These happened in the year of my birth

?First oral contraceptive ( the Pill )invented by Luis E. Miramontes

?Direct dial coast-to-coast telephone service begins in the United States.

?First Color Television Pictures broadcast from Empire State Building

Posted By: CB41 on March 9th 2012 at 13:13:24

Message Thread

Lets have a little quiz (NCFC) - Dave ncfc davies, Mar 9, 13:02:12
- WWII ended in Europe big bangs to follow (n/m) (NCFC) - trustsec, Mar 9, 15:36:44
- Mine is the year the hovercraft was invented (n/m) (NCFC) - Dave ncfc davies, Mar 9, 14:20:58
- Decimilisation (n/m) (NCFC) - Karnivore, Mar 9, 13:42:43
  - 1971 (n/m) (NCFC) - duke of york, Mar 9, 13:43:05
    - indeed (n/m) (NCFC) - Karnivore, Mar 9, 13:43:50
      - Me too (n/m) (NCFC) - norway, Mar 9, 13:56:22
- The United States impose an embargo on Cuba. (n/m) (NCFC) - Pixelman, Mar 9, 13:42:12
  - 63? (n/m) (NCFC) - protheroe fitzgibbon, Mar 9, 13:44:22
    - 1962 (n/m) (NCFC) - Pixelman, Mar 9, 14:00:35
- The Karate Kid was released (n/m) (NCFC) - Brandonio, Mar 9, 13:39:18
- A mentally unstable Vietnam war veteran worked as a nighttime taxi driver in New York City (NCFC) - Ken Dodds Dads Dog, Mar 9, 13:38:00
  - 1976 (n/m) (NCFC) - Pixelman, Mar 9, 13:40:09
- Bryan Adams, Summer of 69. (n/m) (NCFC) - Cheltenham_Canary, Mar 9, 13:30:49
  - 87? (n/m) (NCFC) - protheroe fitzgibbon, Mar 9, 13:33:20
    - no... (NCFC) - Cheltenham_Canary, Mar 9, 13:46:29
      - Whallop! (n/m) (NCFC) - protheroe fitzgibbon, Mar 9, 13:57:04
- Iranian Embassy Siege (n/m) (NCFC) - bird table, Mar 9, 13:27:27
  - 81,kate adie live! (n/m) (NCFC) - protheroe fitzgibbon, Mar 9, 13:29:20
    - Oh well,close enough. (n/m) (NCFC) - protheroe fitzgibbon, Mar 9, 14:00:18
    - 1980. According to Wiki anyway (so probably 1476) (n/m) (NCFC) - bird table, Mar 9, 13:57:54
- Britain Ireland and Denmark join the EEC (n/m) (NCFC) - keith spanky, Mar 9, 13:27:06
  - 76 spankers? (n/m) (NCFC) - protheroe fitzgibbon, Mar 9, 13:31:06
    - fail (n/m) (NCFC) - keith spanky, Mar 9, 15:36:58
- Argentina hosted the world cup. (n/m) (NCFC) - megson, Mar 9, 13:21:40
  - 78 (n/m) (NCFC) - Brandonio, Mar 9, 13:33:01
  - Mexico hosted it in my year (n/m) (NCFC) - Klobo04, Mar 9, 13:23:21
    - And me i think,not 26 though,unfortunately. (n/m) (NCFC) - protheroe fitzgibbon, Mar 9, 13:36:22
      - 70 (n/m) (NCFC) - Brandonio, Mar 9, 13:46:08
        
        86 (n/m) (NCFC) - Klobo04, Mar 9, 13:50:44
        
        One of you is right,and if nobody minds i think i'll take klobos answer! (n/m) (NCFC) - protheroe fitzgibbon, Mar 9, 14:05:17
        
        haha (n/m) (NCFC) - Brandonio, Mar 9, 14:41:34
        
        said 86 for you below (n/m) (NCFC) - Brandonio, Mar 9, 13:52:36
    - 86 (n/m) (NCFC) - Brandonio, Mar 9, 13:33:15
- Adam Drury was born (n/m) (NCFC) - Ralf Scrampton, Mar 9, 13:21:20
- I also know exactly where I was when JFK was shot (NCFC) - duke of york, Mar 9, 13:20:29
  - Me too, I'm afraid. I'd just popped out a few weeks earlier. (n/m) (NCFC) - woody, Mar 9, 13:26:52
- England won the World Cup (NCFC) - malkybarkid, Mar 9, 13:19:25
- I share the exact same birthday as Tanzania (n/m) (NCFC) - mr carra, Mar 9, 13:17:28
- Man on moon (n/m) (NCFC) - duke of york, Mar 9, 13:16:49
  - 69 (n/m) (NCFC) - Brandonio, Mar 9, 13:43:28
- I was born. (n/m) (NCFC) - norway, Mar 9, 13:15:38
  - ...under the Barclay stand... (n/m) (NCFC) - Old Man, Mar 9, 13:16:02
    - .... to Selwyn and his wife (n/m) (NCFC) - Klobo04, Mar 9, 13:19:48
- WW2 (n/m) (NCFC) - Old Man, Mar 9, 13:14:38
  - which part? (n/m) (NCFC) - Brandonio, Mar 9, 13:55:36
- Ied and the 100th test against England and Australia happened. (n/m) (NCFC) - DrDublin, Mar 9, 13:13:32
  - 89 oz tour? (n/m) (NCFC) - protheroe fitzgibbon, Mar 9, 13:42:53
- Chernobyl disaster (n/m) (NCFC) - Klobo04, Mar 9, 13:13:16
  - Space Shuttle Challenger disaster (n/m) (NCFC) - Klobo04, Mar 9, 13:15:50
    - I watched that on Newsround! (n/m) (NCFC) - megson, Mar 9, 13:20:49
      - i was thinking the exact same thing (NCFC) - Ralf Scrampton, Mar 9, 13:31:10
      - Having looked at Wikipedia (NCFC) - Klobo04, Mar 9, 13:22:51
- Here go (NCFC) - hoolahan, Mar 9, 13:12:41
  - 84 (n/m) (NCFC) - Brandonio, Mar 9, 13:44:03
- In the year I was born, man first set foot on the moon. (NCFC) - tudders, Mar 9, 13:10:14
  - like England during the 1994 World Cup (n/m) (NCFC) - mr carra, Mar 9, 13:14:57
  - These happened in the year of my birth (NCFC) - CB41, Mar 9, 13:13:24
  - they did? the crafty buggers (n/m) (NCFC) - Tombs, Mar 9, 13:11:33
    - I was born in that year too, though it was all faked.... (NCFC) - Cheltenham_Canary, Mar 9, 13:12:21
      - Bullshit, easier to survive on the moon than in Wisbech; so wht would they? (n/m) (NCFC) - mike_the_sphinx, Mar 9, 13:16:16
      - Inside Wisbech is wasteland too (n/m) (NCFC) - CB41, Mar 9, 13:14:03
      - the ruskies bought it hook line and sphincter though (NCFC) - Tombs, Mar 9, 13:13:14
        
        They invented Vodka too (n/m) (NCFC) - CB41, Mar 9, 13:14:31
        
        no, they invented "Wodka." (n/m) (NCFC) - Cheltenham_Canary, Mar 9, 13:22:00
        
        Yeah, I knew that too (n/m) (NCFC) - CB41, Mar 9, 13:24:18
- cb41 is 71, i think old git is younger as he's still working in the beverage business (NCFC) - Tombs, Mar 9, 13:09:18
  - Nah, there's several older than me. OGs not even 50 (n/m) (NCFC) - CB41, Mar 9, 13:10:46
    - CB's got a couple on me as I recall. I'm 58. (n/m) (NCFC) - mike_the_sphinx, Mar 9, 13:14:41
      - Are you grumpy and cynical Mike? (n/m) (NCFC) - CB41, Mar 9, 13:19:15
        
        Mike's a sphinx (NCFC) - duke of york, Mar 9, 13:21:13
- IED. Think everyone when I started is still on here, under one user name or another. (n/m) (NCFC) - DrDublin, Mar 9, 13:03:26
  - Balls, missed the point of the quiz there, I shall try again. (n/m) (NCFC) - DrDublin, Mar 9, 13:11:54

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