What Year?

[Apex]

ok heres another crazy game that will probably go away in a day or two but here goes anyway.

-post three events from the same year

-the next person to post must guess the year they occured, and then may post his own list of three events for consideration

-bugus questions ARE allowed, then the correct answer would be "bogus"

ill start with


1. All U.S. cigarette packs have to carry "Caution Cigarette smoking may be hazardous to your health"

2. Beatles' "We Can Work It Out," single goes #1

3. Dr. Seuss' "How the Grinch Stole Christmas" airs for 1st time on CBS


lets get it on!:helpme:

 

[Smittmaestro]

1966

1. A ban on radio and television cigarette advertisements goes into effect in the United States.

2. Winona Ryder was born.

3. Secretary General U Thant signs the United Nations proclamation of the vernal equinox as Earth Day.

-cs™

 

[BlueBalls]

1971

1. Challenger Space Shuttle explodes ******* 7 astronauts

2. Chernobyl Accident in Soviet Union

3. President Ferdinand Marcos flees Philippines after ruling for 20 years; newly elected Corazon Aquino succeeds him

 

[Smittmaestro]

1986

1. The United States annexes the Hawaiian Islands.

2. William Ramsay and Morris Travers discover neon.

3. Golda Meir, Prime Minister of Israel was born.

-cs™

 

[Apex]

1898

1.New York Rangers set NHL record of 25 games without a win

2.Kate Smith 1st sings Irving Berlin's "God Bless America"

3.Demolition begins on cable car **** at California and Hyde (SF)

 

[dick van cock]

1944

1) Queen Victoria

2) Buddenbrooks

3) W. C. Röntgen