05-21-2003, 10:17 PM
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1965 - Malcolm X murdered
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05-21-2003, 10:17 PM
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1966 - Over 385,000 U.S. military personnel in Vietnam, and full-scale bombing of Hanoi underway
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05-21-2003, 10:18 PM
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1967 - Israel defeats combined forces of Egypt, Jordan and Syria in Six Day War
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05-21-2003, 10:19 PM
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1968 - Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. assassinated in Memphis
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05-21-2003, 10:19 PM
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1969 - U.S. astronaut Neil Armstrong becomes the first human to walk on the moon
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"Analyzing humor is like dissecting a frog: Nobody really enjoys it and the frog generally dies as a result." -- E. B. White
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05-21-2003, 10:21 PM
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1970 - The Apollo 13 space mission was launched from Cape Kennedy
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"Analyzing humor is like dissecting a frog: Nobody really enjoys it and the frog generally dies as a result." -- E. B. White
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05-21-2003, 10:22 PM
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It's me again
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1970
yes...I came back
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05-21-2003, 10:23 PM
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It's me again
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1973
The year I was born
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05-21-2003, 10:23 PM
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1973 - Cease-fire declared in Vietnam but fighting continues.
{73, also my b-day}
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05-21-2003, 10:26 PM
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1974 - Hank Aaron hits 715th home run, beating Babe Ruth's record.
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05-21-2003, 10:27 PM
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1975 - Fascist rule ends in Spain with death of Francisco Franco; democracy restored.
{MT - hauling butt to y2k}
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05-21-2003, 10:29 PM
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1976 - One Flew Over the Cuckoos Nest wins top five Academy Awards - first time for a single movie since 1934.
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05-21-2003, 10:29 PM
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1977 - The U.S. space shuttle 'Enterprise' makes first manned flight.
(as we learned in a previous post in this thread, Enterprise was also the name of the first nuclear carrier)
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05-21-2003, 10:30 PM
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1978 - First test-tube baby born in England.
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"Analyzing humor is like dissecting a frog: Nobody really enjoys it and the frog generally dies as a result." -- E. B. White
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05-21-2003, 10:31 PM
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1979 - Margaret Thatcher elected Prime Minister of Great Britain.
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