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Post by Cam on Sept 17, 2011 4:56:16 GMT
1961 - January 20 – John F. Kennedy succeeds Dwight Eisenhower as the 35th President of the United States of America.
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Post by echnaret on Sept 18, 2011 4:39:16 GMT
1960
Woot! The start of the 60's!
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Post by Cam on Sept 18, 2011 9:50:20 GMT
1959 - end of the fifties.
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Post by echnaret on Sept 18, 2011 19:32:34 GMT
1958 - Almost the end of the fifties.
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Post by Obsidian² on Sept 19, 2011 13:13:26 GMT
1957 - The Soviet Union launches Sputnik 1, the first artificial satellite to orbit the earth.
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Post by Nick on Sept 20, 2011 1:21:02 GMT
1956, if you add all of the digits together, you get the US legal drinking age!
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Post by Cam on Sept 20, 2011 1:31:48 GMT
1956, if you add all of the digits together, you get the US legal drinking age! It's 18 here 1955, ..........
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Post by Nick on Sept 20, 2011 1:40:53 GMT
1954 my uncle was born. I also believe it was the last year of Baby Boomers!
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Post by echnaret on Sept 20, 2011 2:11:09 GMT
1953 - Joseph Stalin dies Also, the Korean War ends.
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Post by rubix on Sept 20, 2011 3:11:02 GMT
1952 was a leap year.
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Post by Cam on Sept 20, 2011 3:14:37 GMT
1951 - add them all up and it's our new driving age. 15 was way better.
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Post by echnaret on Sept 20, 2011 20:51:18 GMT
1950 - Disney's Cinderella is released. Oh, and Albert Einstein warns that nuclear war could lead to mutual destruction.
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Post by Obsidian² on Sept 21, 2011 0:19:23 GMT
1949 - The Soviet Union lifts its Blockade of Berlin.
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Post by echnaret on Sept 22, 2011 4:23:44 GMT
1948 - NASCAR is founded, and Mahatma Gandhi is assassinated
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Post by Obsidian² on Sept 22, 2011 10:08:34 GMT
1947 - A meteor creates an impact crater in Sikhote-Alin, in the Soviet Union.
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Post by Nick on Sept 22, 2011 13:18:12 GMT
1946, first year of Baby Boomers. My dad was born!
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Post by Obsidian² on Sept 23, 2011 0:23:37 GMT
I remembered this day by heart:
May 2nd, 1945: The Soviet Union announces the fall of Berlin. Soviet soldiers hoist the Red flag over the Reich Chancellery.
May 9th: Soviet Union announces V-E Day, Hostilities in Europe concluded.
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