1945--

Timeline for the class of 1973

(to help keep things in perspective).

1945- End of World War II. F.D.R. dies. Harry S. Truman becomes President

-- It's a Wonderful Life.

-- Transistor invented.

-- Velcro invented. LP records invented. Babe Ruth dies.

1950- Korean War begins. World population at 2.3 billion.

-- color TV developed

-- telephone area codes. Dwight D. Eisenhower elected President

-- End of Korean War.

-- Class of 1973 born. Transistor radios. Roger Bannister breaks 4 minute mile.

1955- Class of 1973 born. McDonalds first opens. Elvis has five #1 hits. Albert Einstein dies. Disneyland opens.

-- Transatlantic cable. The Ten Commandments

-- Sputnik launched. Hula Hoop invented.

-- Van Allen radiation belt discovered around Earth.

-- photocopiers. First Americans ("advisors") die in Viet Nam. Hawaii becomes 50^th state. Ben-Hur.

1960- Kindergarten. LASERs invented. Psycho John F. Kennedy elected President.

-- Alan Shepard 1st American in space. Roger Maris hits 61 home runs. Beach Boys group formed.

-- 1st mini-computer. John Glenn orbits Earth. Cuban missle crises. Marilyn Monroe dies.

-- 3^rd grade. Zip Codes developed. Kennedy assassinated. Lyndon B. Johnson sworn in.

-- Pam Baker and Randy Zell come from one-room schoolhouse to Wacousta Elementary (4th grade). Beatles come to U.S.

1965- 1st American troops sent to Viet Nam. Gemini space program. 8-track tapes become popular. Super ball invented.

                -- 6th grade. Lava lamps. Star Trek series.
                -- Junior High. Dolby Noise Reduction. cordless phones. Mini-skirts. First heart transplant.
                -- Apollo space program. Bell-bottom pants. Tigers win World Series.     Richard M. Nixon elected President
                -- High School. Man walks on the moon July 20. Internet invented. Woodstock. Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid.

1970- sophmores. The Beatles split up. Jimmy Hendrix dies. M*A*S*H*

-- juniors. Driver's license!! Hotpants. Disney World opens in Florida. Led Zepplin's "Stairway to Heaven"

-- seniors. Last Apollo mission/last men on the moon. Pioneer 10 flys by Jupiter. The Godfather

-- Graduation. Cease-fire in Viet Nam War. Calculators just becoming available. American Graffiti. Pink Floyd's "Money"

-- Streaking on campus. Hank Aaron breaks Babe Ruth's record. Nixon resigns, Gerald R. Ford sworn in as President

1975- South Viet Nam surrenders. Microsoft formed. Pet rocks. Mood rings. Jaws.

-- Apple Computer formed. Disco. Rocky. Jimmy Carter elected President.

-- Apple II, TRS 80 computers. Some of us graduate from college. Elvis dies. Close Encounters of the Third Kind. Star Wars.

-- 5 year class reunion. First signs of AIDS in U.S. Pope John Paul II becomes pope. 1^st test tube baby born.

-- Voyager 2 spacecraft reaches Jupiter, discovers rings. Walkman. Three Mile Island. Alien.

1980 -- Sony Walkman. Rubik's Cube. John Lennon assassinated. Ronald Regan elected President

-- IBM PC. 1st Space Shuttle flight. Voyager 2 reaches Saturn. Regan shot by John Hinkley

-- USA Today started. Intel 286 CPU chip. Cell phones. Post-it notes invented. John Belushi dies. Michael Jackson's "Thriller". E.T

-- Apple IIe, IBM XT ($5,000) computers. AT&T breakup. Compact disc introduced. 1,500 die of AIDS in U.S.

-- IBM AT ($4,000) computer. Windows 1.0 software. Cabbage Patch dolls.

1985 -- Intel 386 CPU chip. Stereo television. Pete Rose breaks Ty Cobb's all time hit record.

-- Space Shuttle Challenger explodes during launch. Voyager 2 reaches Uranus. Platoon. 12,000 die of AIDS.

-- Windows 2.0 software. Fatal Attraction

-- 15 year class reunion. Cell phone technology standardized. George Bush elected President

-- Intel 486 CPU chip. Voyager 2 reaches Neptune. Berlin Wall comes down.

1990 -- Gulf War. Hubble Space Telescope launched. Internet use explodes.

-- Ricky Henderson sets new career stolen base record. Silence of the Lambs. 36,000 die of AIDS.

-- End of Cold War Bill Clinton elected President

-- 20 year class reunion. Intel Pentium chip

-- O.J.Simpson arrested. Netscape browser released. Comet Shoemaker Levy crashes into Jupiter. Forest Gump.

1995 -- Windows 95 software. DVDs developed. Cal Ripken breaks Lou Gehrig's consecutive games played record.

-- Galileo spacecraft orbits Jupiter. 1^st extra-solar planet discovered.

-- Princess Diana is killed. Cassini spacecraft launched to Saturn.

-- 25 year class reunion. McGwire breaks Maris’s HR record with 70. Clinton impeached

-- Columbine high school massacre. World population at 5.9 billion.

2000-- Al Gore wins popular vote, loses electoral vote to Bush. George W. Bush elected President

-- Barry Bonds breaks single-season HR record with 73. World Trade Center terrorist disaster on Sept.11. Lord of the Rings

-- explosion of use of PDAs. Prepration for war with Iraq. KMart goes bankrupt.

-- 30 year class reunion. Shuttle Columbia breaks up over Texas. Invasion of Iraq.

-- Mars rovers. Cassini reaches Saturn. War in Iraq continues. Google. Tsunami kills 276,000 in Indonesia. Last Oldsmobile made.

2005-- Hurricane Katrina devastates New Orleans. 1^st non-stop solo flight around the world. You-Tube

-- Barry Bonds moves past Babe Ruth in home runs. New Horizons launched to Pluto. Global warming hype

-- 2007

-- 35 year class reunion.

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