Tuesday, December 9, 2008

What Happened The You were Born



In 1980 (the year you were born)



Jimmy Carter is president of the US



President Carter announces punitive measures and embargoes against the USSR in retaliation for the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan



Mount St. Helens in Washington state erupts in a violent blast estimated to be 500 times as powerful as the Hiroshima atomic bomb



Ronald Reagan is elected the 40th US president in a sweeping victory



US Representative Michael O. Myers is expelled from the House for his role in the Abscam scandal



Hewlett-Packard announces release of its first personal computer



Microsoft announces their version of UNIX, Xenix



Christina Ricci, Chelsea Clinton, Venus Williams, Jessica Simpson, Macaulay Culkin, and Jake Gyllenhaal are born



Philadelphia Phllies win the World Series



Pittsburgh Steelers win Superbowl XIV



New York Islanders win the Stanley Cup



The Empire Strikes Back is the top grossing film



"Lady" by Kenny Rogers spends the most time at the top of the US charts



U.S. viewers get caught up in the "Who Shot J.R.?" cliff hanger on the soap opera series, Dallas, which is solved on a November 21 episode, drawing a record numbers of viewers

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