Wednesday, November 7, 2007

What happened the year you were born?




In 1981 (the year you were born)



Ronald Reagan becomes president of the US



Minutes after Ronald Reagan becomes president, Iran releases 52 American hostages that had been held captive for 444 days



President Reagan is shot in the chest by would be assassin John Hinkley



Space shuttle Columbia, the world's first reusable spacecraft, is sent into space



A suspended walkway in the Kansas City Hyatt Regency Hotel collapses, killing 113



A female former lover files a "palimony" suit against tennis star Billie Jean King



President Reagan appoints Sandra Day O'Connor to be the first woman on the Supreme Court



The Pac-Man video game is introduced in the US



Alicia Keys, Elijah Wood, Kelly Rowland, Anna Kournikova, and Britney Spears are born



Los Angeles Dodgers win the World Series



Oakland Raiders win Superbowl XV



New York Islanders win the Stanley Cup



Raiders of the Lost Ark is the top grossing film



"Bette Davis Eyes" by Kim Carnes spends the most time at the top of the US charts



MTV debuts on cable television, playing music videos 24 hours a day



Gimme a Break premieres

3 comments:

Delfina said...

I was born the same year.

Teresa said...

I had my daughter that yr. I remember that yr well

Penney said...

Actually, April, you were born the day Reagan was inaugurated and as soon as he was, and Carter left office, the hostages were released. What a boring TV day at the hospital! I wanted to watch game shows and The Guiding Light, but noo.....
A few days before I was born Sputnik was launched by the USSR and the space race began....