The major love in with Russia.

 

Well, Azerbaijan. But who cares. England won the World Cup and the Sun rejoiced.
And would cram it down the throat of pretty much anyone who could speak English for the next 40 years or so.

Some ragheads didn't like some other semi ragheads. Bitchslapping ensued and people are still feeling sore.

 

And Concorde was unveiled towards the end of the year. Hurrah.

1967 sees Donald Campbell die while attempting a water speed record on Coniston Water.

 

Parliament of the United Kingdom decides to nationalize 90% of British steel industry.

 

Supertanker Torrey Canyon runs aground off Lands End, English Channel.
(ffs. I remember this !)

 

Harold Wilson announces that United Kingdom has decided to apply for EEC membership
(muppet)

 

British parliament decriminalizes homosexuality

 

In Gibraltar, only 44 out of 12.182 voters support union with Spain.

 

Mariner 5 probe flies by Venus

 

The Concorde is unveiled in Toulouse, France
(aarrgghh, I remember this too !)

It's 1969, OK?
All across the USA.
It's another year for me and you,
Another year with nothing to do.

 

Except, if you're Iggy Pop, in which case you and your merry band of Stooges will release your self-titled album and scare America with your peanut butter chucking antics.

1970 and taste leaves the building. George Best is declared a doyen of fashion, the maxi skirt sweeps the mini aside (though in some cases this is not necessarily a bad thing), Gimme Dat Ting by the Pipkins breaks large in the charts, Airport, Myra Breckinridge and Percy are packing them in at the box office. Josie and Pussycats teaches a television generation the value of processed pop, shit animation and lippy.

No wonder Mark Rothko commits suicide.

I WAS BORN!!!!!!¬!¬!¬!¬!!!!!

ME TOO!

1974. Oxford Bags reached epic proportions, being basically twin leg-skirts. "The Sting" won some award or other. Mark Rendle's father had been saving hard for a Tin Can Alley game for his son, but these plans were shelved following an unusually large tax bill. I went to Art School in London with a full grant. "Far Away is Close at Hand in Images of Elesewhere" it said on the way into Paddington Station.

1975 brings us the Helsinki Accords, Pol Pot taking over Cambodia, and apparently Jaws was the most popular film that year! dadumdadumdaumdadumDADUMDADUMetc

1976 saw lovely Mr Steve Jobs introducing the Apple II, and people were watching "One Flew Over a Cuckcoo's Nest".

And in 1977, CRAY 1 was shipped, Concorde made its first flight (London - New York), Mr Grechko had the first spacewalk, it was the first time Alaska had oil come out of it via the Alaska pipeline, and Voyager 2 is launched, amongst other things.

1978 sees two equally important events, the first test tube baby born in Britain, and Taito (Japan) develops SPACE INVADERS 8-O .

And not so long ago in 1979, soviet forces invade Afghanistan, Mrs Thatcher becomes Great Britain's first female Prime Minister, an American Airlines DC10 crashes in Chichago shortly after takeoff, China invades Vietnam, and Skylab dies the same death as Mir did really.

 

And, MOST IMPORTANTLY, Nazi-modding begins and so do various stories of arms with the birth of Milko.

First you missed Star Wars. Then you miss my birth!

 

Fuck, he's made it worse and done 1979 too.

 

Alright then:

 

Darrell Porter had an RBI of 51 for the Kansas City Royals.

1981! (Serg is silly!)

Bobby Sands, an IRA member, begins hunger strike in Maze prison - he dies May 5
Lady Diana Spencer marries Charles, Prince of Wales.
Céline Dion's first album is released.

1982 sees the tragic Falkland war start, and the first heart transplant - saving those broken hearts LOL~!!@1
Also, lots of Space Shuttle missions happen this year.

1983 sees the proposal of 'Star Wars' (hint: not the movie), US forces invading Grenada, and the launch of MS-DOS 2.11. Such an exciting year, really.

But all that pales into insignificance because in 1984 Jen and I and I think Greg and maybe Ben and lots of others are born. Hurrah, that's enough crap fact relating from me. :{) 

January 1st, 1985 - Creation of the Internet's Domain Name System. Happiness.