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So what were the big NEWS STORIES the year you were born ?
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KZNSeagull
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Same. I was born on the day that nasty man Rattin was sent off at Wembley.
terryberry1
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In 1983
Seatbelt use for drivers and front seat passengers becomes mandatory in the United Kingdom.
IRA Bomb Exploded outside Harrods on December 17th during the pre Christmas Shopping Season
Margaret Thatcher wins landslide victory in General Elections in the UK
Microsoft Word is first released
Ethiopia Appeals for world Aid for when the death toll reaches4 million
Mcdonalds introduced the Mcnugget
I was born
Seatbelt use for drivers and front seat passengers becomes mandatory in the United Kingdom.
IRA Bomb Exploded outside Harrods on December 17th during the pre Christmas Shopping Season
Margaret Thatcher wins landslide victory in General Elections in the UK
Microsoft Word is first released
Ethiopia Appeals for world Aid for when the death toll reaches4 million
Mcdonalds introduced the Mcnugget
I was born
Giant Seagull
That was textbook
Falklands war and all that jazz
The highlights of an interesting and historic year...
January 29 – French President Charles de Gaulle vetoes the United Kingdom's entry into the EEC.
March 21 – The Alcatraz Island federal penitentiary in San Francisco Bay closes
March 27 – In Britain, Dr. Beeching issues a report calling for huge cuts to the UK's rail network.
April 7 – Yugoslavia is proclaimed to be a socialist republic, and Josip Broz Tito is named President for Life.
June 21 – Pope Paul VI (Giovanni Battista Montini) succeeds Pope John XXIII as the 262nd pope.
June 26 – John F. Kennedy gives his 'Ich bin ein Berliner' speech in West Berlin.
July 30 – The Soviet newspaper Izvestia reports that Kim Philby has been given asylum in Moscow.
August 8 – The Great Train Robbery takes place in Buckinghamshire, England.
September – Marvel Comics releases the first-ever X-Men comic book
September 5 – British prostitute Christine Keeler is arrested for perjury. On December 6 she is sentenced to 9 months in prison.
September 25 – The Denning Report on the Profumo affair is published in Great Britain.
September 27 – The Littlest Hobo debuts on TV across North America with the first episode entitled "Blue Water Sailor".
October 1 - Nigeria becomes a republic; The 1st Republican Constitution is established
October 10 - The second James Bond film, From Russia with Love, opens in the UK.
October 19 – Alec Douglas-Home succeeds Harold Macmillan as British Prime Minister.
November 10 – Malcolm X makes a historic speech in Detroit, Michigan: Message to the Grass Roots
November 14 – A volcanic eruption under the sea near Iceland creates a new island, Surtsey.
November 18 - The Dartford Tunnel opens in the U.K.
November 22 - John F. Kennedy assassination: In Dallas, Texas, United States President John F. Kennedy is assassinated, Texas Governor John B. Connally is seriously wounded, and Vice President Lyndon Baines Johnson becomes the 36th President. All television coverage for the next four days is devoted to the assassination, its aftermath, the procession of the horsedrawn casket to the Capitol Rotunda, and the funeral of President Kennedy.
November 23 - John Kilbride, 12, is abducted by Myra Hindley and Ian Brady in Great Britain.
November 23 - The first episode of the BBC television series Doctor Who is broadcast in the United Kingdom.
November 24 - Lee Harvey Oswald, alleged assassin of John F. Kennedy, is shot dead by Jack Ruby in Dallas, Texas on live national television. Later that night, a hastily arranged program, A Tribute to John F. Kennedy from the Arts, featuring actors, opera singers, and noted writers, all performing dramatic readings and/or music, is telecast on ABC-TV.
November 24 - Vietnam War: New U.S. President Lyndon B. Johnson confirms that the United States intends to continue supporting South Vietnam militarily and economically.
November 25 – U.S. President Kennedy is buried at Arlington National Cemetery. Schools around the nation do not have class on that day, millions watch the funeral on live international television.
December 26 – "I Want to Hold Your Hand" and "I Saw Her Standing There" are released in the U.S., marking the beginning of full-scale Beatlemania.
January 29 – French President Charles de Gaulle vetoes the United Kingdom's entry into the EEC.
March 21 – The Alcatraz Island federal penitentiary in San Francisco Bay closes
March 27 – In Britain, Dr. Beeching issues a report calling for huge cuts to the UK's rail network.
April 7 – Yugoslavia is proclaimed to be a socialist republic, and Josip Broz Tito is named President for Life.
June 21 – Pope Paul VI (Giovanni Battista Montini) succeeds Pope John XXIII as the 262nd pope.
June 26 – John F. Kennedy gives his 'Ich bin ein Berliner' speech in West Berlin.
July 30 – The Soviet newspaper Izvestia reports that Kim Philby has been given asylum in Moscow.
August 8 – The Great Train Robbery takes place in Buckinghamshire, England.
September – Marvel Comics releases the first-ever X-Men comic book
September 5 – British prostitute Christine Keeler is arrested for perjury. On December 6 she is sentenced to 9 months in prison.
September 25 – The Denning Report on the Profumo affair is published in Great Britain.
September 27 – The Littlest Hobo debuts on TV across North America with the first episode entitled "Blue Water Sailor".
October 1 - Nigeria becomes a republic; The 1st Republican Constitution is established
October 10 - The second James Bond film, From Russia with Love, opens in the UK.
October 19 – Alec Douglas-Home succeeds Harold Macmillan as British Prime Minister.
November 10 – Malcolm X makes a historic speech in Detroit, Michigan: Message to the Grass Roots
November 14 – A volcanic eruption under the sea near Iceland creates a new island, Surtsey.
November 18 - The Dartford Tunnel opens in the U.K.
November 22 - John F. Kennedy assassination: In Dallas, Texas, United States President John F. Kennedy is assassinated, Texas Governor John B. Connally is seriously wounded, and Vice President Lyndon Baines Johnson becomes the 36th President. All television coverage for the next four days is devoted to the assassination, its aftermath, the procession of the horsedrawn casket to the Capitol Rotunda, and the funeral of President Kennedy.
November 23 - John Kilbride, 12, is abducted by Myra Hindley and Ian Brady in Great Britain.
November 23 - The first episode of the BBC television series Doctor Who is broadcast in the United Kingdom.
November 24 - Lee Harvey Oswald, alleged assassin of John F. Kennedy, is shot dead by Jack Ruby in Dallas, Texas on live national television. Later that night, a hastily arranged program, A Tribute to John F. Kennedy from the Arts, featuring actors, opera singers, and noted writers, all performing dramatic readings and/or music, is telecast on ABC-TV.
November 24 - Vietnam War: New U.S. President Lyndon B. Johnson confirms that the United States intends to continue supporting South Vietnam militarily and economically.
November 25 – U.S. President Kennedy is buried at Arlington National Cemetery. Schools around the nation do not have class on that day, millions watch the funeral on live international television.
December 26 – "I Want to Hold Your Hand" and "I Saw Her Standing There" are released in the U.S., marking the beginning of full-scale Beatlemania.
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They didn’t actually get there although the bases were built. President Kennedy said it would be an act of war between the USSR and the USA, Khrushchev backed down and turned the ships around, averting a nuclear war, if he had not, none of us would probably be here now!!
Dr. Notthenineo'clocknews
Remainer
I was born the day Che Guvara was murdered
aberllefenni
Active member
- Jan 15, 2009
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The Great Train Robbery, I was 5 days old.
surrey jim
Not in Surrey
1985
April 23 – Coca-Cola changes its formula and releases New Coke. (The response is overwhelmingly negative, and the original formula is back on the market in less than 3 months.)
April 28 – The Australian Nuclear Disarmament Party (NDP) splits.
April 23 – Coca-Cola changes its formula and releases New Coke. (The response is overwhelmingly negative, and the original formula is back on the market in less than 3 months.)
April 28 – The Australian Nuclear Disarmament Party (NDP) splits.
Lord Bracknell
On fire
'James the Red Engine' by Rev.W.Awdry, was published.
Hey hey hey and so was I
. Watch out for memory loss I had an argument with the wife yesterday about how old I was, worse thing is she was right and I was wrong 
The Stones play their first gig
Winker
CUM ON FEEL THE NOIZE
Patrick Moore introduced the first episode of "The Sky at Night"
Stanley Matthews played his last international for England.
Russian dog Laika first animal in space.
Stanley Matthews played his last international for England.
Russian dog Laika first animal in space.
You two are REALLY old!Hey hey hey and so was I
skipper734
Registered ruffian
9 March - Bolton Wanderers stadium disaster at Burnden Park, Bolton, England: 33 killed and hundreds injured
27 April - The first postwar FA Cup final is won by Derby County, who beat Charlton Athletic 4-1 at Wembley Stadium.[4]
7 October - First episode of the daily radio serial Dick Barton - Special Agent transmitted on the BBC Light Programme.
27 April - The first postwar FA Cup final is won by Derby County, who beat Charlton Athletic 4-1 at Wembley Stadium.[4]
7 October - First episode of the daily radio serial Dick Barton - Special Agent transmitted on the BBC Light Programme.
Dr. Notthenineo'clocknews
Remainer
blimey!
skipper734
Registered ruffian
Hey Mr News. I know I am old. I am sure that film was made a lot later than the year (1946) I was born. For a start the world was in black and white. 
Austrian Gull
Well-known member
Also 1971:
Decimalisation Day: – The United Kingdom and Ireland both switch to decimal currency (see also decimalisation).
Protesting Belgian farmers bring 3 live cows to crash the EEC meeting in Brussels.
According to Wikipedia, nothing actually happened on my birthday
Decimalisation Day: – The United Kingdom and Ireland both switch to decimal currency (see also decimalisation).
Protesting Belgian farmers bring 3 live cows to crash the EEC meeting in Brussels.
According to Wikipedia, nothing actually happened on my birthday