https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/tags/the-20th-century/ Recent content in The 20th Century on Life In Good Measure Hugo -- gohugo.io en-us Mon, 02 Apr 2018 16:01:32 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-2000/ Mon, 02 Apr 2018 16:01:32 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-2000/ ****In the year 2000, the final daily original Peanuts comic strip is published(Jan 3), Playstation 2 is released in Japan (Mar 4), Pope John Paul II apologizes for the wrongdoings of the Roman Catholic Church throughout the ages (Mar 12), the American version of Survivor premiers on CBS (May 31), the Öresund Bridge between Sweden and Denmark is officially opened for traffic (Jul 1), the Nintendo GameCube is revealed (Aug 24), Bofors is sold to United Defense (Sep 6), the last day of no human presence in space takes place (Oct 30) - and all these fine people were born: https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1999/ Mon, 02 Apr 2018 15:43:41 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1999/ In the year 1999, the Euro is established (Jan 1), the Mars Polar Lander is launched (Jan 3), Bertrand Piccard and Brian Jones become the first to circumnavigate the globe in a hot air balloon (Mar 21), China launches its first spacecraft (Nov 20), Tori Murden becomes the first woman to cross the Atlantic by rowboat alone (Dec 3), 3rd millennium celebrations around the world take place, shadowed by the “Year 2000 problem” (Dec 31) - and all these fine people were born: https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1998/ Mon, 02 Apr 2018 15:40:11 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1998/ In the year 1998, 19 European nations agree to forbid human cloning (Jan 12), Titanic becomes the first film to gross 1 billion U.S. dollars (Mar 1), data sent from the Galileo probe indicates that Jupiter’s moon Europa has a liquid ocean under a thick crust of ice (Mar 2), the Alashi Kaikyoo Bridge becomes world’s longest suspension bridge (Apr 5), Indonesia’s Suharto resigns after 32 years in power (May 21), **Google Inc. https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1993/ Mon, 02 Apr 2018 15:32:18 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1993/ In the year 1993, Czechoslovakia is divided into the Czech Republic and Slovakia (Jan 1), Bill Clinton is sworn in as the 42nd U.S. president (Jan 20), the 51-day stand-off in Waco, Texas ends with a fire (Apr 19), the stabbing of Monica Seles in Hamburg leads later to more rigorous security at all tennis tournaments (Apr 30), Eritrea gains independence from Ethiopia (May 24), Fermat’s Last Theorem is finally solved (Jun 24), Russian troops withdraw from Poland (Sep 17), the Maastricht Treaty formally establishes the European Union (Nov 1), Schindler’s List is released in theaters (Dec 15) - and all these fine people were born: https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1997/ Mon, 02 Apr 2018 15:24:17 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1997/ [caption id=“attachment_1648” align=“alignright” width=“372”]Alma-Marceau in Paris 2017[/caption] In the year 1997, the Phoenix lights - a series of UFOs - are seen by hundreds in Phoenix, Arizona (Mar 13), the first space burial takes place (Apr 21), Jeanne Calment, probably the oldest person ever, dies at age of 122 years and 164 days (Aug 4), Princess Diana is killed in a car accident in Paris, France (Aug 31), the death of Mother Teresa a few days later is shadowed by it (Sep 5), the Cassini-Huygens probe is launched to Saturn (Oct 15) - and all these fine people were born: https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1995/ Mon, 02 Apr 2018 15:05:32 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1995/ In the year 1995, Austria, Finland and Sweden enter the European Union (Jan 1), Finland wins her first ice hockey world championship in Stockholm, and Jacques Chirac becomes the president of France (May 7), Microsoft releases Windows 95 (Aug 24), the DVD is announced, and eBay is founded (Sep 4), O.J. Simpson is found not guilty in his murder trial (Oct 3), Pokémon media franchise is created by Satoshi Tajiri - and all these fine people were born: https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1996/ Mon, 02 Apr 2018 14:55:13 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1996/ [caption id=“attachment_2350” align=“alignright” width=“396”]Mountainous crater rim on Mars[/caption] In the year 1996, France undertakes its last nuclear weapons test (Jan 21), at the urging of Yasser Arafat, PLO drops its clause calling for the removal of Israel, and the Israeli government responds by dropping a similar clause about Palestine (Apr 24), the first cloned mammal - Dolly the sheep - is born in Scotland (Jul 5), data sent back by the Galileo space probe indicates there may be water on of Jupiter’s moons (Aug 13), NASA launches the Mars Global Surveyor with the mission to map the planet (Nov 7), the Yugoslav Wars go on - and all these fine people were born: https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1992/ Mon, 02 Apr 2018 13:25:46 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1992/ In the year 1992, Japan apologizes for forcing Korean women into sexual slavery during WW2 (Jan 13), the U.S. and Russia promise not to target each other’s cities with nuclear weapons (Jan 26), and the Cold War is officially over (Feb 1), the Maastrict Treaty creates the European Union (Feb 7), white South Africans vote to in effect end the apartheid (Mar 18), Jay Leno succeeds Johnny Carson as the host of NBC’s Tonight Show (May 25), Lennart Meri becomes the first president of newly independent Estonia (Oct 6), Bill Clinton becomes the president elect (Nov 3), Yugoslavia is split into several independent states - and all these fine people were born: https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1910/ Mon, 02 Apr 2018 12:23:18 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1910/ [caption id=“attachment_2239” align=“alignright” width=“356”]Modern radio equipment[/caption] In the year 1910, the first public radio broadcast takes place, in New York City (Jan 13), William D. Boyce founds The Boy Scouts of America (Feb 8), slavery is made illegal in China (Mar 10), George V becomes King of the United Kingdom (May 6), the first commercial freight flight occurs, in Ohio (Nov 7), the last execution is carried out in Sweden, by guillotine (Nov 23), modern neon lighting is first demonstrated in Paris, France (Dec 3) - and all these fine people were born: 1919-0101 1919-0105 Hannu Leminen* screenwriter/ set designer/film director - Helsinki, Finland (1997/87) 1910-0109 Michel Aflaq* philosopher/ sociologist/Arab nationalist - Damascus, Ottoman Syria (1989/79) 1910-0119 Ray Jennison* Am. https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1909/ Mon, 02 Apr 2018 10:01:24 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1909/ In the year 1909, United States troops leave Cuba after being there since the Spanish-American War (Jan 28), the NAACP is founded, commemorating the 100th anniversary of President Abraham Lincoln’s birth (Feb 12), **The Kellogg’s Company **is founded as Battle Creek Toasted Corn Flake Company (Feb 19), William Howard Taft becomes the 27th U.S. President (Mar 4), work on the anti-aircraft gun commences (Jul 26), the Rosicrucian Fellowship is launched at Seattle, WA (Aug 8), the Montreal Canadiens is founded (Dec 4), the Manhattan Bridge opens (Dec 31) - and all these fine people were born: https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1912/ Sun, 01 Apr 2018 19:14:46 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1912/ In the year 1912, the Republic of China is established (Jan 1), RMS Titanic hits an iceberg (Apr 14), the Summer Olympics open in Stockholm, Sweden (May 5), Universal Pictures is founded in Los Angeles (Jun 8), the Meiji Era ends in Japan (Jul 30), Albania declares independence from the Ottoman Empire (Nov 28), the Nefertiti Bust is found in Amarna, Egypt (Dec 6) - and all these fine people were born: https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1913/ Sun, 01 Apr 2018 19:07:44 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1913/ In the year 1913, the future leaders of their respective countries, Joseph Stalin, Josip Broz Tito and Adolf Hitler all live in Vienna in January 1913 (Jan), Grand Central Terminal in New York City reopens as the world’s largest railroad station (Feb 1), Woodrow Wilson is sworn is as the 28th U.S. President (Mar 4), the release of a first full-length Indian feature film marks the beginning of the Indian film industry (May 5), stainless steel in invented in Sheffield, England (Aug 13), the Little Mermaid statue is finished in Copenhagen, Denmark (Aug 23) - and all these fine people were born: https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1914/ Sun, 01 Apr 2018 18:50:18 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1914/ In the year 1914, Charlie Chaplin makes his film debut in Making a Living (Feb 2), first international Criminal Police Congress begins in Monaco (Apr 14), assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria triggers the start of WWI (Jun 28), the Royal Naval Air Service - the forerunner of the RAF - is established in England (Jul 1), Babe Ruth makes his major league debut (Jul 11), Austria-Hungary declares war on Serbia (Jul 28), and the first shots are fired the next day in Belgrade (Jul 29), the German Empire declares war on the Russian Empire (Aug 1) and France (Aug 3), the first electric traffic lights are installed in Cleveland, Ohio (Aug 5), the Panama Canal is inaugurated (Aug 15), the first everyday items made of stainless steel come into public circulation, the World War I - now involving countries from all continents - rages on - and all these fine people were born: https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1927/ Sun, 01 Apr 2018 18:11:01 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1927/ In the year 1927, the first transatlantic telephone call is made (Jan 7), the first Volvo rolls off the production line in Gothenburg, Sweden (Apr 14), the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences is founded (May 11), Charles Lindbergh sets off in his Spirit of St. Louis for the first solo nonstop transatlantic airplane flight from New York to Paris (May 20), the first fully electronic television system is achieved by Philo Farnsworth (Sep 7), carving of the sculptures at Mount Rushmore begins (Oct 4), the Holland Tunnel becomes the first tunnel to link Manhattan and New Jersey (Nov 12), the first Laurel and Hardy film is released (Dec 3) – and all these fine people were born: https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1926/ Sun, 01 Apr 2018 18:03:49 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1926/ In the year 1926, the airline Deutsche Luft Hansa is founded in Berlin (Jan 6), Franco becomes General of Spain (Feb 25), explorer Richard E. Byrd and his co-pilot claim to be the first to fly over the North Pole, but some experts have since been skeptical of the claim (May 9), a weather map is televised for the first time (Aug 18), the sudden death of Rudolph Valentino causes worldwide grief (Aug 23), A. https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1922/ Sun, 01 Apr 2018 11:02:05 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1922/ In the year 1922, The first successful insulin treatment of diabetes is made (Jan 11), Mohandas Gandhi is sentenced for sedition in India (Mar 18), the Lincoln Memorial is dedicated in Washington D.C. (May 30), BBC is formed in London (Oct 18), Benito Mussolini becomes the Premier in Italy (Oct 30), the U.S.S.R. is formed (Dec 30) - and all these fine people were born: 1922-0101 1922-0115 Sylvia Lawler* (b Corben) geneticist - Bournemouth, England (1996/74) https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1921/ Sun, 01 Apr 2018 10:36:49 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1921/ In the year 1921, suffrage for women is obtained in Sweden, and Chaplin’s The Kid is released in the United States (Jan 21), Marie Stopes opens the first birth control clinic in London, England (Mar 17), the Allies of WW1 reparations commission announce that Germany has to pay $33 trillion in annual installments of 2.5 billion (Apr 27), the Province of Northern Ireland is created within the United Kingdom (May 5), the Tulsa race massacre takes place (May 31), the death penalty is abolished in Sweden (Jun 30), insulin is discovered (Jul 27), The Sheik starring Rudolph Valentino premiers in L. https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1944/ Sun, 01 Apr 2018 10:10:18 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1944/ In the year 1944, the R.A.F. drops 2,300 tons of bombs on Berlin (Jan 20), Casablanca wins the Best Picture award at the Academy Awards (Mar 2), **Operation Overlord, code named D-Day begins **(Jun 6), Germany launches V1-bomb attack on England (Jun 13), the deportation of Hungarian Jews to concentration camps begins (Jun 29), Soviet troops begin operations to occupy the Baltic countries (Jul 10), the world’s first undersea oil pipeline is laid between England and France (Aug 12), London is hit by a V2 rocket for the first time (Sep 8) - and all these fine people were born: https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1948/ Sun, 01 Apr 2018 00:26:31 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1948/ In the year 1948, Mahatma Gandhi is assassinated in New Delhi (Jan 30), the Soviet Union begins to jam the Voice of America broadcasts (Feb 1), the Hells Angels is founded in California (Mar 17), the scientific theory on the Big Bang is published (Apr 1), ABC begins its broadcasting (Apr 19), Israel declares itself independent (May 14), the Berlin Blockade begins (Jun 24) and two days later the Western allies answer with the Berlin airlift that lasts for 15 months (Jun 26), the southern half of Korea is established as South Korea (Aug 15), R-1 missile on test becomes the first Soviet launch to enter space (Oct 10), the UN General Assembly adopts the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (Dec 10) - and all these fine people were born: https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1945/ Sat, 31 Mar 2018 21:14:16 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1945/ [caption id=“attachment_830” align=“alignleft” width=“320”]Flag of the United Nations since 1947[/caption] In the year 1945, the Soviets occupy Warzaw (Jan 17), the Soviet Army liberates Auschwitz and Birkenau concentration camps (Jan 27), the Yalta Conference begins (Feb 4), Korea is divided into two separate parts, which leads later to the Korean War (Sep 8), Gandhi and Nehru demand that all British troops leave India (Sep 20), the United Nations is founded (Oct 24), Charles de Gaulle is elected president of France (Nov 16) - and all these fine people were born: https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1943/ Sat, 31 Mar 2018 20:30:21 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1943/ In the year 1943, the Allied forces meet at Casablanca (Jan 14), Pentagon is dedicated in Arlington (Jan 15), Antoine de Saint-Exupéry’s The Little Prince is published (Mar), the Jefferson Memorial is dedicated in Washington, D.C. (Apr 13), the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising begins (Apr 19), Allied planes bomb Rome (Jul 19), Denmark is occupied (Aug 29), Italy changes sides (Oct 13), alleged date of the Philadelphia Experiment (Oct 28), gypsies will face the same fate as Jews, according to Himmler (Nov 15), RAF planes bomb Berlin (Nov 18), Lebanon gains independence from France (Nov 22), WW2 and the Holocaust go on - and all these fine people were born: https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1947/ Sat, 31 Mar 2018 19:45:23 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1947/ In the year 1947, the Swedish Crown Prince Gustaf Adolf is killed in a plane crash (Jan 26), the communists take power in Poland (Jan 31), the Paris Peace Treaty is signed (Feb 10), the Voice of America begins to transmit radio broadcasts into Eastern Europe and the Soviet Union (Feb 17), ISO is founded (Feb 23), the German state Prussia is officially abolished (Feb 25), IMF begins to operate (Mar 1), the Truman Doctrine is first announced, in effect beginning the Cold War (Mar 12), Miracle on the 34th Street premiers (May 2), the first SAAB automobile is produced (Jun 22), CIA is founded (Sep 18), the U. https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1960/ Sat, 31 Mar 2018 18:16:25 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1960/ In the year 1960, the first television anime debuts on NHK (Jan 15), in Greensboro, North Carolina, four black students begin a sit-in at a segregated Woolworth’s lunch counter, triggering many similar incidents (Feb 1), first stars appear on the Hollywood Walk of Fame (Feb 9), the United States launches the first weather satellite (Apr 1), Adolf Eichmann is captured in Buenos Aires, and taken to Israel (May 11), OPEC is founded (Sep 14), the first successful kidney transplant is performed in Edinburgh (Oct 30), The Flintstones premiers in the United States (Sep 30),_ Coronation Street premiers in the U. https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1924/ Sat, 31 Mar 2018 14:23:05 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1924/ In the year 1924, Lenin dies, and Stalin, at age 42, immediately begins to clear way for his leadership (Jan 21), the computing company CTR is renamed IBM (Feb 14), Hitler is sentenced to 5 years in jail, but serves only 8 months (Apr 1), Daimler’s and Benz’s companies merge into Mercedes-Benz (May 11), Indian Citizenship Act becomes a law in the U.S. (Jun 2), in New York City, the first Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade is held (Nov 27), Edwin Hubble announces that Andromeda is not a nebula, but actually another galaxy, and that the Milky Way is only one of many such galaxies in the universe (Dec 30), American Indian Wars come to an end after 302 years - and all these fine people were born: https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1928/ Sat, 31 Mar 2018 14:07:38 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1928/ In the year 1928, the first east-west transatlantic flight takes place, from Ireland to Canada (Apr 12), the first regular schedule of television programming begins in Schenectady, New York (May 7), The Royal Flying Doctor Service of Australia commences operations (May 15), British inventor John Logie Baird demonstrates the world’s first color television transmission (Jul 3), Richard E. Byrd leaves New York for the Arctic (Sep 1), Alexander Fleming discovers what later becomes known as penicillin (Sep 28), Joseph Stalin launches the first five-year-plan (Oct 1), Mickey Mouse appears in Steamboat Willie, the first animated sound film (Nov 18), Maurice Ravel’s Boléro premiers at the Paris Opéra (Nov 22), Eliot Ness begins to lead the prohibition unit in Chicago - and all these fine people were born: https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1956/ Sat, 31 Mar 2018 13:45:27 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1956/ In the year 1956, Finnish troops re-occupy Porkkala after Soviet troops vacate its military base (Jan 25), Elvis Presley enters the United States music charts for the first time, with Heartbreak Hotel (Feb 22), videotape is first demonstrated at a convention in Chicago by Ampex (Apr 14), Grace Kelly marries Prince Rainier of Monaco (Apr 19), the submarine Transatlantic telephone cable opens (Sep 25), Red Army troops invade Hungary (Oct 26), the first hard disk drive (5MB) is born at IBM (Oct 29) - and all these fine people were born: https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1942/ Sat, 31 Mar 2018 13:20:06 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1942/ [caption id=“attachment_3450” align=“alignleft” width=“253”]Anne Frank House in Amsterdam, Holland[/caption] In the year 1942, Henry Ford patents a plastic automobile, which is 30% lighter than a regular car (Jan 13), the first American forces arrive in Europe (Jan 26), Disney’s Bambi is released in theaters everywhere (Apr 13), Hitler is granted power of life and death over every German citizen (Apr 26), Anne Frank makes the first entry in her new diary (Jun 12), the Battle of Stalingrad begins (Aug 23), several concentration and extermination camps are opened, the WW 2 rages on - and all these fine people were born: https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1955/ Sat, 31 Mar 2018 03:35:12 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1955/ In the year 1955, an incident in an Alabama bus leads later to bus segregation being ruled unconstitutional (Mar 2), Winston Churchill resigns as Prime Minister at age 80 (Apr 5), West Germany becomes a sovereign country recognized by leading Western countries (May 5), Disneyland opens in Anaheim, California (Jul 17), first edition of the _Guinness Book of Records _is published (Aug 27), ITV begins broadcasting in the U.K. (Sep 22), Alfred Hitchcock Presents debuts on CBS (Oct 2), Rebel Without a Cause is released in the United States (Oct 27), the correct number of human chromosomes - 46 - is discovered (Dec 22) - and all these fine people were born: https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1954/ Sat, 31 Mar 2018 03:27:42 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1954/ In the year 1954, the first mass vaccination of children against polio begins in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (Feb 23), U.S. officials announce that a hydrogen bomb test has been conducted on Bikini Atoll (Mar 1), From Here to Eternity wins the Oscar for best picture (Mar 25), the world’s first atomic power station opens near Moscow (Jun 27), Ellis Island in New York closes (Nov 12), the first hotel built on an airport property - The Hyatt House Los Angeles - opens (Dec 1), The U. https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1959/ Sat, 31 Mar 2018 02:36:55 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1959/ In the year 1959, the United States recognizes the new Cuban government of Fidel Castro (Jan 7), the Boeing 707 airliner begins service (Jan 25), Mattel’s Barbie doll debuts in the U.S. (Mar 9), Busch Gardens opens in Tampa, Florida and the Dalai Lama is granted asylum in India (Mar 31), two monkeys sent to space from Cape Canaveral become the first living beings to return safely to Earth (May 28), the first skull of Australopithecus is discovered by the Leakeys in Tanzania (Jul 17), Bonanza premiers, first regularly scheduled TV program in color (Sep 12), the first plain paper copier, Xerox 914, is introduced to the public (Sep 19) - and all these fine people were born: https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1958/ Sat, 31 Mar 2018 02:06:53 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1958/ In the year 1958, the EEC comes into being (Jan 1), the first successful American satellite is launched into orbit (Jan 31), Elvis Presley joins the U.S. Army (Mar 19), The Bridge on the River Kwai wins seven Academy Awards (Mar 26), Pizza Hut is founded (Jun 15), the first parking meters are installed in Britain (Jul 10), The Beatles record their first songs (Jul 12), NASA is founded (Jul 29), the first television show recorded on color videotape airs on NBC (Oct 17), the United States launches SCORE, the world’s first communications satellite - and all these fine people were born: https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1925/ Fri, 30 Mar 2018 13:54:07 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1925/ In the year 1925, Benito Mussolini makes his pivotal speech in Italy (Jan 3), the first issue of The New Yorker appears (Feb 21), the Chrysler Corporation is founded by Walter Chrysler (Jun 6), Adolf Hitler publishes Volume I of Mein Kampf (Jul 18), the Ku Klux Klan parades in Washington D.C. (Aug 8), Mount Rushmore National Memorial is dedicated in South Dakota (Oct 1), the first London double-deckers are introduced (Oct 2) - and all these fine people were born: https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1940/ Fri, 30 Mar 2018 13:51:23 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1940/ In the year 1940, Hermann Göring assumes control of most war industries in Germany (Jan 4), food rationing begins in Great Britain (Jan 8), Pinocchio is released in theaters everywhere (Feb 7), peace treaty between Finland and the Soviet Union ends the Winter War (Mar 12), Germany invades Denmark and Norway (Apr 9), Battle of France begins, and Winston Churchill becomes Prime Minister in the U.K. (May 10), the first McDonald’s opens in San Bernardino, California (May 15), Auschwitz-Birkenau opens in occupied Poland (May 20), Battle of Britain begins (Jul 7), the first bombing of Berlin by the RAF takes place (Aug 25), the retaliating 57-day long Blitz by the Nazis starts in London (Sep 7), the WW2 rages on - and all these fine people were born: https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1941/ Fri, 30 Mar 2018 13:06:53 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1941/ In the year 1941, U.S. President F.D. Roosevelt is sworn in for a third term (Jan 20), plutonium is discovered (Feb 23), Citizen Kane premieres in New York City (May 1), the world’s first working programmable, fully automatic computer is presented in Berlin (May 12), Operation Barbarossa begins (Jun 22), Finland as a co-belligerent with Germany attacks the Soviet Union to start the Continuation War (Jun 25), the world’s first TV commercial is aired on NBC (Jul 1), the requirement to wear the Star of David is extended to all Jews over the age of six in German-occupied areas (Sep 6), construction of The Pentagon begins (Sep 12), last day of carving on Mount Rushmore (Oct 31), Japanese aircraft attack Pearl Harbor in Hawaii (Dec 7), Thailand and Japan sign a military alliance (Dec 21), the World War II and the Holocaust continue - and all these fine people were born: https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1952/ Fri, 30 Mar 2018 12:01:36 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1952/ In the year 1952, West Germany has 8 million refugees inside its borders (Jan 8), Elizabeth II becomes Queen of the United Kingdom (Feb 7), Wernher von Braun publishes his ideas on space travel (Mar 22), East Germany threatens to form its own army (May 1), the Summer Olympics commence in Helsinki, Finland (Jul 19), Puerto Rico becomes a self-governing commonwealth of the United States (Jul 25), West Germany agrees to pay 3 billion Deutsche Marks to Israel for the costs of resettling the Jewish refugees after the war (Aug 27), NSA is founded (Nov 4), the first successful sex reassignment surgery is performed in Copenhagen, Denmark (Nov 20), the first successful surgical separation of Siamese twins is conducted in Cleveland, Ohio (Dec 14) - and all these fine people were born: https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1964/ Fri, 30 Mar 2018 11:35:03 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1964/ In the year 1964, for the first time in the United States, smoking is officially said to be dangerous (Jan 11), Beatlemania begins as the Beatles land at JFK airport (Feb 7), Malcolm X claims he will form a black nationalist party, and Cassius Clay changes his name to Muhammad Ali (Mar 6), the game show Jeopardy! debuts on NBC (Mar 30), Sidney Poitier becomes the first African-American to win an Academy Award (Apr 13), the Rolling Stones release their debut album (Apr 16), Nelson Mandela is sentenced to life in prison (Jun 12), racial segregation is officially abolished in the U. https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1963/ Fri, 30 Mar 2018 11:28:54 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1963/ In the year 1963, Betty Friedan’s _The Feminine Mystique _ reawakens the Women’s Movement in the U.S. (Feb 19), the Alcatraz Federal Penitentiary closes (Mar 21), the Beatles release their first album (Mar 22), Hitchcock’s The Birds is released in the U.S. (Mar 28), the first James Bond film is released (May 8), Valentina Tereshkova becomes the first woman in space (Jun 16), President John F. Kennedy gives his Ich bin ein Berliner speech in West Berlin, East Germany (Jun 26), Martin Luther King Jr. https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1962/ Fri, 30 Mar 2018 11:22:24 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1962/ [caption id=“attachment_2034” align=“alignright” width=“355”]Vivien Leigh, Marilyn Monroe and Laurence Olivier in 1956[/caption] In the year 1962, New York City introduces a subway train that operates without a crew on board (Jan 4), Cuba and the Soviet Union sign a trade pact (Jan 9), first Kmart store is opened (Mar 1), Taco Bell is founded (Mar 21), first Walmart store is opened (Jul 2), Algeria becomes independent from France (Jul 5), the Rolling Stones make their debut (Jul 12), Marilyn Monroe is found dead at her home in L. https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1986/ Fri, 30 Mar 2018 10:07:47 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1986/ In the year 1986, the first PC virus starts to spread (Jan 19), space shuttle Challenger explodes right after launch (Jan 28), Pixar Animation Studios open in California (Feb 3), the Soviet Union launches the Mir space station (Feb 19), Olof Palme is shot to death in Stockholm (Feb 28), Rendez-vous Concert in Houston by Jean-Michel Jarre (Apr 5), leak at the nuclear power plant in Chernobyl spreads disaster (Apr 26), Desmond Tutu becomes the first black bishop in South Africa (Sep 7), the Oprah Winfrey Show premieres in syndication (Sep 8), the Phantom of the Opera opens in London (Oct 9), Mike Tyson wins his first world boxing title (Nov 22) - and all these fine people were born: https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1985/ Fri, 30 Mar 2018 10:05:35 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1985/ In the year 1985, the Internet Domain Name System is created (Jan 1), We Are The World is recorded (Jan 28), Mikhail Gorbachev becomes new leader of the Soviet Union (Mar 11), Madonna launches her first concert tour (Apr 10), South Africa ends its ban on interracial marriages (Apr 15), ozone hole is discovered (May 16), the Schengen Area is born (Jun 14), Live Aid concerts raise money for Ethiopia (Jul 13), the first smoking ban in restaurants is passed in Aspen, Colorado (Aug 28), the Nintendo game Super Mario is released (Sep 13), the space shuttle Atlantis makes its maiden flight (Oct 3), Microsoft releases the first version of Windows, Windows 1. https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1984/ Fri, 30 Mar 2018 10:02:18 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1984/ In the year 1984, TED is founded (Feb 23), U.S. President Ronald Reagan calls for an international ban on chemical weapons (Apr 4), AIDS virus is discovered (Apr 23), Ghostbusters and Gremlins are released (Jun 8), the Canadian entertainment company Cirque du Soleil is founded (Jun 16), Liechtenstein becomes the last country in Europe to grant women the right to vote (Jul 1), Svetlana Savitskaya becomes the first woman to walk in space (Jul 25), Indira Gandhi is assassinated in New Delhi (Oct 31), the worst industrial disaster occurs in Bhopal, India and Band Aid releases their charity single Do They Know It’s Christmas to raise money to combat the famine in Ethiopia (Dec 3) - and all these fine people were born: https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1974/ Fri, 30 Mar 2018 09:59:17 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1974/ In the year 1974, Lucille Ball airs the finale of Here’s Lucy (Mar 18), Steven King publishes his first novel, Carrie (Apr 5), ABBA wins the Eurovision Song Contest with Waterloo (Apr 6), the Universal Product Code is scanned for the first time in Troy, Ohio (Jun 26), the Greek military junta is replaced by a civilian government (Jul 23), high-wire artist Philippe Petit crosses between the WTC Twin Towers in New York City (Aug 7), Nixon announces his resignation (Aug 8), Arecibo Observatory in Puerto Rico sends an interstellar radio message, to reach Messier 13 around the year 27,000 (Nov 16), Rubik’s Cube is invented by Ernö Rubik in Hungary - and all these fine people were born: https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1973/ Fri, 30 Mar 2018 09:09:52 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1973/ In the year 1973, U.S. involvement in the Vietnam War ends (Jan 27), Ohio becomes the first U.S. state to post distance in metric on signs (Feb 12), The Young and the Restless debuts on CBS (Mar 26), the first handheld mobile phone call is made (Apr 3), the World Trade Center complex in NYC is officially dedicated (Apr 4), Federal Express begins operations (Apr 17), the Sears Tower in Seattle becomes for a while the world’s tallest building (May 3), the ATM is patented (Jun 4), an 11-year legal action for the victims of Thalidomide ends (Jul 30), the term Stockholm Syndrome is coined (Aug 23), Carl XVI Gustaf becomes King of Sweden (Sep 15), the Sydney Opera House is dedicated (Oct 20), the Bosporus Bridge is completed, connecting Europe and Asia over the Bosporus for the first time in history (Oct 30) - and all these fine people were born: https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1988/ Fri, 30 Mar 2018 08:56:04 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1988/ In the year 1988, The Soviet Union begins with Perestrojka (Jan 2), The Phantom of the Opera opens on Broadway (Jan 26), a document implicates Kurt Waldheim in WW2 deportations (Feb 29), the Candle demonstration in Bratislava begins the change in Czechoslovakia (Mar 25), after years of war, Soviet Union begins withdrawing from Afghanistan (May 15), the Singing Revolution begins in the Estonian SSR (Jun 10), Al-Qaeda is formed (Aug 11), the Iran-Iraq War ends (Aug 20), the first Fairtrade label is launched (Nov 15), Benazir Bhutto becomes the first woman to lead an Islam-dominated state (Dec 2) - and all these fine people were born: https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1983/ Fri, 30 Mar 2018 00:23:46 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1983/ In the year 1983, the beginning of the true Internet dawns (Jan 1), the 3D printer is invented by Chuck Hall (Mar 9), Michael Jackson introduces the moonwalk at the Motown 25 television special (Mar 25), Return of the Jedi opens in theaters (May 25), Pioneer 10 becomes the first man-made object to leave the vicinity of the major planets of the Solar System (Jun 13), President Reagan announces that GPS will be made available for civilian use (Sep 16), a false alarm almost sets off a nuclear war (Sep 26), South Africa approves a new constitution with reforms to apartheid (Nov 2), Michael Jackson’s Thriller video is aired on MTV for the first time (Dec 2) - and all these fine people were born: https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1950/ Thu, 29 Mar 2018 23:22:29 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1950/ [caption id=“attachment_590” align=“alignleft” width=“354”]Charles M. Schulz at work[/caption] In the year 1950, The Knesset passes a resolution that states Jerusalem is the capital of Israel (Jan 23), the Stasi is founded in East Germany (Feb 8), In South Africa, the Group Areas Act is passed, formally segregating the races (Apr 27), Korean War begins (Jun 25), Peanuts is first published in seven U.S. newspapers (Oct 2), Douglas MacArthur threatens to use nuclear weapons in Korea (Nov 30) - and all these fine people were born: https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1938/ Thu, 29 Mar 2018 23:05:37 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1938/ In the year 1938, Adolf Hitler reorganizes the German war ministry to gain supreme control of it (Feb 4), a nylon bristle toothbrush becomes the first commercial product to be made with nylon yarn (Feb 24), oil is discovered in Saudi Arabia (Mar 3), Germany annexes Austria (Mar 12), Superman appears for the first time, as a backup story (Apr 18), the last reunion of the Blue and Gray commemorates the 75th anniversary of the Battle of Gettysburg (Jul 3), the Munich Agreement leaves Czechoslovakia alone against the Nazis (Sep 29), DuPont announces a name for its new synthetic yarn: nylon (Oct 27), Orson Welles' radio adaptation of The War of the Worlds causes panic in the United States (Oct 30), Kristallnacht paves way to Holocaust (Nov 9), Otto Hahn discovers the nuclear fission of uranium, marking the beginning of the Atomic Age (Dec 17) - and all these fine people were born: https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1908/ Thu, 29 Mar 2018 19:44:10 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1908/ In the year 1908, Robert Baden-Powell starts off the Boy Scout Movement with the publication of Scouting for Boys, in London (Jan 24), Japanese immigration to the U.S.A. is forbidden (Feb 18), the Tunguska event occurs in Siberia (Jun 30), Melitta Bentz creates the first coffee filter (Jul 8), Henry Ford produces his first Model T automobile (Sep 27), Bulgaria declares its independence from the Ottoman Empire (Oct 5), Western bandits Butch Cassidy and Sundance Kid are supposedly killed in Bolivia (Nov 6) - and all these fine people were born: https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1907/ Thu, 29 Mar 2018 19:38:47 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1907/ In the year 1907, Maria Montessori opens her first school and daycare center for working class children in Rome (Jan 6), the parliamentary elections in Finland are the first in the world with woman candidates, as well as the first elections in Europe where universal suffrage is applied (Mar 15), the first taxicabs with taxi meters begin operating in London (Mar 22), Korea becomes a protectorate of Japan (Jul 25), UPS is founded in Seattle, WA (Aug 28), RMS Lusitania makes its maiden voyage from Liverpool to New York (Sep 7) - and all these fine people were born: https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1937/ Thu, 29 Mar 2018 14:06:49 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1937/ In the year 1937, Ingrid Christensen becomes the first woman to set foot on Antarctica (Jan 30), John Steinbeck’s Of Mice and Men is published in the U.S. (Feb 6), Wallace H. Carothers receives a patent for nylon (Feb 16), Hindenburg disaster takes place in New Jersey (May 6), San Francisco’s Golden Gate Bridge opens to pedestrian traffic (May 27), and the next day to vehicles. Volkswagen is established (May 28), the Soviet Union commence one of the largest campaigns of the Great Purge (Aug 5), Japan occupies Beijing (Aug 8), the last Bali tiger dies (Sep 27), Roosevelt gives his famous Quarantine Speech in Chigaco (Oct 5) - and all these fine people were born: https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1982/ Thu, 29 Mar 2018 11:51:35 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1982/ 1982-0621 In the year 1982, the Commodore 64 8-bit home computer is launched (Jan 7), the first computer virus is found (Jan 30), all 8 planets align on the same side of the Sun (Mar 10), a ground-breaking ceremony for the Vietnam Veterans Memorial is held in Washington, D.C. (Mar 26), The Falklands War begins (Apr 2), Canada patriates its constitution, gaining full political independence from the United Kingdom (Apr 17) - and all these fine people were born: https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1980/ Thu, 29 Mar 2018 11:41:03 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1980/ ****In the year 1980, Global Positioning System time epoch begins (Jan 4), the Rubik’s Cube (invented in 1974) makes its international debut at a hobby fair in London (Jan 29), The XIII Winter Olympics open in Lake Placid, New York (Feb 13), Mount St. Helens in Washington erupts (May 18), CNN is officially launched (Jun 1), the Polish government recognizes Solidarity, lead by Lech Walesa (Oct 31), John Lennon is shot dead by Mark Chapman in the archway of the Dakota in New York City (Dec 8) - and all these fine people were born: 1980-0102 David Gyasi* actor/w Ghanaian heritage - Hammersmith, London, England 1980-0103 Kurt Vile* singer/ multi-instrumentalist/record producer - Landsdowne, PA USA 1980-0108 Sam Riley* actor / singer - Bradford, West Yorkshire, England 1980-0110 Dani Kind* actress - Toronto, ON Canada 1980-0115 1980-0118 Jason Segel* actor/ comedian/ writer - Santa Monica, CA USA 1980-0119 Jenson Button* racecar driver/WG - Frome, Somerset, England 1980-0120 Philippe Cousteau Jr. https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1970/ Thu, 29 Mar 2018 10:04:27 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1970/ In the year 1970, Guyana, having gained independence in 1966, becomes a republic within the Commonwealth of Nations (Feb 22), Apollo 13 returns to Earth (Apr 17) after the misfortunate lunar expedition, the Beatles release their 12th and final album, Let It Be (May 8), in Washington D.C. 100,000 people demonstrate against the Vietnam War (May 9), Norway announces that it has rich oil deposits off its North Sea coast (Jun 2), the first New York City Marathon takes place (Sep 13) – and all these fine people were born: https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1969/ Thu, 29 Mar 2018 10:02:08 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1969/ [caption id=“attachment_1335” align=“alignright” width=“358”]Buzz Aldrin on the Moon in July 1969[/caption] In the year 1969, Richard Nixon becomes the 37th U.S. President (Jan 20), the Beatles give their last public performance, impromptu on the roof of Apple Records (Jan 30), the Boeing 747 (i.e. Jumbo Jet) makes its maiden flight in the U.S. (Feb 9), in France, the first Concorde test flight is conducted (Mar 2), Golda Meir becomes the prime minister of Israel (Mar 17), the first Moon landing takes place, by Apollo 11 (Jul 20), the first ATMs in the U. https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1979/ Thu, 29 Mar 2018 08:57:46 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1979/ In the year 1979, the Guardian Angels are formed in New York City (Feb 13), it snows in Sahara (Feb 18), Voyager I photos reveal Jupiter’s rings (Mar 4), Sadat and Begin sign the Peace Treaty (Mar 26), Three Mile Island disaster occurs in Pennsylvania (Mar 28), Iran becomes an Islamic Republic (Apr 1), Margaret Thatcher becomes UK’s first female prime minister (May 4), the first international election takes place as European Community elects its MEPs (Jun 7), Sweden outlaws corporal punishment in the home, and the Sony Walkman goes on sale in Japan (Jul 1), National March for gay rights takes place in Washington, D. https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1978/ Thu, 29 Mar 2018 08:56:06 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1978/ In the year 1978, Roman Polanski skips bail and flees to France (Feb 1), San Francisco city council signs a most comprehensive homosexual rights bills (Mar 28), Dallas debuts on CBS (Apr 2), “Son of Sam” is sentenced to 365 years in prison (Jun 12), Garfield makes its debut (Jun 19), Louise Brown, the world’s first test tube baby, is born (Jul 25), the Soviet Union launches a major russification campaign in all its republics (Oct 13), Karol Wojtyla becomes Pope John Paul II for the next 26 years (Oct 16), Jonestown incident in Guyana claims 918 lives (Nov 18) - and all these fine people were born: https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1976-comments/ Thu, 29 Mar 2018 08:54:21 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1976-comments/ ThomasExorb - Oct 5, 2024Revolutionizing Search: The Increase of Rapid Hyperlink Indexing Providers https://google53208.answerblogs.com/27503687/online-site-indexing Within the huge landscape of the web, in which details reigns supreme, the chance to accessibility pertinent written content swiftly is paramount. Engines like google have long been the gateway to this huge repository of information, but their success hinges on just one important aspect: indexing. As the net continues to broaden exponentially, classic indexing procedures typically wrestle to help keep tempo. https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1976/ Thu, 29 Mar 2018 08:54:21 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1976/ The broadcasting of The Muppet Show by the British ITV kickstarts its success in its native USA. In the year 1976, the first commercial Concorde flight takes off (Jan 21), Apple Computer Company is formed (Apr 1), the Soweto uprising in South Africa begins (Jun 16), the United States celebrates its Bicentennial, and in Uganda, the Entebbe Raid occurs (Jul 4), the Viking 1 Lander successfully lands on Mars (Jul 20), NASA releases the famous Face on Mars photo (Jul 31), Trinidad and Tobago gains independence (Aug 1), the first outbreak of Ebola virus occurs in Zaire (Aug 26), the Muppet Show is broadcast for the first time in Britain (Sep 13), Hotel California by the Eagles is released (Dec 8) - and all these fine people were born: https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1906/ Wed, 28 Mar 2018 13:44:01 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1906/ In the year 1906, Rolls-Royce Ltd. is registered (Mar 15), Mount Vesuvius erupts, devastating Naples (Apr 7), the 1906 San Francisco earthquake takes place (Apr 18), the RMS Lusitania, the world’s largest ship, is launched in Glasgow (Jun 7), a magnitude 8.2 earthquake in Chile kills thousands (Aug 16), the first phonographic record player is manufactured (Aug 22), Mahatma Gandhi coins the term Satyagraha to characterize the Non-Violence movement in South Africa (Sep 11), the Grand Duchy of Finland becomes the first nation to adopt universal suffrage (Oct 1), SOS becomes an international distress signal (Nov 3), the world’s first submarine, the U-1, enters the German Navy (Dec 14), the world’s first feature film, The Story of the Kelly Gang, is released (Dec 26) - and all these fine people were born: https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1904/ Wed, 28 Mar 2018 13:40:26 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1904/ In the year 1904, the first large scale bodybuilding competition takes place at Madison Square Garden (Jan 16), a surprise Japanese naval attack in Manchuria starts the Russo-Japanese War (Feb 8), the United States pays $10 million to gain control of the Panama Canal (Feb 23), the Mormons end officially the practice of polygamy (Apr 6), FIFA is established (May 21), the Dalai Lama signs the Anglo-Tibetan Treaty (Sep 7), the first underground line of the New York City Subway opens (Oct 27), the first successful caterpillar track is made (Nov 24), in New York City, the first New Year’s Eve celebration is held in Times Square (Dec 31) - and all these fine people were born: 1904-0101 1904-0103 Jeane Dixon* astrologer - Medford, WI USA (1997/93) 1904-0110 1904-0118 Cary Grant* (b Leach) British-American actor/to U. https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1902/ Wed, 28 Mar 2018 13:35:02 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1902/ In the year 1902, New Zealand becomes the first country in the world to require state registration of nurses (Jan 1), the Berlin U-Bahn** is opened** (Feb 15), a Circuit Court prevents Thomas Edison from having a monopoly on motion picture technology (Mar 10), the first movie theater in the United States opens in Los Angeles (Apr 2), Cuba gains independence from the United States (May 20), Edward VII is crowned King of the United Kingdom (Aug 9) - and all these fine people were born: https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1920/ Wed, 28 Mar 2018 13:32:38 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1920/ In the year 1920, the Treaty of Versailles ends WWI (Jan 10), Turkey gives up the Ottoman Empire (Jan 28), Prohibition begins in the U.S. (Jan 16), the Tartu Peace Treaty recognizes Estonian independence (Feb 2), Adolf Hitler presents his National Socialist program in Munich (Feb 24), the 7th Summer Olympics open in Antwerp, Belgium (Apr 20), Joan of Arc is canonized in Rome (May 16), the first KLM fight takes place (May 17), Pancho Villa surrenders in Mexico (Jul 28), the 19th Amendment of the U. https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1932/ Wed, 28 Mar 2018 13:06:49 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1932/ [caption id=“attachment_1632” align=“alignleft” width=“330”]Radio City Music Hall (Courtesy of Stròlic Furlàn)[/caption] In the year 1932, Hattie Caraway becomes the first female U.S. Senator (Jan 12), ca 6 million people are unemployed in Germany (Jan 15), Brave New World by Aldous Huxley is published (Feb 1), Tarzan the Ape Man opens starring Johnny Weissmuller (Mar 25), following the end of Prohibition, the first Alko stores open in Finland (Apr 5), Nazis become the largest party in the Reichstag election (Jul 31), Forrest Mars produces the first Mars bar (Aug 1), the first Autobahn is opened in Germany (Aug 6), the Soviet Famine begins, millions starving to death (Sep 22), the first science fiction radio show, Buck Rogers in the 25th Century, debuts on radio (Nov 7), Radio City Music Hall opens in New York City (Dec 27) - and all these fine people were born: https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1968/ Wed, 28 Mar 2018 11:48:11 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1968/ [caption id=“attachment_476” align=“alignright” width=“283”]MLK Jr and RFK in 1968[/caption] In the year 1968, Viet Cong soldiers attack the U.S. Embassy in Saigon (Jan 31), Martin Luther King Jr. is shot dead in Memphis, Tennessee (Apr 4), The musical Hair officially opens on Broadway (Apr 29), Robert F. Kennedy is shot in Los Angeles (Jun 5) and dies day after, Warsaw Pact troops and tanks invade Czechoslovakia (Aug 20), the 19th Olympic Games begin in Mexico City (Oct 12) - and all these fine people were born: https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1936/ Wed, 28 Mar 2018 11:08:14 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1936/ In the year 1936, Japanese Baseball League is founded (Feb 5), the first superhero to wear a skin-tight costume and mask, The Phantom, makes his appearance in U.S. newspapers (Feb 18), construction of the Hoover Dam is completed (Mar 1), Italia annexes Ethiopia (May 7), Queen Mary leaves Southampton on her maiden voyage (May 27), the first fully controllable helicopter makes its maiden flight (Jun 26), the Olympic Games open in Berlin (Aug 1), Stalin’s Great Purge begins in the Soviet Union (Oct), the weekly Life begins its publication (Nov 23), all German boys ages 10 to 18 are to join the Hitler Youth paramilitary organization (Dec 1), Edward III abdicates (Dec 10), stress is first recognized as a medical condition - and all these fine people were born: https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1951/ Wed, 28 Mar 2018 11:00:05 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1951/ In the year 1951, the comic strip Dennis the Menace appears in the U.S. newspapers for the first time (Mar 12), The King and I premiers on Broadway (Mar 29), the George Washington Carver National Monument in Joplin, Missouri becomes the first U.S. national monument to honor an African American (Jul 14), the first Volkswagen Beetle rolls off the plant in South Africa (Aug 31), the Japan-U.S. Security Treaty is signed, allowing American troops to be stationed in Japan (Sep 8), I Love Lucy debuts on CBS (Oct 15), the Marshall Plan expires (Dec 31), several sci-fi films premier, the Korean War goes on - and all these fine people were born: https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1919/ Wed, 28 Mar 2018 09:00:52 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1919/ [caption id=“attachment_2232” align=“alignright” width=“309”]The Thompson submachine gun in a violin case[/caption] In the year 1919, the League of Nations is founded (Jan 25), Benito Mussolini founds his Fascist political movement (Mar 23), after the fall of the Ottoman Empire, the Turkish War of Independence begins (May 19), the Treaty of Versailles officially ends WW 1 (Jun 28), the American Communist Party is established (Aug 31), KLM is founded (Oct 7), Estonia nationalizes 97% of agrarian lands, mostly belonging to Baltic Germans (Oct 10), Adolf Hitler gives his first speech for the German Workers' Party, the future Nazi Party (Oct 16), John T. https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1918/ Wed, 28 Mar 2018 08:58:47 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1918/ In the year 1918, the Finnish Declaration of Independence is recognized by Russia, Sweden, Germany and France (Jan 4), the Finnish Civil War, lasting till May, begins (Jan 27), the first ever drone is test flown (Mar 6), Moscow becomes the capital of Soviet Russia (Mar 12), the German fighter pilot Red Baron dies in combat (Apr 21), Spanish Flu becomes pandemic, killing millions in the ensuing months (June), Allied forces break through the Hindenburg Line (Sep 29), with the failed test flight of another drone - the Kettering Bug - the use of drones in WW1 is abandoned (Oct 2), Czechoslovakia declares its independence from Austria-Hungary (Oct 28), the Red Army invades Estonia (Nov 28), the Second World War rages on - and all these fine people were born: https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1987/ Tue, 27 Mar 2018 23:26:23 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1987/ In the year 1987, AZT is approved for use in the U.S. in the treatment of HIV/AIDS (Mar 20), The Bold & The Beautiful debuts on CBS (Mar 23), plans for Euro Disney are sealed (Mar 24), The Simpsons cartoon first appears on television (Apr 19), Mathias Rust lands his plane on Red Square in Moscow (May 28), Ronald Reagan holds his Tear down this wall speech in Berlin (Jun 12), according to UN, the world population has reached 5 billion people (Jul 11), Michael Jackson’s Bad is released (Aug 31) - and all these fine people were born: https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1930/ Tue, 27 Mar 2018 23:20:20 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1930/ In the year 1930, the Mickey Mouse comic strip makes its first appearance (Jan 13), the 3M company markets Scotch Tape (Jan 31), Pluto is discovered (Feb 18), Salt March led by Mahatma Gandhi starts the Civil Disobedience Movement in India (Mar 12), the snack cake Twinkies are invented (Apr 6), neoprene is invented by DuPont (Apr 17), Looney Tunes, the first cartoon series, is released (Apr 19), the first FIFA World Cup starts (Jul 13), Haile Selassie is crowned emperor of Ethiopia (Nov 2), the chocolate chip cookie is invented - and all these fine people were born: https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1977/ Tue, 27 Mar 2018 23:08:37 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1977/ In the year 1977, Apple Computer is incorporated (Jan 3), Jimmy Carter becomes the 39th U.S President (Jan 20), Fleetwood Mac’s _Rumours _is released (Feb 4), the rings of Uranus are discovered (Mar 10), optical fiber is first used to carry live telephone traffic (Apr 22), Star Wars opens in cinemas (May 25), there is a blackout in New York City with resultant looting (Jul 13-14), Elvis Presley dies (Aug 16), Pelé plays his last pro football game (Oct 1) - and all these fine people were born: https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1939/ Tue, 27 Mar 2018 19:47:58 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1939/ 1967 re-release poster In the year 1939, the Hewlett-Packard Company is founded (Jan 1), Hitler´s speech before the Reichstag forebodes the holocaust (Jan 30), Batman makes his first appearance in a comic book (May 2), the last public guillotining in France takes place (Jun 17), Siam changes its name to Thailand (Jun 24), the last remaining Jewish enterprises in Germany are closed by the Nazis (Jul 6), Nazi Germany invades Poland, beginning World War II in Europe (Sep 1), Soviet forces attack Finland, starting the Winter War (Nov 30), Gone with the Wind premieres in an Atlanta theater (Dec 15) - and all these fine people were born: https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1994/ Tue, 27 Mar 2018 19:46:06 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1994/ In the year 1994, NAFTA is established (Jan 1), China gets its first connection to the internet (Mar 1), the Rwandan genocide begins (Apr 7), Nelson Mandela wins the first fully multiracial presidential elections in South Africa (Apr 27), the Channel Tunnel between England and France opens (May 6), the O. J. Simpson case begins (Jun 12), the Russian army leaves Estonia and Latvia, ending the last traces of Eastern Europe’s Soviet occupation (Aug 31), MS Estonia sinks in the Baltic Sea, killing 852 people (Sep 28), the first conference devoted entirely to the subject of the commercial potential of the World Wide Web opens in San Francisco (Nov 4) - and all these fine people were born: 1994-0102 Valentina Giacinti* football player - Trescore Balneario, Italy 1994-0103 Katri Lylynperä* cross-country skier - Vammala, Finland 1994-0103 Simon Pettersson* athlete (discus)/OS - Sweden 1994-0104 Viktor Axelsen* badminton player/OB - Odense, Denmark 1994-0105 Zemgus Girgensons* hockey player - Riga, Latvia 1994-0110 1994-0112 Emre Can* football player/with Turkish ancestry - Frankfurt, Germany 1994-0114 Connor Brown* hockey player - Etobicoke, ON Canada 1994-0114 Muktar Edris* long-distance runner/WC - Ethiopia 1994-0115 Eric Dier* football player - Cheltenham, England 1994-0116 Mikko Lehtonen* hockey player/OG - Turku, Finland 1994-0120 Hampus Lindholm* hockey player - Helsingborg, Sweden 1994-0121 Marny Kennedy* actress - Melbourne, VIC Australia 1994-0121 Toni Kuusela* athlete (javelin) - Vimpeli, Finland 1994-0121 Nico Salo* floorball player - Tampere, Finland 1994-0 1994-0123 Mattias Nilsson* hockey player - Visby, Sweden 1994-0125 1994-0126 Steph Catley* football player - Melbourne, Australia 1994-0127 Anouck Jaubert* sport climber - Saint-Étienne, France 1994-0131 1994-0201 Julia Garner* actress - New York, NY USA 1994-0201 Teemu Suninen* rally driver - Tuusula, Finland 1994-0202 *Brock McGinn* hockey player - Fergus, ON Canada 1994-0203 Malaika Mihambo* athlete (long jump)/OG/w Tanzanian father - Heidelberg, Germany 1994-0203 Aimee Lou Wood* actress - Stockport, Greater Manchester, England 1994-0204 Alexia Putellas* football player - Mollet del Vallès, Spain 1994-0206 Charlie Heaton* musician/actor - Leeds, West Yorkshire, England 1994-0207 Nina Christen* sport shooter/OB - Stans, Switzerland 1994-0207 Nathan Walker* Australian hockey player/SC - Cardiff, Wales 1994-0208 Nikki Yanofsky* singer - Montreal, QC Canada 1994-0210 Kelvin Hoefler* skateboarder/OS - Sao Paulo, Brazil 1994-0210 Makenzie Vega* actress - Los Angeles, CA USA 1994-0211 Dylan Arnold* actor - Seattle, WA USA 1994-0212 Alex Galchenyuk* hockey player - Milwaukee, WI USA 1994-0212 Arman Hall* sprinter/OGr - Miami, FL USA 1994-0213 Memphis Depay* football player - Moordrecht, Netherlands 1994-0214 Becky Hill* singer - Bewdley, Worcestershire, England 1994-0214 Thanapob Leeratanakachorn* model/ actor/singer - Bangkok, Thailand 1994-0216 Annika Beck* tennis player - Gießen, Germany 1994-0219 Fausto Desalu* athlete (sprinter/OGr) - Casalmaggiore, Italy 1994-0220 Brigid Kosgei* long-distance runner/marathon world record - Kenya 1994-0223 Dakota Fanning* actress - Conyers, GA USA 1994-0225 Mackenzie Arnold* football goalie - Gold Coast, QLD Australia 1994-0225 Eugenie Bouchard* tennis player - Montreal, QC Canada 1994-0225 Ifeoma Onumonu* American-Nigerian football player - Rancho Cucamonga, CA USA 1994-0226 Kalle Koljonen* badminton player - Helsinki, Finland 1994-0226 Jacob Trouba* hockey player - Rochester, MI USA 1994-0301 Justin Bieber* singer - London, ON Canada 1994-0301 Camille Razat* model/ actress - Toulouse, France 1994-0302 1994-0303 Amir Khosravani* Paralympic athlete (long jump)/OG - Bandar Ganaveh, Iran 1994-0305 Daria Gavrilova* Russian-Australian tennis player - Moscow, Russia 1994-0306 Mads Burnell* mixed martial artist - Husum, Denmark 1994-0307 Chase Kalisz* swimmer/OG - Bel Air, MD USA 1994-0307 Jordan Pickford* football goalie - Washington, England 1994-0308 1994-0310 Nikita Parris* football player/EC - Liverpool, Merseyside, England 1994-0311 Andrew Robertson* football player - Glasgow, Scotland 1994-0312 Katie Archibald* Scottish-British racing cyclist/OG - Chertsey, England 1994-0312 Noemi Zbären* athlete (hurdles) - Langnau, Emmenthal, Switzerland 1994-0313 1994-0314 Jasmine Abrams* Guyanese athlete (sprinter) - New York, NY USA 1994-0314 Ansel Elgort* actor - New York, NY USA 1994-0315 1994-0316 Sierra McClain* actress /singer - Decatur, GA USA 1994-0317 Christin Hussong* athlete (javelin) - Zweibrücken, Germany 1994-0318 Megan Tapper* (b Simmonds) hurdler/OB - Kingston, Jamaica 1994-0321 Erik Back* athlete/sprinter - Helsinki, Finland 1994-0325 An Baul* 안바울 judoka/OB - Anyang, South Korea 1994-0326 Paige VanZant* mixed martial artist - Dundee, OR USA 1994-0327 Wesley Vázquez* middle-distance runner - Bayamón, Puerto Rico 1994-0328 1994-0329 Jack Bandeira* actor - Middlesbrough, England 1994-0329 Tom Wilson* hockey player/SC - Toronto, ON Canada 1994-0401 Ella Eyre* singer/ songwriter - London, England 1994-0403 Feng Bin* athlete (discus/WG) - Penglai District, China 1994-0406 Simona Brown* actress/ of Jamaican heritage - London, England 1994-0406 Ilya Lyubushkin* hockey player - Moscow, Russia 1994-0407 1994-0409 Clara Henry* actress/ blogger/television presenter - Landsvetter, Sweden 1994-0411 Duncan Laurence* (b de Moor) singer - Spijkenisse, Netherlands 1994-0412 Saoirse Ronan* actress/ Irish parents - New York City, NY USA 1994-0413 Elvis Merzļikins* hockey goalie - Riga, Latvia 1994-0414 1994-0415 Elena Linari* football player - Fiesole, Italy 1994-0415 Shaunae Miller-Uibo* (b Miller) sprinter - Nassau, Bahamas 1994-0418 Olli Kokko* swimmer - Finland 1994-0420 1994-0422 Chandler Stephenson* hockey player/SC - SK Canada 1994-0424 Henri Liipola* athlete (hammer) - Koski Tl, Finland 1994-0425 Omar McLeod* athlete (hurdles/OG) - Clarendon, Jamaica 1994-0426 Zoe Smith* weightlifter - England 1994-0428 Alexandra Burghardt* athlete (sprinter & bobsleigh/OS) - - Mühldorf am Inn, Germany 1994-0428 Joonas Korpisalo* hockey goalie - Pori, Finland 1994-0428 Mina Tanaka* 田中 美南 Japanese football player/w Thai mother - Ubon Ratchathani, Thailand 1994-0428 Haftamnesh Tesfay* athlete (runner) - Ethiopia 1994-0501 Jaccob Slavin* hockey player - Erie, CO USA 1994-0501 Krisztián Tóth* judoka/OB - Darmstadt, Germany 1994-0502 Alexander Choupenitch* fencer/OB - Brno, Czechia 1994-0502 Gerard Descarrega* Paralympic athlete (sprinter)/OG - La Selva del Camp, Tarragona, Spain 1994-0502 Sara Forsberg* singer/television personality - Finland 1994-0505 “Celeste” Epiphany Waite* singer/songwriter - Culver City, CA USA 1994-0507 Josh Anderson* hockey player - Burlington, ON Canada 1994-0508 Ajeé Wilson* middle-distance runner - Neptune, NJ USA 1994-0510 1994-0511 Menno Vloon* athlete (pole vault) - Zaandam, Netherlands 1994-0516 Mikhail Grigorenko* hockey player - Khabarovsk, Russia 1994-0518 Chris Driedger* hockey goalie - Winnipeg, MB Canada 1994-0520 Alex Høgh Andersen* actor (Vikings) - Skælskør, Denmark 1994-0523 Esa Lindell* hockey player - Helsinki, Finland 1994-0524 Emma McKeon* swimmer/OB - Wollongong, NSW Australia 1994-0525 Matt Murray* hockey goalie - Thunder Bay, ON Canada 1994-0525 Aly Raisman* gymnast/OG - Needham, MA USA 1994-0526 Lindsey Horan* football player - Golden, CO USA 1994-0528 John Stones* football player - Barnsley, England 1994-0529 Lorelei Linklater* American actress - San Miguel de Allende, Mexico 1994-0529 Saku Mäenalanen* hockey player/OG - Tornio, Finland 1994-0530 Scott Laughton* hockey player - Oakville, ON Canada 1994-0531 Heorhiy Bushchan* football goalie - Odessa, Ukraine 1994-0531 Senja Mäkitörmä* athlete (shot put) - Varpaisjärvi, Finland 1994-0601 1994-0603 Bethany England* football player - Barnsley, England 1994-0603 Ville Pokka* hockey player/OG - Tornio, Finland 1994-0603 Anne Winters* actress - Dallas, TX USA 1994-0604 Roosa Laakkonen* volleyball player - Finland 1994-0605 Petra Olli* freestyle wrestler/WG - Lappajärvi, Finland 1994-0606 Markus Nutivaara* hockey player - Oulu, Finland 1994-0610 1994-0611 Jessica Fox* Australian canoeist/OG - Marseille, France 1994-0615 Lee Kiefer* fencer/OG - Cleveland, OH USA 1994-0615 Yussuf Poulsen* football player/w a Tanzanian father - Copenhagen, Denmark 1994-0616 1994-0617 Mimosa Jallow* swimmer/w Gambian father - Jyväskylä, Finland 1994-0618 Takeoff* (b Kirshnik Khari Ball) rapper - Lawrenceville, GA USA (2022/28) 1994-0619 Mallory Franklin* canoeist/OS - Windsor, Berkshire, England 1994-0619 Ala Zoghlami* Italian runner (steeplechase)/twin of Osama - Tunis 1994-0619 Osama Zoghlami* Italian runner (steeplechase) - Tunis 1994-0620 Drake Caggiula* hockey player - Pickering, ON Canada 1994-0620 Collin Delia* hockey goalie - Rancho Cucamonga, CA USA 1994-0620 Sarah Köhler* swimmer/OB - Hanau, Germany 1994-0622 1994-0624 Erin Moriarty* actress - New York City, NY USA 1994-0625 1994-0626 Catherine Beauchemin-Pinard* judoka/OB - Canada 1994-0629 Camila Mendes* actress/singer - Charlottesville, VA USA 1994-0630 1994-0701 Edvin Endre* actor/son of Lena Endre - Stockholm, Sweden 1994-0705 Shohei Ohtani* 大谷 翔平 baseball player - Ōshū, Iwate, Japan 1994-0707 Hali Flickinger* swimmer/OB - York, PA USA 1994-0707 Ned Porteous* actor (Emmerdale) - High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire, England 1994-0708 Buse Arikazan* athlete (pole vault) - Ankara, Turkey 1994-0708 Andrew Copp* hockey player - Ann Arbor, MI USA 1994-0709 Akiane Kramarik* painter (Prince of Peace)/poet - Mount Morris, IL USA - Akiane. https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1953/ Tue, 27 Mar 2018 19:43:18 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1953/ In the year 1953, Josip Broz Tito is chosen President of Yugoslavia (Jan 14), Dwight D. Eisenhower becomes the 34th U.S. President (Jan 20), Joseph Stalin dies after 31 years of ruling the Soviet Union (Mar 5), Dag Hammarskjöld is elected U.N. Secretary-General (Apr 7), Edmund Hillary conquers Mount Everest at 8848 m/29029 ft (May 29), Elisabeth II is crowned at Westminster Abbey (Jun 2), The first Chevrolet Corvette is built at Flint, Michigan (Jun 30), the EEC assembles for the first time (Jul 5), The Korean War ends (Jul 27), the discovery of REM sleep is first published (Sep 4), the first issue of Playboy Magazine comes out (Dec) - and all these fine people were born: https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1935/ Tue, 27 Mar 2018 19:40:21 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1935/ In the year 1935, Italy’s Benito Mussolini and France’s Pierre Laval agree upon mutual non-interference of colonial claims (Jan 7), Amelia Earhart becomes the first to fly solo from Hawaii to California (Jan 11), the first canned beer is sold in Richmond, Virginia (Jan 24), the use of radar is demonstrated for the first time (Feb 26), Joseph Stalin opens the Moscow Metro to the public (May 15), Alcoholics Anonymous is founded in Akron, Ohio (Jun 10), the world’s first parking meters are installed in Oklahoma City (Jul 16), the Nuremberg Laws remove citizenship from Jews (Sep 15), Lebensborn program in support of Nazi eugenics is founded by Heinrich Himmler in Germany (Dec 12) - and all these fine people were born: https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1931/ Tue, 27 Mar 2018 19:29:22 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1931/ In the year 1931, Thomas Edison submits his very last patent application (Jan 6), the Empire State Building is completed (May 1), the Huang He floods killed between 850,000 and 4,000,000 people (the deadliest historic natural disaster), the George Washington Bridge is dedicated (opening to traffic Oct 25) - and all these fine people were born: 1931-0101 Furio Colombo* journalist/politician - Châtillon, Kingdom of Italy (2025/94) 1931-0102 1931-0105 Robert Duvall* actor - San Diego, CA USA **** 1931-0106 Dickie Moore* hockey player (NHL 100)/businessman - Montreal, QC Canada (2015/84) 1931-0111 Mary Rodgers* composer/author/ screenwriter - New York City, NY USA (2014/83) 1931-0117 James Earl Jones* actor - Arkabutla, MS USA (2024/93) 1931-0119 Carl Brashear* U. https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1965/ Tue, 27 Mar 2018 19:24:42 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1965/ In the year 1965, Canada gets a new flag - the Maple Leaf Flag (Feb 15), Malcolm X is assassinated (Feb 21), Bloody Sunday in Selma, Alabama is followed by similar treatment of civil rights demonstrators (Mar 7), first American ground combat troops arrive in Vietnam (Mar 8), cosmonaut Alexey Leonov becomes the first person to walk in space (Mar 18), first photos of Mars are taken (Jul 15), the first stadium concert takes place as The Beatles perform at Shea Stadium in New York City (Aug 15), Fidel Castro announces that anyone who wants to can emigrate to the United States (Sep 28), Days of Our Lives debuts on NBC (Nov 8) - and all these fine people were born: https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1967/ Tue, 27 Mar 2018 19:22:02 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1967/ In the year 1967, Charlie Chaplin’s last film is launched (Jan 5), the first Boeing 737 takes it maiden flight (Apr 9), 400 million viewers around the world watch Our World, the first live satellite television production, featuring Beatles' All You Need Is Love (Jun 25), world’s first ATM is installed in England (Jun 27), Fleetwood Mac makes their live debut (Aug 13), Sweden switches to right-hand traffic (Sep 3), Che Guevara is executed in Bolivia (Oct 9), around 70,000 people protest against the Vietnam War in Washington D. https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1972/ Tue, 27 Mar 2018 19:05:11 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1972/ In the year 1972, East Pakistan renames itself Bangladesh (Jan 11), a Japanese WW2 soldier is discovered in Guam, having spent 28 years in the jungle (Jan 24), Nixon’s visit in China begins (Feb 21), The Godfather premiers in New York City (Mar 15), Okinawa is returned to Japan (May 15), Watergate scandal commences (Jun 17), 11 Israeli athletes are murdered at the Munich Olympics (Sep 5), M*A*S*H begins its run on CBS (Sep 17), Emmerdale premiers on ITV (Oct 16), Apollo 17 crew takes on their way to the Moon The Blue Marble photograph (Dec 7) and conclude on their return the program of lunar exploration (Dec 19), worship of Norse gods is officially approved in Iceland - and all these fine people were born: https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1975/ Tue, 27 Mar 2018 17:48:56 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1975/ In the year 1975, Wheel of Fortune premieres on NBC (Jan 6), Bill Gates and Paul Allen found Microsoft in Albuquerque, New Mexico (Apr 4), the South African government announces that it will provide all black children with free and compulsory education (May 6), Jaws is released in theaters (Jun 20), Muhammad Ali defeats Joe Frazier in a boxing match in Manila, Philippines (Oct 1), _Saturday Night Live _is aired for the first time (Oct 11), Queen’s Bohemian Rhapsody is released (Oct 31), Juan Carlos becomes the King of Spain (Nov 22), Rubik’s Cube is patented, several former Portuguese colonies gain independence from Portugal - and all these fine people were born: https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1981/ Tue, 27 Mar 2018 17:45:43 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1981/ In the year 1981, Iran releases the 52 Americans held for 444 days, ending the Iran hostage crisis (Jan 20), the first London Marathon starts with 7500 runners (Mar 29), President Reagan survives the assassination in Washington D.C. (Mar 30), Space Shuttle Columbia returns to Earth, the first time for a manned reusable spacecraft to do so (Apr 14), the first game of paintball is played in Henniker, NH (Jun 27), Prince Charles and Lady Diana Spencer get married in London (Jul 29), France abolishes capital punishment (Sep 18), the Egyptian president Anwar Sadat is assassinated in Cairo (Oct 6), Muhammad Ali boxes for the last time (Dec 11) - and all these fine people were born: https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1990/ Tue, 27 Mar 2018 17:41:31 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1990/ In the year 1990, Mr. Bean debuts on television (Jan 1), Manuel Noriega is disposed as the leader of Panama (Jan 3), Nelson Mandela is finally released from prison (Feb 11), Mikhail Gorbachev is elected as president (Mar 13), Namibia gains independence (Mar 21), WHO removes homosexuality from its list of diseases (May 17), the first ban of smoking in bars is passed in California, and Iraq invades Kuwait, eventually leading to the Gulf War (Aug 2), East and West Germany reunify into a single Germany (Oct 3), South Africa ends segregation on a wide scale (Oct 15), Akihito is enthroned as the 125th emperor of Japan (Nov 12), the first known web page is written (Nov 13), communism is falling allover Europe and the U. https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1949/ Tue, 27 Mar 2018 16:46:17 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1949/ In the year 1949, VW Beetle Type 1 enters the American scene, but the future automotive phenomenon goes yet unrecognized (Jan 17), Australian citizenship comes into being (Jan 26), astronomer Fred Hoyle coins the term Big Bang (Mar 28), NATO is founded (Apr 4), the Republic of Ireland comes into being (Apr 18), Siam changes its name to Thailand (May 11), George Orwell’s 1984 is published (Jun 8), West Germany is established (Sep 7), the People’s Republic of China is officially proclaimed (Oct 1), East Germany is established (Oct 7), the cornerstone of the UN Headquarters is laid (Oct 24), Winston Churchill makes a landmark speech in support of the idea of a European Union (Nov 28) - and all these fine people were born: https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1933/ Tue, 27 Mar 2018 16:44:03 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1933/ In the year 1933, construction of the Golden Gate Bridge begins (Jan 5), Adolf Hitler is appointed Chancellor of Germany (Jan 30), King Kong premieres in New York City (Mar 2), FDR is sworn in as the 32nd U.S. president (Mar 4), the board game Monopoly is invented (Mar 7), the concentration camp Dachau is completed, years before the WWII starts (Mar 20), Gestapo is founded (Apr 26), the first alleged sighting of the Loch Ness monster occurs (May 2), the first drive-in movie theater opens near Camden, New Jersey (Jun 6), all non-Nazi parties are forbidden in Germany (Jun 21), Wiley Post becomes the first person to fly around the world (Jul 22), Einstein arrives in the United States as a refugee from Nazi Germany (Oct 17), alcohol becomes legal again in the U. https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1917/ Tue, 27 Mar 2018 16:42:26 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1917/ In the year 1917, Mata Hari is arrested in Paris for spying (Feb 13), the first jazz recording is commercially released (Mar 7), the Russian Empire comes to an end as Nicholas II abdicates his throne (Mar 15), the Danish West Indies become the US Virgin Islands (Mar 31), Lenin returns to Russia from exile (Apr 16), Our Lady of Fátima apparitions begin, lasting 5 months (May 13), the first Pulitzer Prizes are awarded (Jun 4), the Lions Club International is formed (Jul 7), October Revolution in Russia starts years of turmoil (Nov 7/Oct 25 O. https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1901/ Tue, 27 Mar 2018 16:40:40 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1901/ In the year 1901, oil is discovered in the first great Texas gusher at Spindletop in Beaumont (Jan 10), Queen Victoria dies after 63 years of reign (Jan 22), New York State becomes the first to require automobile license plates (Apr 25), Cuba becomes a U.S. protectorate (Jun 12), Hubert Cecil Booth patents an electric vacuum cleaner (Aug 30), the first Nobel Prize ceremony is held in Stockholm (Dec 10), Alzheimer’s disease is described for the first time by German psychiatrist Alois Alzheimer, Scotland Yard creates a fingerprint archive - and all these fine people were born: https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1905/ Tue, 27 Mar 2018 16:10:05 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1905/ In the year 1905, The Trans-Siberian Railway officially opens (Jan 1), Las Vegas, Nevada is founded when 110 acres (0.4 km²), in what later becomes downtown, are auctioned off (May 15), the Japanese fleet destroys the Russian fleet in a 2-day battle (May 27-28), the Norwegian Parliament declares the union with Sweden dissolved, and Norway achieves full independence (Jun 7), Albert Einstein publishes his theory of special relativity (Jun 30), Prince Carl of Denmark becomes King Haakon VII of Norway (Nov 18) - and all these fine people were born: https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1903/ Tue, 27 Mar 2018 16:08:37 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1903/ In the year 1903, Morris and Rose Mitchom introduce the first teddy bear in the United States (Feb 15), Cuba leases Guantánamo Bay to the United States “in perpetuity” (Feb 23), the first Tour de France bicycle race commences (Jul 1), Prussia becomes the first country to require mandatory driver’s license for car drivers (Sep 29), Orville Wright makes the first flight with an aircraft with petrol-engine (Dec 17), women’s rights progress around the world - and all these fine people were born: https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1915/ Tue, 27 Mar 2018 15:06:48 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1915/ In the year 1915, Georges Claude patents the neon discharge tube for use in advertising, and Zeppelins bomb British towns for the first time (Jan 19), Alexander Graham Bell makes the first United States coast-to-coast phone call (Jan 25), Pluto is photographed for the first time (Mar 19), Charlie Chaplin’s The Tramp is released (Apr 11), the Gallipoli Campaign starts (Apr 25), RMS Lusitania is sunk by a German U-boat (May 7), Iceland gets its own flag (Jun 19), an enemy aircraft is shot down from the ground for the first time (Sep 30), Einstein’s theory of general relativity is formulated (Nov 25), the WW1 rages on - and all these fine people were born: https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1923/ Tue, 27 Mar 2018 15:04:43 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1923/ In the year 1923, the very first issue of the Time magazine is published, depicting Joseph G. Cannon on the cover (Mar 3), Lenin resigns for health reasons (Mar 9), the original Wembley Stadium opens its doors for the first time (Apr 28), the Hollywood sign is inaugurated in California, and the first dinosaur eggs are found in Mongolia (Jul 13), the Ottoman Empire ceases to exist (Jul 24), Roy and Walt Disney found The Walt Disney Company (Oct 16), Kemal Atatürk becomes president of the new republic of Turkey (Oct 29), Adolf Hitler is arrested for leading an attack against the Bavarian government (Nov 15) - and all these fine people were born: https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1916/ Tue, 27 Mar 2018 14:59:49 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1916/ In the year 1916, Paris is bombed by German zeppelins for the first time (Jan 29), Emma Goldman is arrested for lecturing on birth control in the U.S (Feb 11), the automobile company BMW is founded (Mar 7), the toggle light switch is invented (Apr), the Arab Revolt against the Ottoman Empire is declared (Jun 10), the Pacific Aero Products Co., later named Boeing, is incorporated (Jul 15), Robert Baden-Powell publishes The Wolf Club’s Handbook in the U. https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1966/ Tue, 27 Mar 2018 13:21:18 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1966/ In the year 1966, Chicago Bulls is officially founded (Jan 16), Indira Gandhi is sworn in as Prime Minister of India (Jan 24), the Soviet space probe Venera 3 crashes on Venus, becoming the first spacecraft to land on another planet’s surface (Mar 1), Leonid Brezhnev becomes the new Soviet leader (Apr 8), Guyana achieves independence (May 26), groundbreaking takes place for the World Trace Center (Aug 5), Star Trek debuts on NBC (Sep 8), LSD is made illegal in the United States (Oct 6), Ronald Reagan becomes Governor of California (Nov 8), the Vietnam War rages on - and all these fine people were born: https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1929/ Tue, 27 Mar 2018 13:03:05 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1929/ In the year 1929, the first Academy Awards are announced, with the actual awards being handed out in May (Feb 18), Herbert Hoover becomes the 31st U.S. President (Mar 4), the first public demonstration of color TV is held in New York (Jun 27), a secret decree of the Sovnarkom creates the backbone of the Gulag system in Soviet Union (Jul 11),** Wall Street Crash of 1929** (Oct 24-29) marks the beginning of the Great Depression, the Museum of Modern Art in New York opens to the public (Nov 7), the first light poles appear in London (Dec 2) - and all these fine people were born: https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1911/ Tue, 27 Mar 2018 12:58:08 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1911/ In the year 1911, the first official air mail flight takes place in India, carrying 6,500 letters a distance of 13 km (Feb 18), International Women’s Day is celebrated for the first time (Mar 8), The New York Public Library is officially dedicated (May 23), IBM is incorporated in New York (Jun 15), Chevrolet enters the automobile market to compete with Ford (Nov 3), the Norwegian Roald Amundsen’s expedition reaches the South Pole (Dec 14) - and all these fine people were born: https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1934/ Tue, 27 Mar 2018 10:27:11 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1934/ Hitler and Mussolini in Venice in 1934 In the year 1934, Alcatraz becomes a prison (Jan 1, and remained so until 1963), Fuji Photo Film is founded (Jan 20), the outlaws Bonnie and Clyde are ambushed and killed by police in Louisiana (May 23), Adolf Hitler and Benito Mussolini meet for the first time, in Venice (Jun 14), Night of the Long Knifes in Germany increases Nazi power (Jun 30), Adolf Hitler becomes Führer of Germany (Aug 2), the Soviet Union joins the League of Nations (Sep 19), Persia becomes Iran (Dec 27) - and all these fine people were born: https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1971/ Tue, 27 Mar 2018 10:17:00 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1971/ In the year 1971, cigarette advertisements are banned on radio and television in the United States (Jan 2), All in the Family debuts on CBS (Jan 12), Idi Amin becomes president of Uganda, and Charles Manson is found guilty in Los Angeles (Jan 25), Bangladesh declares itself an independent country (May 31), Neville Bonner becomes the first indigenous Australian to sit in the country’s parliament (Jun 11), Jim Morrison is found dead in Paris (Jul 3), Apollo 15 astronauts ride the first lunar rover on the Moon(Jul 31), Walt Disney World opens in Orlando, Florida (Oct 1), Greenpeace is founded in Vancouver, Canada (Oct 14), Mariner 9 becomes the first spacecraft to enter Mars orbit successfully (Nov 13), Starbucks is founded - and all these fine people were born: https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1961/ Tue, 27 Mar 2018 09:48:18 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1961/ In the year 1961, U.S. President Eisenhower warns in his Farewell Address of the increasing power of the military-industrial complex (Jan 17), the Beatles perform for the first time (Feb 9), Yuri Gagarin becomes the first human in space (Apr 12), the Bay of Pigs Invasion of Cuba begins, failing two days later (Apr 17), the Swedish ship Vasa is removed from the water after 333 years of its sinking (Apr 24), Alan Shepard becomes the first American in space (May 5), President Kennedy announces his plan to put a man on the moon before the end of the decade (May 25), construction of the Berlin Wall begins (Aug 13), JFK sends 18,000 military advisers to South Vietnam (Nov 18), Fidel Castro announces that Cuba will now adopt socialism (Dec 2), Goa becomes part of India after 400 years of Portuguese rule (Dec 19) - and all these fine people were born: https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1957/ Tue, 27 Mar 2018 08:36:32 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1957/ In the year 1957, Eisenhower’s second term as U.S. president begins (Jan 20), the first new conscripts join the Bundeswehr (Apr 1), John Lennon(16) and Paul McCartney(15) meet for the very first time, 3 years before forming the Beatles (Jul 6), Olav V becomes King of Norway (Sep 21), David Lean’s The Bridge on the River Kwai opens in the UK (Oct 2), the Soviet Union launches Sputnik I, the first artificial satellite to orbit the earth (Oct 4), Sputnik 2 is launched, with the dog Laika on board (Nov 3), Gordon Gould invents the laser (Nov 13), the Boeing 707 airliner flies for the first time (Dec 20) - and all these fine people were born: https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/the-20th-century/ Mon, 26 Mar 2018 23:52:43 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/the-20th-century/ Pick a year between 1901 and 2000! 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Keep in mind though that you need to have the permission of any living person to be added here, unless that person is yourself. 1901 - 1902 - 1903 - 1904 - 1905 - 1906 - 1907 - **1908 **- 1909 - 1910 - 1911 - 1912 - 1913 - 1914 - 1915 - 1916 - 1917 - 1918 - 1919 - 1920 - 1921 - 1922 - 1923 - 1924 - 1925 - 1926 - 1927 - 1928 - 1929 - 1930 - 1931 - 1932 - 1933 - 1934 - 1935 - 1936 - 1937 - 1938 - 1939 - 1940 - 1941 - 1942 - 1943 - 1944 - 1945 - 1946 - 1947 - 1948 - 1949 - 1950 - 1951 - 1952 - 1953 - 1954 - 1955 - 1956- 1957 - 1958 - 1959 - 1960 - 1961 - 1962 - 1963 - 1964 - 1965 - 1966 - 1967 - 1968 - 1969 - 1970 - 1971 - 1972 - 1973 - 1974 - 1975 - 1976 - 1977 - 1978 - 1979 - 1980 - 1981 - 1982 - 1983 - 1984 - 1985 - 1986 - 1987 - 1988 - 1989 - 1990 - 1991 - 1992 - 1993 - 1994 - 1995 - 1996 - 1997 - 1998 - 1999 - 2000 Updated 29. https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1946/ Mon, 26 Mar 2018 21:16:01 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1946/ In the year 1946, Project Diana opens the Space Age (Jan 10), Trygve Lie is selected as the first UN Secretary-General (Feb 1), Juan Perón is elected president of Argentina (Feb 24) and Ho Chi Minh of North Vietnam (Mar 2), women vote for the first time in Japan (Apr 10), Italy is declared a republic (Jun 10), the bikini is first modeled in Paris (Jul 5), the U.S. detonates nuclear bomb near Bikini Atoll, and the last mass lynching in the U. https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1991/ Mon, 26 Mar 2018 17:46:36 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1991/ In the year 1991, Gulf War’s Operation Desert Storm begins in Iraq (Jan 16), Latvia and Estonia vote for independence from the Soviet Union (Mar 3), Boris Yeltsin is elected President of the Soviet republic Russia (Jun 12), Berlin becomes the capital of the unified Germany (Jun 20), the Warsaw Pact is officially dissolved (Jul 1), The Soviet Union recognizes the independence of the Baltic States (Sep 6), the Soviet Union is dissolved (Dec 26), and officially ceases to exist (Dec 31) - and all these fine people were born: https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1989/ Mon, 26 Mar 2018 17:42:13 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1989/ In the year 1989, George H. W. Bush becomes the 41st U.S. president (Jan 20), the Soviet army leaves Afghanistan (Feb 2), Rain Man wins the Academy Award for the best picture (Mar 29), the first McDonald’s restaurant begins construction in Moscow (May 3), Mikhail Gorbachev visits China (May 14), the Tiananmen Square massacre takes place in Beijing (Jun 4), France celebrates the 200th anniversary of the French Revolution (Jul 14), two million people join hands in the Baltic Way to demonstrate against Soviet rule of the Baltic republics (Aug 23), **Berlin Wall falls **(Nov 9) - and all these fine people were born: