History of events

By chutchison

  • Beatles broke up

  • London Bridge Brought to the U.S.

  • M*A*S*H T.V. Show Premiers

  • Abortion Legalized in U.S.

  • Patty Hearst Kidnapped

  • Microsoft Founded

  • Tangshan Earthquake Kills Over 240,000

  • Star Wars released

  • Sony Introduces the Walkman

  • Pac-Man Video Game Released

  • Assassination Attempt on the Pope

  • Michael Jackson Releases Thriller

  • Cabbage Patch Kids are Popular

  • PG-13 Movie Rating Created

  • Wreck of the Titanic Found

  • U.S. Bombs Libya

  • New York Stock Exchange Suffers Huge Drop on "Black Monday"

  • U.S. Shoots Down Iranian Airliner

  • U.S. President Bush Announces That He Doesn't Like Broccoli

  • Hubble Telescope Launched Into Space

  • Collapse of the Soviet Union

  • Official End of the Cold War

  • World Trade Center Bombed

  • O.J. Simpson Arrested for Double Murder

  • Oklahoma City Bombing

  • Mad Cow Disease Hits Britain

  • Tiger Woods Wins Masters

  • Titanic Most Successful Movie Ever

  • JFK Jr. Dies in Plane Accident

  • USS Cole Bombed