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.
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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 50th 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 missile crises. Marilyn Monroe dies.
-- 3rd 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- sophomores. 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. 1st 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. 1st 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
-- World Trade Center terrorist attack on Sept.11. Windows XP. 1st iPod. Lord of the Rings
-- explosion of use of PDAs. Preparation for war with Iraq. KMart goes bankrupt.
-- 30 year class reunion. explosive use of wireless networking/internet. War in Iraq. Columbia breaks up on re-entry
-- 218,000 die in tsunami in Asia. LCD displays. Digital TV broadcasts. Camera phones. Google. Last Oldsmobile
2005-- Hurricane Kitrina devastates New Orleans. Use of Ipods explodes. Gas exceeds $3.00/gal. You-Tube.
-- New Horizons launched to Pluto. Global warming hype. US population 300 million
-- Minimum wage raised to $5.86. iPhone. Interstate bridge in Minneapolis collapses. Windows Vista
-- Gas prices soar to over $4/gal. 35 year class reunion.
Jim
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