  I was born the same year as you, 1963.  And I don't think anything earth shattering except JFK's assassination happened that year.

Subject: Re: What year were you born in ? A very simple poll !

Written By: Powerslave on 06/03/04 at 4:51 pm

1969

First manned lunar landing! I was a couple of months old.

Subject: Re: What year were you born in ? A very simple poll !

Written By: karen on 06/08/04 at 10:25 am


1969

First manned lunar landing! I was a couple of months old.



I was born just over a month after the lunar landing

Subject: Re: What year were you born in ? A very simple poll !

Written By: karen on 06/08/04 at 10:27 am


I was born in 1963.

In that year it was a really cold winter in England, my parents told me they were snowbound for weeks that winter (I was born in January).


Maddog

when in January?  My oldest brother was born on the 13th that year.  Mum remembers having to push-start the car whilst it was snowing so she could go to hospital to have him.

karen

Subject: Re: What year were you born in ? A very simple poll !

Written By: MLB on 06/08/04 at 4:17 pm

  Well in 1974 they tell me Michele Lee was an actress on Falcon Crest or Knot's Landing or something and I was in the hospital nursery with 7 kids called Michelle....And The Beatles didn't help this any.  But my mother says I was called this because my father is  J. Mitchell and I was first so it was the closest girl's name she could think of to name me after dad because she didn't want to name me Jamie. 
  Apparently 1974 was the same ol' thing in a different year that carried on the ideals of the decade.  The Beatles and the Stones still had big time momentum, but so did the blossoming beginnings of the surging era of disco, which included I think, the Bee Gees, their little bro Andy Gibb, and not disco bands like Fleetwood Mac, The Eagles, The Who?
  And people were waiting and ready for the phenomenon a few years later called Star Wars.
OOH, and apparently discos were popular but so was roller skating.  Big cars were still popular, but they were on their way out with the political climate & tensions about the oil and petrol/gasoline reserves that caused the shortages years later. 

Subject: Re: What year were you born in ? A very simple poll !

Written By: pennsygirl on 06/09/04 at 7:48 am


1963

The sedative Valium (chlordiazepoxide) is developed by Roche labs.



God bless 1963  ;D ;D

Subject: Re: What year were you born in ? A very simple poll !

Written By: Marian on 06/18/04 at 3:41 pm


   Well in 1974 they tell me Michele Lee was an actress on Falcon Crest or Knot's Landing or something and I was in the hospital nursery with 7 kids called Michelle....And The Beatles didn't help this any.  But my mother says I was called this because my father is  J. Mitchell and I was first so it was the closest girl's name she could think of to name me after dad because she didn't want to name me Jamie. 
   Apparently 1974 was the same ol' thing in a different year that carried on the ideals of the decade.  The Beatles and the Stones still had big time momentum, but so did the blossoming beginnings of the surging era of disco, which included I think, the Bee Gees, their little bro Andy Gibb, and not disco bands like Fleetwood Mac, The Eagles, The Who?
  And people were waiting and ready for the phenomenon a few years later called Star Wars.
OOH, and apparently discos were popular but so was roller skating.  Big cars were still popular, but they were on their way out with the political climate & tensions about the oil and petrol/gasoline reserves that caused the shortages years later. 
8) 8)You're 10 years off for Knott's Landing or Falcon Crest.My real name is Michele,but i'm always getting confused with someone else.Again,the Beatles didn't help any,even though I was born a year before the song became a hit :-\\Cheers!

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Written By: goldie on 06/18/04 at 3:46 pm

1967

Subject: Re: What year were you born in ? A very simple poll !

Written By: Marian on 06/18/04 at 4:03 pm


1967
:D :DCool.You're 2 years younger than me1Cheers! :D

Subject: Re: What year were you born in ? A very simple poll !

Written By: DJ Midas on 06/18/04 at 6:23 pm

1972.  Um, lessee...Nilsson's "Without You" was #1 in the U.S. the week I was born.

Subject: Re: What year were you born in ? A very simple poll !

Written By: IWannaBeAGoonie on 06/20/04 at 11:44 pm


1966


I don't know of anything Earth-shattering that happened that year.  :-\\


I was born in 1971...but I agree, I don't know of anything Earth-shattering that happened then either.  I think that "Gypsies, Tramps, and Thieves" by Cher was the top song when I was born, though.... :-\\

Subject: Re: What year were you born in ? A very simple poll !

Written By: ChuckyG on 06/21/04 at 1:51 pm

I was born in 1972... the year of the Watergate break in.  I was deep throat incidently...

Subject: Re: What year were you born in ? A very simple poll !

Written By: LyricBoy on 06/21/04 at 5:06 pm


I was born in 1972... the year of the Watergate break in.  I was deep throat incidently...


Hmmm... A feature film entitled Deep Throat came out in 1972 also.  :-X

Subject: Re: What year were you born in ? A very simple poll !

Written By: southernspitfire on 06/21/04 at 8:55 pm

1971

Subject: Re: What year were you born in ? A very simple poll !

Written By: Fett69 on 06/21/04 at 9:27 pm

1969

2 months to the day after fellow Ohioan Neil Armstrong stepped on the moon.

Or, as some would say, pretended  to step on the moon.

Subject: Re: What year were you born in ? A very simple poll !

Written By: Bobby on 06/22/04 at 6:12 pm


Hmmm... A feature film entitled Deep Throat came out in 1972 also.   :-X


Was that film of an explicit nature, Lyricboy? I haven't seen that one.  ;D  ;D

Subject: Re: What year were you born in ? A very simple poll !

Written By: Ice_Princess on 06/22/04 at 11:30 pm


I am starting from 1990, and will go down to the 40's to allow for Hoogbest  :)

Also, please try to tell us all a little something that happened in your birth year  :)
1986 - John Farnham released Whispering Jack & it sold well...
(I never said I was good at this stuff..)
And who mentioned something about the 13th of January?

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Written By: Sentimentalist on 06/23/04 at 5:31 pm

Me? Born in 1966,  I and Star Trek were launched the same year.  It was the "Time of the season" for the Zombies.
God lyk!

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Written By: CeramicsFanatic on 06/23/04 at 5:40 pm


Me? Born in 1966,  I and Star Trek were launched the same year.  It was the "Time of the season" for the Zombies.
God lyk!


Same year as me....cool!  :)

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Written By: Sentimentalist on 06/23/04 at 6:06 pm

on the  13th of june!  Think about that  day 13  month and year 6,66.  Spooooky.
God lyk!

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Written By: annieox03 on 06/23/04 at 8:23 pm

Born 1971...I don't know any facts, sorry :\'(

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Written By: karen on 06/24/04 at 8:02 am




And who mentioned something about the 13th of January?


Me !  My brother was born on 13th Jan 1963

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Written By: Full_House_Fan on 03/12/05 at 3:00 am

1990 ... end of the Cold War, Gulf War I, Mill Vanilli Scandal, B-52s comeback.  Also the embarassing "Ice Ice Baby".  ;D

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Written By: bbigd04 on 03/12/05 at 3:07 am

I was born in 1987, and I know the stock market crashed in that year, I believe October.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 03/12/05 at 3:07 am

1957

Year of the Premium Bond and Soviet Union launches Sputnik 2.

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Written By: Robbo on 03/12/05 at 5:46 am

I was born in 1971.

I dunno much about what happened in this year. Looking through my Rolling Stones Almanac...
The Osmonds recieved their first gold record for "One Bad Apple".
Rolling Stones officially open their own recording company (Rolling Stone Records).
Mick Jagger marries Bianca Perez Morena de Mecias.
Elvis's birthpace in Tupelo, Missisippi is opened to the public.
"Celebration of Life" concert is held. Featuring Pink Floyd, BB King, Beach Boys and Miles Davis.
Mick Jagger's daughter, Jade, is born.

That's what happened musically, dunno what happened historically.

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Written By: jiminy on 03/12/05 at 7:25 am

1966, I was pretty keen on breastfeeding

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Written By: Philip Eno on 03/12/05 at 7:50 am


1966, I was pretty keen on breastfeeding


So you were not watching England World Cup Football Final then?

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Written By: quirky_cat_girl on 04/04/05 at 12:50 am

I was born in 1977 (and disco was popular then)!!

Erin :)

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Written By: Dumb Ass Kid on 04/04/05 at 7:09 am


I was born in 1987, and I know the stock market crashed in that year, I believe October.


Christ, I was born in October 1987!!! Spooky...
I was also born during the massive storm of 1987 which hit England! Double spooky...
And Ireland won the EUrovision Song Contest in 1987!!! Triple spooky....

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Written By: JamieMcBain on 04/04/05 at 10:27 am

1976

A year later, my brother, Jason, was born and Star Wars: Episope 1 and Alien (two of my favorite films) came out in theatres.

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Written By: whistledog on 12/04/05 at 2:45 am

I was born in 1977, the year that god awful song 'You Light Up My Life' by Debby Boone came out

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Written By: Philip Eno on 12/04/05 at 3:13 am

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Written By: belladonna on 12/04/05 at 6:21 am


Think yourself lucky, I saw the film!


Got you both beat, I had to sing it at a wedding.

Born in 1959, the year both Alaska and Hawaii became states, the Corvair rolled off Chevy's production line and Tang was introduced on the market.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 12/04/05 at 6:22 am


Got you both beat, I had to sing it at a wedding.
You had to sing...

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Written By: danootaandme on 12/04/05 at 6:32 am

1951- Don't remember much about it though, but I have been around a bit, and seen somethings.
:)

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Written By: bookmistress4ever on 12/04/05 at 6:51 am

I was born in 1969 (Year of the rooster) - the summer of Woodstock and about a week after they landed on the moon.

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Written By: koNko on 12/04/05 at 8:58 am

2005 - the year George Bush got dropped on his head

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Written By: ultraviolet52 on 12/04/05 at 12:04 pm

1982 - Falklands War, Michael Jackson's Thriller, E.T. - The Extra Terrestrial, New Wave music at it's peak, etc.

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Written By: CatwomanofV on 12/04/05 at 1:06 pm


2005 - the year George Bush got dropped on his head



;D ;D ;D



Cat

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Written By: ktelqueen on 12/05/05 at 1:16 am

1969..Woodstock  :)

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Written By: Echo Nomad on 12/05/05 at 1:57 am

1976
------------------------------------------------------------------
By Wikipedia\Nationmaster

News:
1- The American Bicentennial
2- Apple Computer is founded and the Apple 1 is sold: - Start of the Information Age?
3- Viking Probes explore Mars
4- Punk Rock is invented

Other Spirits of 76

Movies:
1- Reece Witherspoon
2- Colin Ferrell
3- Alicia Silverstone
4- Ryan Reynolds
5- Freddie Prinze, Jr
6- Fred Savage
TV:
1- Keri Russell (Felicity)
2- Melissa Joan Hart (Sabrina)
3- Candace Cameron (Full House)
4- Jonathan Brandis (Sea Quest)
5- Jessica Capshaw (The Practice)
Music:
1- Ja Rule
2- 50Cent
3- Emma Lee Bunton (Baby spice)
4- Chester Charles Bennington (Linkin Park)
Sports:
1-Tim Duncan
2-Lindsay Davenport
3-Pat Tillman
4-Peyton Manning
5-Kevin Garnett

Movies

Rocky
Taxi Driver
Carrie
The Omen
Network

Music

Play that Funky Music- Wild Cherry
Boogie Nights- Heatwave
Lowdown- Boz Scaggs



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Written By: danootaandme on 12/05/05 at 5:51 am


1969..Woodstock  :)


I was there  :)

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Written By: whitewolf on 12/05/05 at 8:57 am

1970



World Trade Center is completed



First Earth Day, April 22


Apollo 13 mission suffers a huge setback
A ruptured air tank on their way to the moon almost sealed the fate of the three astronauts on board the spacecraft.


Floppy disc was invented.


China Launches Its First Satellite
APRIL 24. The People's Republic of China becomes the fifth nation to put a satellite into orbit. China 1's first broadcast is the song "Tang Fang Hung" (The East is Red).


Federal Elections

18 year olds are given the right to vote in federal elections.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 12/05/05 at 8:59 am


1969..Woodstock

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Written By: Howard on 12/05/05 at 4:21 pm

1974

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Written By: Tia on 12/05/05 at 4:23 pm


1969..Woodstock

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Written By: Skippy on 12/06/05 at 9:45 pm

1962
World Series:
NY Yankees d. San Francisco Giants (4-3)

Stanley Cup:
Toronto d. Chicago (4-2)

NBA Championship:
Boston d. LA Lakers (4-3)

World Cup:
Brazil d. Czechoslovakia (3-1)

Marilyn Monroe dies of a drug overdose at age 36.

The first transatlantic television transmission occurs via the Telstar Satellite, making worldwide television and cable networks a reality.

Johnny Carson takes over hosting duties of The Tonight Show.

James H. Meredith, escorted by federal marshals, registers at University of Mississippi (Oct. 1).

Cuban Missile Crisis: USSR to build missile bases in Cuba; Kennedy orders Cuban blockade, lifts blockade after Russia backs down (Aug.-Nov.).

Lt. Col. John H. Glenn, Jr., is first American to orbit Earth

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Written By: rich1981 on 12/06/05 at 10:02 pm

1981 - Birth of MTV

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Written By: whistledog on 12/07/05 at 12:51 pm


Think yourself lucky, I saw the film!


I always forget that was the title song to a movie.  Never did see it.  I guess from your response, it wasn't any good?  ;D

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Written By: Philip Eno on 12/07/05 at 2:10 pm

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Written By: witchain on 12/07/05 at 4:06 pm

'71 The leader so far, weird...

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Written By: Tia on 12/07/05 at 4:22 pm

i just thank god everyone isn't 19!

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Written By: Philip Eno on 12/07/05 at 4:33 pm


i just thank god everyone isn't 19!
Oh, to be 19 again!

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Written By: Howard on 12/07/05 at 4:55 pm


i just thank god everyone isn't 19!



Why is that Tia?

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Written By: Philip Eno on 12/07/05 at 4:59 pm

I would hate to be contiually 19

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Written By: CeramicsFanatic on 12/07/05 at 5:03 pm


I would hate to be contiually 19


I wouldn't mind reliving age 19...that was a pretty good year for me!  :)

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Written By: ultraviolet52 on 12/07/05 at 6:03 pm

19 was an okay year for me.. coulda been better, coulda been worse, lol.

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Written By: whistledog on 12/07/05 at 7:55 pm

19 wasn't a good year for me, as it was when I failed out of college  ;D

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Written By: shiprunner12 on 12/07/05 at 8:44 pm

Woah, just barely made the cutoff. I was born in 1990.

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Written By: Stompgal on 03/23/06 at 12:09 pm

1987. John Spence from No Doubt commited suicide.

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Written By: Step-chan on 03/23/06 at 12:36 pm

1977.

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Written By: Howard on 03/23/06 at 2:38 pm

1974

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Written By: GoodRedShirt on 05/19/06 at 5:38 pm

1985. The year of Live Aid.

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Written By: Donnie Darko on 05/19/06 at 6:41 pm

1990 ... the worst year for pop culture ever!

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Written By: loki 13 on 05/19/06 at 6:44 pm


1985. The year of Live Aid.


I was at Live Aid, JFK Stadium in Philadelphia.

1962

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Written By: Cool Hand Logan on 05/19/06 at 7:31 pm

1962 also.

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Written By: CeeKay on 05/19/06 at 7:33 pm

1959 and it looks like there are three others so far.  Who are you?

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Written By: CeeKay on 05/19/06 at 7:34 pm

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Written By: KKay on 05/19/06 at 8:59 pm


So did I.  How awful.  Who was that girl?

(bad year.  very bad year).


either 19 was great and my not remembering it is a sign of how great it was,
or it was so boring i slept through it...or forgot it.

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Written By: Dominic L. on 05/19/06 at 9:01 pm

I DEMAND YOU ADD 1991!!!

Please?

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Written By: Dominic L. on 05/19/06 at 10:25 pm

Yeah.. what he said!!

And what about those above the age of 65!?

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Written By: Apricot on 05/19/06 at 10:37 pm

1990.. like that Daniel Johnston album! :D

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Written By: Dominic L. on 05/19/06 at 10:38 pm

I was born the year of Nirvana's Nevermind.

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Written By: Badfinger-fan on 05/20/06 at 12:14 am

1956

Federal minimum wage rises to $1
Yahtzee is born!
Budweiser Brewery introduces Busch beer
Britain abolishes death penality.
Wizard of Oz first aired on TV.
Elvis Presley makes his television debut on CBS Dorsey Brothers' Stage Show
The after-tax monthly income of the average American is $1700, up $63 from 1955
Samuel J. Seymour , the last eyewitness to the death of Abraham Lincoln dies.
By now, more than 80 percent of U.S. households have refrigerators. By contrast, only 8 percent of British households do.
The first commercial videotape recorder is introduced. The device is intended for industrial applications, and it quickly revolutionizes the way television programming is produced. Engineers race to produce a practical VCR for consumers

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Written By: 70sto80sGUY on 05/20/06 at 12:32 am


1956

Federal minimum wage rises to $1
Yahtzee is born!
Budweiser Brewery introduces Busch beer
Britain abolishes death penality.
Wizard of Oz first aired on TV.
Elvis Presley makes his television debut on CBS Dorsey Brothers' Stage Show
The after-tax monthly income of the average American is $1700, up $63 from 1955
Samuel J. Seymour , the last eyewitness to the death of Abraham Lincoln dies.
By now, more than 80 percent of U.S. households have refrigerators. By contrast, only 8 percent of British households do.
The first commercial videotape recorder is introduced. The device is intended for industrial applications, and it quickly revolutionizes the way television programming is produced. Engineers race to produce a practical VCR for consumers



Federal minimum wage rises to $1 .... Wow!... Don't spend it all at once! .... Still, I'm sure it purchased a lot more than ... these things are often relative. I wonder what the minimum wage is now?

Budweiser Brewery introduces Busch beer  .... Do you like that Mike? What is your favourite beer / beverage?

Some other events from your year:

British forces evacuated the Suez Canal zone in Egypt

Pakistan became the world's 1st independent Islamic republic

Prince Rainier of Monaco married Hollywood actress Grace Kelly

Construction began on the Sydney Opera House (which wasn't officially opened until 0ctober 20, 1973)

FORTRAN, the first computer programming language was developed in the USA

Probably the most important landmark of that year( ::)) ...: the Eurovision Song Contest (which introduced many to Abba) ... was 1st held .... won for Switzerland by Lys Assia ( a song called 'Refrain) ... nowadays, nearly all the songs are  garbage, and it is very much a political contest ...

Some people born that year (other than you) ... Mel Gibson, Tom Hanks, Martina Navratilova, Johnny Rotten, Olga Korbut (the darling gymnast of Olympics fame), Carrie Fisher, Sebastian Coe (a famous British athlete, now into politics) Sugar Ray Leonard, Chris Issak, Kenny G, Bo Derek, Paul Young (Wherever I lay my hat / Everytime you go away) and my tennis hero, Bjorn Borg ....

Yes that's a pretty impressive line-up of celebs sharing the stage with you 'Freddie'
:)

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Written By: CeeKay on 05/20/06 at 10:54 am


1956

Federal minimum wage rises to $1
Yahtzee is born!
Budweiser Brewery introduces Busch beer
Britain abolishes death penality.
Wizard of Oz first aired on TV.
Elvis Presley makes his television debut on CBS Dorsey Brothers' Stage Show
The after-tax monthly income of the average American is $1700, up $63 from 1955
Samuel J. Seymour , the last eyewitness to the death of Abraham Lincoln dies.
By now, more than 80 percent of U.S. households have refrigerators. By contrast, only 8 percent of British households do.
The first commercial videotape recorder is introduced. The device is intended for industrial applications, and it quickly revolutionizes the way television programming is produced. Engineers race to produce a practical VCR for consumers



Now that's fun -- seeing what happened during your year.  So I looked mine up.

In 1959:

Alaska and Hawaii became states (geez, that makes me feel old)
The first Barbie Doll was produced
Xerox manufactured it's first plain paper copier
Fidel Castro became prime minister of Cuba
The first Grammy Awards show -- Frank Sinatra won an award
  and the record of the year was "Nel Blu Dipinto de Blu" ("Volare")
"GiGi" won best picture
Postage Stamps were $0.04

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Written By: velvetoneo on 05/20/06 at 11:47 am

April 1990 (like Tubeway, Donnie, etc.)

1990:
USSR collapsed.
Germany is agreed to be reunited.
Exxon Valdez oil spill.
Namibia becomes independent, Lithuania attempts independence. Latvia and Belarus also declare independence.
Yemen unified.
George H.W. Bush and Gorbachev agree to halt chemical weapons production.
Russian Federation declares sovereignty.
Alberto Fujimori becomes Peruvian president.
Iraq invades Kuwait and an embargo is placed against it.
Germany re-unified.
Lebanese civil war.
First known web-page written.
Various anti-Iraq resolutions passed leading to gulf war.
Margaret Thatcher resigns.
Slobodan Milosevic takes office.

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Written By: Sister Morphine on 05/20/06 at 11:51 am

1982.  The greatest year ever.

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Written By: Dominic L. on 05/20/06 at 4:03 pm

So... should I just say 1990, or wait until the starter of this poll adds 1991....?

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Written By: Badfinger-fan on 05/20/06 at 4:44 pm


Federal minimum wage rises to $1 .... Wow!... Don't spend it all at once! .... Still, I'm sure it purchased a lot more than ... these things are often relative. I wonder what the minimum wage is now?

Budweiser Brewery introduces Busch beer  .... Do you like that Mike? What is your favourite beer / beverage?  my favourite? I liked microbrew stuff, Wild Boar, Anchor Steam, Heinikin, Pete's Wicked, I liked all of them.


Some people born that year (other than you) ... Mel Gibson, Tom Hanks, Martina Navratilova, Johnny Rotten, Olga Korbut (the darling gymnast of Olympics fame), Carrie Fisher, Sebastian Coe (a famous British athlete, now into politics) Sugar Ray Leonard, Chris Issak, Kenny G, Bo Derek, Paul Young (Wherever I lay my hat / Everytime you go away) and my tennis hero, Bjorn Borg ....

Yes that's a pretty impressive line-up of celebs sharing the stage with you 'Freddie'
:)

hey Al, thanks for pulling that lineup of people born in my year. I appreciate that. What a great list.

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Written By: velvetoneo on 05/20/06 at 7:05 pm


So... should I just say 1990, or wait until the starter of this poll adds 1991....?


Say 1990. I didn't know there was anyone prominent younger than me on the board...

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Written By: Ebontyne on 05/21/06 at 9:29 pm

1983.

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Written By: Tam on 06/01/06 at 1:38 pm

1971

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