| In 1972 (the year you were born) |
 Richard Nixon is president of the US President Nixon approves NASA's space shuttle, a reusable spacecraft, at a cost of $5.5 billion Nixon arrives in China for an 8 day visit, which he calls a "journey for peace" While campaigning for the presidency Alabama Governor George C. Wallace is shot and seriously wounded Five men are arrested in the Watergate office complex in DC for breaking into the offices of the Democratic National Committee Hurricane Agnes strikes the East Coast causing 117 deaths First scientific hand-held calculator (HP-35) os introduced for $395 Shaquille O'Neal, Jennifer Garner, The Rock, The Notorious B.I.G., Cameron Diaz, Eminem, and Alyssa Milano are born Oakland Athletics win the World Series Dallas Cowboys win Superbowl VI Boston Bruins win the Stanley Cup The Godfather is the top grossing film Pink Floyd debuts "The Dark Side of the Moon" during a performance at London's Rainbow Theater "You've Got a Friend" by Carole King wins a Grammy for song of the year The Price is Right premieres on CBS |
This year was really lame and boring except for the triumphant fact of my birth.
ReplyDeleteNixon. Hurricanes. Scientific calculator. Shaq + Garner + Rock + Biggie + Diaz + Eminem + Alyssa = 150 IQ TOTAL. Most of that is probably eminem too.
Sports? Ugggh. Oakland A's, Dallas Cowgirls, Boston Ruins all in the SAME YEAR?? I'm lucky I didn't understand sports until the following year.
Pink Floyd: The laser-generated silver lining of this whole embarrassing year. Huzzah!