Current events the year you were born.

[Tallchevy]

Click on the year you were born and read the news for that year.
                     
                   _1900_ ( http://www.infoplease.com/year/1900.html )
                   _1901_ ( http://www.infoplease.com/year/1901.html )
                   _1902_ ( http://www.infoplease.com/year/1902.html )
                   _1903_ ( http://www.infoplease.com/year/1903.html )
                   _1904_ ( http://www.infoplease.com/year/1904.html )
                   _1905_ ( http://www.infoplease.com/year/1905.html )
                   _1906_ ( http://www.infoplease.com/year/1906.html )
                   _1907_ ( http://www.infoplease.com/year/1907.html
                   _1908_ ( http://www.infoplease.com/year/1908.html )
                   _1909_ ( http://www.infoplease.com/year/1909.html )
                   _1910_ ( http://www.infoplease.com/year/1910.html)
                   _1911_ ( http://www.infoplease.com/year/1911.html )
                   _1912_ ( http://www.infoplease.com/year/1912.html )
                   _1913_ ( http://www.infoplease.com/year/1913.html )
                   _1914_ ( http://www.infoplease.com/year/1914.html )
                   _1915_ ( http://www.infoplease.com/year/1915.html )
                   _1916_ ( http://www.infoplease.com/year/1916.html )
                   _1917_ ( http://www.infoplease.com/year/1917.html )
                   _1918_ ( http://www.infoplease.com/year/1918.html )
                   _1919_ ( http://www.infoplease.com/year/1919.html )
                   _1920_ ( http://www.infoplease.com/year/1920.html )
                   _1921_ ( http://www.infoplease.com/year/1921.html )
                   _1922_ ( http://www.infoplease.com/year/1922.html )
                   _1923_ ( http://www.infoplease.com/year/1923.html )
                   _1924_ ( http://www.infoplease.com/year/1924.html )
                   _1925_ ( http://www.infoplease.com/year/1925.html )
                   _1926_ ( http://www.infoplease.com/year/1926.html )
                   _1927_ ( http://www.infoplease.com/year/1927.html )
                   _1928_ ( http://www.infoplease.com/year/1928.html )
                   _1929_ ( http://www.infoplease.com/year/1929.html )
                   _1930_ ( http://www.infoplease.com/year/1930.html )
                   _1931_ ( http://www.infoplease.com/year/1931.html )
                   _1932_ ( http://www.infoplease.com/year/1932.html )
                   _1933_ ( http://www.infoplease.com/year/1933.html )
                   _1934_ ( http://www.infoplease.com/year/1934.html )
                   _1935_ ( http://www.infoplease.com/year/1935.html )
                   _1936_ ( http://www.infoplease.com/year/1936.html )
                   _1937_ ( http://www.infoplease.com/year/1937.html )
                   _1938_ ( http://www.infoplease.com/year/1938.html )
                   _1939_ ( http://www.infoplease.com/year/1939.html )
                   _1940_ ( http://www.infoplease.com/year/1940.html )
                   _1941_ ( http://www.infoplease.com/year/1941.html )
                   _1942_ ( http://www.infoplease.com/year/1942.html )
                   _1943_ ( http://www.infoplease.com/year/1943.html )
                   _1944_ ( http://www.infoplease.com/year/1944.html )
                   _1945_ ( http://www.infoplease.com/year/1945.html )
                   _1946_ ( http://www.infoplease.com/year/1946.html )
                   _1947_ ( http://www.infoplease.com/year/1947.html )
                   _1948_ ( http://www.infoplease.com/year/1948.html )
                   _1949_ ( http://www.infoplease.com/year/1949.html )
                   _1950_ ( http://www.infoplease.com/year/1950.html )
                   _1951_ ( http://www.infoplease.com/year/1951.html )
                   _1952_ ( http://www.infoplease.com/year/1952.html )
                   _1953_ ( http://www.infoplease.com/year/1953.html )
                   _1954_ ( http://www.infoplease.com/year/1954.html )
                   _1955_ ( http://www.infoplease.com/year/1955.html )
                   _1956_ ( http://www.infoplease.com/year/1956.html )
                   _1957_ ( http://www.infoplease.com/year/1957.html )
                   _1958_ ( http://www.infoplease.com/year/1958.html )
                   _1959_ ( http://www.infoplease.com/year/1959.html )
                   _1960_ ( http://www.infoplease.com/year/1960.html )
                   _1961_ ( http://www.infoplease.com/year/1961.html )
                   _1962_ ( http://www.infoplease.com/year/1962.html )
                   _1963_ ( http://www.infoplease.com/year/1963.html )
                   _1964_ ( http://www.infoplease.com/year/1964.html )
                   _1965_ ( http://www.infoplease.com/year/1965.html )
                   _1966_ ( http://www.infoplease.com/year/1966.html )
                   _1967_ ( http://www.infoplease.com/year/1967.html )
                   _1968_ ( http://www.infoplease.com/year/1968.html )
                   _1969_ ( http://www.infoplease.com/year/1969.html )
                   _1970_ ( http://www.infoplease.com/year/1970.html )
                   _1971_ ( http://www.infoplease.com/year/1971.html )
                   _1972_ ( http://www.infoplease.com/year/1972.html )
                   _1973_ ( http://www.infoplease.com/year/1973.html )
                   _1974_ ( http://www.infoplease.com/year/1974.html )
                   _1975_ ( http://www.infoplease.com/year/1975.html )
                   _1976_ ( http://www.infoplease.com/year/1976.html )
                   _1977_ ( http://www.infoplease.com/year/1977.html )
                   _1978_ ( http://www.infoplease.com/year/1978.html )
                   _1979_ ( http://www.infoplease.com/year/1979.html )
                   _1980_ ( http://www.infoplease.com/year/1980.html )
                   _1981_ ( http://www.infoplease.com/year/1981.html )
                   _1982_ ( http://www.infoplease.com/year/1982.html )
                   _1983_ ( http://www.infoplease.com/year/1983.html )
                   _1984_ ( http://www.infoplease.com/year/1984.html )
                   _1985_ ( http://www.infoplease.com/year/1985.html )
                   _1986_ ( http://www.infoplease.com/year/1986.html )
                   _1987_ ( http://www.infoplease.com/year/1987.html )
                   _1988_ ( http://www.infoplease.com/year/1988.html )
                   _1989_ ( http://www.infoplease.com/year/1989.html )
                   _1990_ ( http://www.infoplease.com/year/1990.html )
                   _1991_ ( http://www.infoplease.com/year/1991.html )
                   _1992_ ( http://www.infoplease.com/year/1992.html )
                   _1993_ ( http://www.infoplease.com/year/1993.html )
                   _1994_ ( http://www.infoplease.com/year/1994.html )
                   _1995_ ( http://www.infoplease.com/year/1995.html )
                   _1996_ ( http://www.infoplease.com/year/1996.html )
                   _1997_ ( http://www.infoplease.com/year/1997.html )
                   _1998_ ( http://www.infoplease.com/year/1998.html )
                   _1999_ ( http://www.infoplease.com/year/1999.html )
                   _2000_ ( http://www.infoplease.com/year/2000.html )
                   _2001_ ( http://www.infoplease.com/year/2001.html )
                   _2002_ ( http://www.infoplease.com/year/2002.html )
                   _2003_ ( http://www.infoplease.com/year/2003.html )
                   _2004_ ( http://www.infoplease.com/year/2004.html )
                   _2005_ (http://www.infoplease.com/year/2005.html )
                   _2006_  (http://www.infoplease.com/year/2006.html )

[Toymin8r]

1973 was pretty eventful.    

Nixon resigned
Roe v Wade is heard in the Us Supreme Ct.
Miami Dolphins won Superbow and was the last NFL team to go undefeated
The Godfather won the Academy Award for best picture
Other Movies that year - American Grafiti, The Excorcist and The Sting
(TCP/IP) protocal is invented
Skylab - the 1st US space station launched
Secretatiat won the Kentucky Derby and the Triple Crown - has only happened twice since and still holds the Kentucky Derby track record

[Stocker]

World population just over 2.5 billion vs nearly 7 billion now.

No wonder I'm feeling crowded in, there's too darn many of us!

(Or too darn many of them!!)

[kneedownnate]

Natural selection keeps trying to fix that but we just keep screwing that up 

This is the interesting stuff:
US GDP (1998 dollars):   $1,630.60 billion
Federal spending:   $332.33 billion
Federal debt:   $541.9 billion
Median Household Income
(current dollars):  $11,800
Consumer Price Index:   53.8
Unemployment:   8.5%
Cost of a first-class stamp:   $0.10 ($0.13 as of 12/31/75)

[brainlessfool]

don't go back far nuff. 

[Shamb]

These all seemed pretty interesting, the year I was born.

    * "Crack" cocaine is developed in the Bahamas, and soon appears in the United States. Background: Nationwide Trends in Drug Abuse
    * The FCC authorizes Motorola to begin testing cellular phone service in Chicago.
    * The El Niño phenomenon disrupts global weather patterns. Background: What's Wrong With Our Weather?

# Second space shuttle, Challenger, makes successful maiden voyage, which includes the first US space walk in nine years (April 4).

# US Supreme Court declares many local abortion restrictions unconstitutional (June 15).

# Sally K. Ride, 32, first US woman astronaut in space as a crew member aboard space shuttle Challenger (June 18).

President: Ronald W. Reagan
Vice President: George Bush
Population: 233,791,994
Life expectancy: 74.6 years
Violent Crime Rate (per 1,000): 51.8
Property Crime Rate (per 1,000): 46.4

With the introduction of noise-free compact discs, the vinyl record begins a steep decline.

More than 125 million viewers tune in to the last episode of M*A*S*H.

I believe the last episode of M*A*S*H was the most single watched television episode in history.

[Toymin8r]

More than 125 million viewers tune in to the last episode of M*A*S*H.

I believe the last episode of M*A*S*H was the most single watched television episode in history.

....and it will never be beaten as this was before cable tv.

[Inittowinit]

US Supreme Court rules that death penalty is not inherently cruel or unusual and is a constitutionally acceptable form of punishment

[steveco.]

88
World Series
LA Dodgers d. Oakland A's (4-1)