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Question: What happened in the world when you were born!?
For instance, When i was born was the day the "Leaders of Russia, Belarus, and Ukraine meet and sign an agreement ending the Soviet Union or USSR"
how cool is that!!?
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Hi Ed!.
Something I never thought about or even inquired about!. These are a few of the major events in 1956!. The year I was first introduced to this world!.
(1)February 22 - Elvis Presley enters the United States music charts for the first time, with "Heartbreak Hotel!.
(2)March 2 - Morocco declares its independence from France!.
(3)April 14 - Videotape is first demonstrated at the 1956 NARTB (now NAB) convention in Chicago by Ampex!. It was the demonstration of the first practical and commercially successful videotape format known as 2" Quadruplex!.
(4)May 24 - The first Eurovision Song Contest is broadcast from Lugano, Switzerland!. The winning song is Refrain by Lys Assia (music by Géo Voumard, text by émile Gardaz)!.
(5)June 30 - A TWA Lockheed Constellation and United Airlines Douglas DC-7 collide in mid-air over the Grand Canyon in Arizona and crash!. All 128 people aboard the two aircraft are killed in the disaster!.
(6)August 11 - Jackson Pollock dies after crashing his car, aged 44!.
(7)September 13 - The Hard Disk Drive is invented by an IBM team led by Reynold B!. Johnson!.
(8)October 26 - Red Army troops invade Hungary!.
(9) November 23!. Petrol rationing in Britain!.
(10) December 2!. Fidel Castro and his followers land on Cuba in the boat Granma!.
Cheers Ed!. and good luck!.
Cathorio!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

I was born 2nd July 1962 and Historical events at that time was :
july 1st, Algerian War of independence against France ends
july3rd, Algeria becomes Independent from France
july5th, Telstar, the worlds first communication satellite is launched into Orbit
july 10th, First Trans-atlantic satellite television transmission
july 17th, Mariner programme - Mariner 1 spacecraft flies erratically for a few minutes after it was launched , and had to be destroyed!.!.!.!.!.!.!.!.!.
and of course i was born among all this mayhem and madness!.!.!.!.!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

On the 16th of September 1990 it seems that there was an Iraqi plan crash!. The day before my birthday a Japanese princess was born!. and on my BF's b'day 1 - An ASA EMB 120 crashes in Brunswick, Georgia, killing all 23 aboard!. My Daddy's The Indo-Pakistani War of 1965/Second Kashmir War between India and Pakistan over Kashmir ends after the UN calls for a cease-fire!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

When i was born in Philadelphia they made an experiment to get a ship invisible by radar ,It turn out to be that the ship was got transported with out moving from its mooring to an other place in a flash of lightning and back again in seconds, all the crew were mad, and were taken to mental institutionsWww@QuestionHome@Com

I was born in 1989, on Burns Day haha (25th January)

Michael Jordan scores his 10,000th NBA point in his 5th season
Yank owner George Steinbrenner meets with Pope John Paul
Augusto Alcalde, 1st South American Zen teacher, receives Dharma Transmission

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1943!. After the Battle for Britain, after Pearl Harbour, so I guess it was just the 'run-up' to D!.Day!.
The UK was invaded by the USA and since then it thinks it can drag the UK into every other war in which it chooses to participate or start!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

When I was born:
May 23 - A Mafia bomb kills Italian anti-Mafia judge Giovanni Falcone!.

Not really interesting!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

W!.W 2 food rationing endedWww@QuestionHome@Com

3 days after i was born the totori earthquake gave 40 shakesWww@QuestionHome@Com

someone sneezed!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

http://en!.wikipedia!.org/wiki/May_10Www@QuestionHome@Com

the stunning actress beth allen was born ;-)!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

peter d mitchell won the nobel peace prize and mull of kintyre was number one (1978)Www@QuestionHome@Com

sorry i was not old enough to comment at the time!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

august 211993, i dont know but i'd like too!. anybody alive then!?Www@QuestionHome@Com

Christmas!. There was a Christmas!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

Woodstock, and man's first trip to the moon!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

Not me, but my nephew was born on 9/11, and I was born on HalloweenWww@QuestionHome@Com