My Pop Culture Timeline By facebooker_10207517947415673 Aug 12, 1967 Born into this world Sep 5, 1971 Memorized all the words to the Sound of music while listening to a casette of it over and over again. Aug 31, 1977 Watched Close Encouters of the 3rd Kind directed by Steven Spielberg at a drive in movie Sep 21, 1979 Was given my first record player Sep 19, 1981 Saw Simon and Garfunkle play in Central Park NYC Simon and Garfunkle perform in Central Park Sep 21, 1981 My parents bought a laser disk machine to watch movies on our TV Dec 2, 1983 Michael Jackson Thriller becomes popular with my friends me [Thriller](http:// https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sOnqjkJTMaA) Feb 28, 1984 Starting listening to Madonna Borderline Jan 5, 1985 My family got an Apple 2E Sep 21, 1985 Bought a typewriter that had backspace and could erase Oct 1, 1985 First time I got a subscription to Rolling Stone Magazine and Vogue Sep 21, 1986 started using a Sony Sports walkman May 4, 1987 First time I saw and used a Karayoke during spring weekend at my college Mar 1, 1988 Went to the pop shop in the Village of NYC and bought Keith Haring posters Mar 30, 1991 First time I ever used the internet at my parents' home with a dial up modem Nov 1, 1996 Got a dial up modem for my home computer Dec 1, 1996 My first AOL account May 1, 2001 Got my first cell phone- a flip phone Jan 25, 2008 Got my first mac laptop computer Sep 21, 2008 Subscribed to Netflix Dec 1, 2009 bought a Bluray dvd player May 21, 2010 Bought my current Macbook pro Sep 21, 2010 Got my first smart phone Sep 21, 2010 Bought my first iPod touch screen 8G Aug 20, 2013 First iPad Oct 20, 2013 Bought an iPhone Apr 1, 2014 Made my first video demo to flip a class I was teaching Oct 1, 2014 Taught students how to make digital story boards in class Jul 10, 2015 Was given an iPad mini for my class