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[BTGBullseye]

1961 - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1961

 

You people need to learn to read the numbers.

[Psychotic Ninja]

1961 - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1961

 

You people need to learn to read the numbers.

 

How many miscounts has this been? 1,962?

[Xalder]

1963 Kittens murdered and counting~

[BTGBullseye]

1964 - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1964

 

The last year, of 90% silver coins.

In the first meeting between leaders of the Roman Catholic and Orthodox churches since the 15th century, Pope Paul VI and Patriarch Athenagoras I meet in Jerusalem.

In his first State of the Union Address, U.S. President Lyndon Johnson declares a "War on Poverty". (spoiler: we lost)

United States Surgeon General Luther Leonidas Terry reports that smoking may be hazardous to one's health (the first such statement from the U.S. government).

[ThePest179]

In his first State of the Union Address, U.S. President Lyndon Johnson declares a "War on Poverty". (spoiler: we lost)

 

1965. We didn't lose:http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/50/Number_in_Poverty_and_Poverty_Rate_1959_to_2011._United_States..PNG

[Xalder]

1966 lost dogs found.

Edited April 20, 2014 by Guest (see edit history)

[Psychotic Ninja]

Hmmm... yes... 1967 mistakes now.

[Xalder]

1968 typos corrected.

[Psychotic Ninja]

Last edited by Xalder on April 19th, 2014, 10:12 pm, edited 2 times in total.

 

So... Looks like you made the mistake twice. I'm impressed. Anywho, 1969

[Xalder]

1970 (million) comments ignored (that's approaching two billion, by the way).

[BTGBullseye]

1971 - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1971

 

The world population increased by 2.1% this year; the highest it ever did in history.

President Richard Nixon declares the U.S. War on Drugs.

After a successful mission aboard Salyut 1, the world's first manned space station, the crew of the Soyuz 11 spacecraft are killed when their air supply leaks out through a faulty valve.

Jim Morrison, lead singer of The Doors is found dead in his bathtub in Paris, France.

Michael S. Hart posts the first e-book, a copy of the United States Declaration of Independence, on the University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign's mainframe computer, the origin of Project Gutenberg.

Right to vote: The 26th Amendment to the United States Constitution, formally certified by President Richard Nixon, lowers the voting age from 21 to 18.

Apollo 15 astronauts David Scott and James Irwin become the first to ride in a lunar rover, a day after landing on the Moon.

JCPenney debuts its trademark Helvetica wordmark which has been used ever since.

Greenpeace is founded in Vancouver,Canada. (back when it wasn't a political anti-corporation organization, but actually was about the environment)

The UNIX Programmer's Manual is published.

Intel releases the world's first microprocessor, the Intel 4004.

During a severe storm over Washington State, a man calling himself D. B. Cooper parachutes from the Northwest Orient Airlines plane he hijacked, with US$200,000 in ransom money, and is never seen again (as of March 2008, this case remains the only unsolved skyjacking in history).

The Montreux Casino burns down during a Frank Zappa concert (the event is memorialized in the Deep Purple song "Smoke on the Water"). The casino is rebuilt in 1975.

Ray Tomlinson sends the first ARPAnet e-mail between host computers.

Crude oil production peaks in the continental United States at approximately 4.5 million barrels per day (720,000 m3/d).

 

Wow... A lot of important stuff happened in '71...

[Xalder]

1972 faces licked

[BTGBullseye]

1973 - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1973

 

The United Kingdom, the Republic of Ireland and Denmark enter the European Economic Community, which later becomes the European Union.

The pilot episode of the longest-running TV comedy series in the world, Last of the Summer Wine, is broadcast in the United Kingdom.

Elvis Presley's concert in Hawaii is the first worldwide telecast by an entertainer, that is watched by more people than watched the Apollo moon landings. It was never shown in the Eastern Bloc Countries because of Communism.

U.S. involvement in the Vietnam War ends with the signing of the Paris Peace Accords.

Pink Floyd's The Dark Side of the Moon, one of rock's landmark albums, is released.

The first handheld mobile phone call is made by Martin Cooper of Motorola in New York City.

Skylab, the United States' first space station, is launched.

Skylab 2 is launched on a mission to repair damage to the recently launched Skylab space station.

A patent for the ATM is granted to Donald Wetzel, Tom Barnes and George Chastain.

The United States Drug Enforcement Administration is founded.

Bruce Lee, American actor, philosopher, founder of Jeet Kune Do, dies in Hong Kong of cerebral edema (six days later his final film Enter the Dragon is released).

The Norrmalmstorg robbery occurs, famous for the origin of the term Stockholm syndrome.

Writer J.R.R. Tolkien dies.

Yom Kippur War begins: The fourth and largest Arab–Israeli conflict begins, as Egyptian and Syrian forces attack Israeli forces in the Sinai Peninsula and Golan Heights on Yom Kippur.

The Arab Oil Embargo against several countries which support Israel triggers the 1973 energy crisis.

NASA launches Mariner 10 toward Mercury (on March 29, 1974 it becomes the first space probe to reach that planet).

U.S. President Richard Nixon signs the Trans-Alaska Pipeline Authorization Act into law, authorizing the construction of the Alaska Pipeline.

Watergate scandal: In Orlando, Florida, U.S. President Richard Nixon tells 400 Associated Press managing editors "I am not a crook."

Pioneer 10 sends back the first close-up images of Jupiter.

The American Psychiatric Association removes homosexuality from its DSM-II.

The Endangered Species Act is passed in the United States.

Lite Beer is introduced in the U.S. by the Miller Brewing Company. (and people have been drinking piss ever since)

[ShouldBeNew]

1974

[BTGBullseye]

1975 - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1975

 

Volkswagen introduces the Golf, its new front-wheel-drive economy car, in the United States and Canada as the Volkswagen Rabbit.

The United States Patent and Trademark Office is renamed U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. (woopty doo)

The Federal Rules of Evidence are approved by the United States Congress.

The Atomic Energy Commission is divided between the ERDA and the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.

In response to the energy crisis, daylight saving time commences nearly 2 months early in the United States.

The United Nations proclaims International Women's Day.

Bill Gates and Paul Allen found Microsoft in Albuquerque, New Mexico.

In Washington, DC, the Rockefeller Commission issues its report on CIA abuses, recommending a joint congressional oversight committee on intelligence.

Apollo-Soyuz Test Project: A manned American Apollo spacecraft and the manned Soviet Soyuz spacecraft for the Soyuz 19 mission, docks in orbit, marking the first such link-up between spacecraft from the 2 nations.

U.S. President Ford posthumously restores the U.S. citizenship of General Robert E. Lee, military leader of the Confederate States of America during the American Civil War.

Viking program: NASA launches the Viking 1 planetary probe toward Mars.

Elizabeth Seton is canonized, becoming the first American Roman Catholic saint.

U.S. President Gerald Ford survives a second assassination attempt, this time by Sara Jane Moore in San Francisco.

The Hughes Helicopters (later McDonnell-Douglas, now Boeing IDS) AH-64 Apache makes its first flight.

NBC airs the first episode of Saturday Night Live (George Carlin is the first host; Billy Preston and Janis Ian the first musical guests).

An independent audit of Mattel, one of the United States' largest toy manufacturers, reveals that company officials fabricated press releases and financial information to "maintain the appearance of continued corporate growth."

United Nations General Assembly Resolution 3379: By a vote of 72–35 (with 32 abstentions), the United Nations General Assembly approves a resolution equating Zionism with racism. The resolution provokes an outcry among Jews around the world. It is repealed in 1991.

The "Group of 6" (G-6) industrialized nations is formed. (later upgraded to G-8)

Former California Governor Ronald Reagan enters the race for the Republican presidential nomination, challenging incumbent President Gerald Ford.

The 1975 cult classic movie The Rocky Horror Picture Show is released in America.

The heavy metal band Iron Maiden is formed by Steve Harris in London.

Some members of Jehovah's Witnesses believed that Armageddon will occur this year based on the group's chronology[6] and a few sold their houses and businesses to prepare for the new world paradise which they believed will be created when Jesus establishes God's Kingdom on Earth.

The first Monster Truck, Bigfoot, is created by Bob Chandler.

World population is at 4 billion.

[Psychotic Ninja]

The year is 1976. On May 17th in Point Place, Wisconsin, Eric Forman, Michael Kelso, Steven Hyde, and Donna Pinciotti are all sitting in the basement, listening to the Forman's party upstairs. Hyde, Kelso, and Donna are persuading Eric to go upstairs and grab beers for them. While he objects to the idea, he wants to please his friends. After constant arguing about why Eric has to go, he rushes upstairs to find beer. Before leaving, Donna warns Eric not to look at her father's hair. After coming upstairs, Eric runs into his mother Kitty Forman, who is carrying hot pizza roles and encouraging everyone to move. After stealing beer, he has a brief talk with his dad Red Forman, Eric reluctantly gets 2 more beers from his mother to put down in the basement fridge. Eric runs into Donna's parents, Midge Pinciotti and Bob Pinciotti, who are talking to him about Bob's new perm, but all Eric is thinking about is Midge's breasts. Eric runs back downstairs with the beer and is congratulated on doing so. Donna also reveals that she thinks Eric is handsome after Kelso accidentally says that she told him. Eric also tells the gang that his dad is thinking of giving him the 1969 Oldsmobile Vista Cruiser.

 

After the theme song is played, the gang is watching the Brady Bunch. Donna and Eric are quoting the show without the sound on. Jackie thinks that it is stupid to watch a show but not hear the sound, so Eric tells her to put in the headphones. While Jackie is distracted, Kelso talks about taking the Vista Cruiser to the Todd Rundgren concert in Milwaukee. Jackie wasn't supposed to know about the concert because the gang finds her annoying and bitchy. Jackie gets mad at Kelso for not telling her about this, but soon after, Kelso invites her.

 

Afterwards, Eric is seen telling the Cruiser that he wants it bad. Donna and Kelso are outside as well. Bob comes from next door fixing his hair and telling the kids that this is the most fun that they're ever going to have. The kids are scared by this because they are unsure what Bob is capable of if they do something wrong or if they're lives are ever going to get more interesting.

 

Soon after, the gang is at "The Hub" a local cowboy bar where teenagers hang out. This is the first time that Fez is introduced. Fez is new to the country and is wondering if he is correct when he says one of the waitresses has nice breasts. Jackie has no idea who Fez is and she doesn't know why he hangs out with them. The ironic thing is the gang isn't sure why Jackie hangs out with them. Jackie wants to go to the ladies' restroom and requests Donna to go with her. Fez wants to go the the men's restroom and requests Eric to go with him, but he denies.

 

The boys then go back to Eric's house and then they get into The "Circle", where they all sit down and smoke pot in the basement. Hyde explains that there is a guy who made a car that runs on water. They are also explaining how the Cruiser is a boat and needs lots of gas. Fez thinks that someone is getting a boat and not talking about a car.

 

Eric, Red, and Kitty are all talking about how about the Vista Cruiser and how it is a responsibility and a privilege. However, Eric is high the entire time. The wall behind Red and Kitty is moving and Eric isn't paying too much attention. Red also mentions that Eric can't take the car out of town. After a long talk, Red hands the keys to the Vista Cruiser to Eric. Eric then uses it to go to the concert after Red told him no trips out of town. Soon, sometime later, Donna and Kelso are fighting over who gets to sit in the front seat on the way to the concert. Eric tricks Kelso and wants Donna to sit in the front. As Donna, Eric, and Kelso leave, Kitty wonders where they are going. Red suggests that they are going out of town because he told them not to. Since the parents have the whole house to themselves, they decided to rush upstairs to have sex.

 

On the way to the concert, the gang stops at a gas station only to find that the battery died. The mechanic tells the gang that it's either $32 for a new battery, or 2 concert tickets. The gang decides to kick Jackie out first, then Kelso. Eric, Donna, Fez, Hyde, the mechanic and his boyfriend go to the concert. The mechanic wants to go to the bathroom and requests his boyfriend Kevin to come with him. Fez doesn't understand the concept of someone being gay and has Eric explain to him later. While the concert is going on, Jackie and Kelso are making out in the backseat of Eric's car.

 

After the concert, Eric and Donna were laying on the hood of the Vista Cruiser. Eric tells Donna that she was the reason that he drove the car out of town. It's late and Donna says she has to leave. After a brief moment of leaving, Donna comes back and explains to Eric that she had a great time. She lightly kisses him to Eric's surprise. He says that he wasn't ready and if he was, he would've done something with his lips. Donna suggests they try that next time implying that she eventually may kiss him again. She leaves and Eric is seen lying on the hood of the car, smiling.

[BTGBullseye]

1977 - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1977

 

The world's first personal all-in-one computer (keyboard/screen/tape storage), the Commodore PET, is demonstrated at the Consumer Electronics Show in Chicago

Apple Computer is incorporated. (2 years after Microsoft)

Snow falls in Miami (despite its ordinarily tropical climate) for the only time in its history. Snowfall has occurred farther south in the United States only on the high mountains of the state of Hawaii.

Space Shuttle program: First test taxi flight of Space Shuttle Enterprise.

The rings of Uranus are discovered.

Optical fiber is first used to carry live telephone traffic.

Led Zeppelin sets a new world record attendance for an indoor solo attraction at the Pontiac Silverdome when 76,229 persons attend a concert here on the group's 1977 North American Tour.

Scientists report using bacteria in a lab to make insulin via gene splicing.

Star Wars IV: A New Hope opens in cinemas.

The first Apple ][ series computers go on sale.

The Oracle Corporation is incorporated in Redwood Shores, California as Software Development Laboratories (SDL) by Larry Ellison, Bob Miner, and Ed Oates.

Led Zeppelin presents its last American concert in Oakland, California, at the Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum. A brawl erupts between Led Zeppelin's crew and the staff of the promoter Bill Graham, resulting in criminal assault charges for several members of the Led Zeppelin group including the drummer John Bonham.

The NASA Space Shuttle, named Enterprise, makes its first test free-flight from the back of a Boeing 747 Shuttle Carrier Aircraft.

Supertanker Pierre Guillaumat is launched at Saint-Nazaire; she is the all-time world's largest ship (by deadweight tonnage and length overall) at launch.

Voyager program: The United States launches the Voyager 2 spacecraft.

The Commodore PET computer is first sold.

Voyager program: Voyager 1 is launched after a brief delay. (yes, after Voyager 2 is launched)

Interpol issues a resolution against the piracy of video tapes and other material, which is still cited in warnings on opening pre-credits of videocassettes and DVDs.

Atari, Inc. releases its Video Computer System in North America.

A nuclear non-proliferation pact is signed by 15 countries, including the United States and the Soviet Union.

The modern Food Stamp Program begins when the Food Stamp Act of 1977 is enacted.

The Atari 2600 game system is released.

Three members of the rock band Lynyrd Skynyrd die in a charter plane crash outside Gillsburg, Mississippi, 3 days after the release of their fifth studio album Street Survivors.

2060 Chiron, first of the outer Solar System asteroids known as Centaurs, is discovered by Charlie Kowal.

Lockheed's top-secret stealth aircraft project, designated Have Blue and precursor to the U.S. Lockheed F-117 Nighthawk, makes its first flight.

The first children's cable channel The Pinwheel Network (later known as Nickelodeon), is launched.

[Xalder]

1978 cars washed

[BTGBullseye]

1979 - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1979

 

The United States and the People's Republic of China establish full diplomatic relations.

Pluto moves inside Neptune's orbit for the first time since either was known to science.

The U.S. Voyager I spaceprobe photos reveal Jupiter's rings, and makes its closest approach to Jupiter at 172,000 miles.

Philips demonstrates the Compact Disc publicly for the first time.

The first fully functional space shuttle orbiter, Columbia, is delivered to the John F. Kennedy Space Center, to be prepared for its first launch.

The Pinwheel Network changes its name to Nickelodeon and begins airing on various Warner Cable systems beginning in Buffalo, New York.

The Albert Einstein Memorial is unveiled at The National Academy of Sciences in Washington, DC.

McDonald's introduces the Happy Meal. (back when they actually had meat and a small bun, instead of a little soy buried under a huge bun)

Pope John Paul II arrives in his native Poland on his first official, nine-day stay, becoming the first Pope to visit a Communist country. This visit, known as nine days that changed the world, brings about the solidarity of the Polish people against Communism, ultimately leading to the rise of the Solidarity movement.

Sweden outlaws corporal punishment in the home. (now kids there have legal reign over their parents)

The Sony Walkman goes on sale for the first time in Japan.

NASA's first orbiting space station Skylab begins its return to Earth, after being in orbit for 6 years and 2 months.

The U.S. Pioneer 11 becomes the first spacecraft to visit Saturn, when it passes the planet at a distance of 21,000 km.

The first cable sports channel, ESPN, known as the Entertainment Sports Programming Network, is launched.

Federal Reserve System changes from an interest rate target policy to a money supply target policy.

Nuclear false alarm: the NORAD computers and the Alternate National Military Command Center in Fort Ritchie, Maryland, detect an apparent massive Soviet nuclear strike. After reviewing the raw data from satellites and checking the early warning radars, the alert is cancelled.

Eleven fans are killed during a crowd crush for unreserved seats before The Who rock concert at the Riverfront Coliseum in Cincinnati, Ohio.

The world premiere of Star Trek: The Motion Picture is held at the Smithsonian Institution in Washington, D.C.

The eradication of the smallpox virus is certified, making smallpox the first of only two human diseases that have been driven to extinction.

The One Child Policy is introduced in China - it has since prevented about 400 million births. It is later loosened in 2013.

VisiCalc becomes the first commercial spreadsheet program.

The first usenet experiments are conducted by Tom Truscott and Jim Ellis of Duke University.

Worldwide per capita oil production reaches a historic peak.

[Xalder]

1980 windshields wiped.