Monday, February 18, 2008

A Little Bit of History

A little history about the year I was born.




In 1965 (the year you were born)



Lyndon B. Johnson is president of the US



Secretary of Defense Robert McNamara calls for a nationwide network of bomb shelters



Former leader of the Black Muslims, Malcolm X, is shot and killed in New York City



To protest voting rights discrimination, civil rights demonstrators begin a march for Selma to Montgomery with federal troop protection



The first commercial satellite, Early Bird, is launched into space by Nasa to transmit telephone and television signals



Voting Rights Act is signed into law



Riots by young blacks in the Watts area of Los Angeles begin, causing $200 million in damage



Hurricane Betsy claims 75 lives in southern Florida and Louisiana



United States President Lyndon Johnson proclaims his "Great Society" during his State of the Union address



Dr. Dre, Sarah Jessica Parker, Robert Downey Jr., Shania Twain, Moby, and Ben Stiller are born



Los Angeles Dodgers win the World Series



Green Bay Packers win the NFL championship



Montreal Canadiens win the Stanley Cup



The Sound of Music, starring Julie Andrews, is the top grossing film



Dune by Frank Herbert is published



The Beatles' Rubber Soul is released



"Satisfaction" by Rolling Stones is a top hit



The Beatles appear on The Ed Sullivan Show, performing songs from their new album Help!



Sony introduces the Betamax, a home video tape recorder



Nearly all of NBC's programs are now broadcast in color



I Dream of Jeannie premieres

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