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    In 1953 (the year you were born)

    Dwight Eisenhower becomes president of the US

    President Eisenhower announces that he has given France $60 million for the Indochina War

    Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norkay reach the top of Mt. Everest

    Julius and Ethel Rosenburg are executed by electrocution at Sing Sing

    The Korean War ends in stalemate

    The first color television sets go on sale for about $1,175

    Ron Jeremy, Tony Blair, Pierce Brosnan, and Kim Basinger are born

    New York Yankees win the World Series

    Detroit Lions Win the NFL Champtionship

    Montreal Canadiens win the Stanley Cup

    Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury is published

    Elvis Presley records for the first time

    68% of all United States television sets were tune in to I Love Lucy to watch Lucy give birth.

    :lol:

    #114091

    (the year you were born)
    Jimmy Carter is president of the US

    US Senate votes to turn over the Panama Canal to Panama on December 31, 1999

    Israel and Egypt reach a peace settlement at the Camp David Accords

    The US and mainland China announce that they will restore full diplomatic relations

    Members of Jim Jones’ People’s Temple commit mass suicide in Guyana

    Pope John Paul II becomes the first non-Italian pope in centuries

    Ted Bundy is captured in Florida

    The first computer bulletin board system is created

    Garfield debuts in newspapers

    Ashton Kutcher, Kobe Bryant, Usher, Clay Aiken, and Nelly Furtado are born

    New York Yankees win the World Series

    Dallas Cowboys win Superbowl XII

    Montreal Canadiens win the Stanley Cup

    Saturday Night Fever and Grease are the top grossing films

    “Night Fever” by the Bee Gees spends the most time at the top of the US charts

    Diff’rent Strokes and Mork & Mindy premiere
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    mork and mindy!!!! :lol: :lol: ah that makes sense why I like it now 8)

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