Throwback Thursday Poll

Trifury2007

"the first (secret) internet, the artifical heart, the ATM machine (cha-ching!) and a barcode scanner."

Thanks!  I think my reponse got shifted to another thread.  I still feel old though compared to all other responses.  Luckily not old enough to have birthed any of you though.

TurtlesAllTheWayDown

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[QUOTE]In Response to Re: Throwback Thursday Poll : Whatchu mean "random"? My favourite song EVER is on that album, I own it!
Posted by alixzafiris[/QUOTE]

Is it Africa? <img src="http://cdn.cl9.vanillaforums.com/downloaded/ver1.0/content/scripts/tinymce/plugins/emotions/images/smiley-wink.gif" border="0" alt="Wink" title="Wink" /> Just a wild guess.

alixzafiris

Yes, indeed it is.

georgia_bride09

Trifury, your answers are all there.

akhensley81

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[QUOTE]Yeah, that was WAY harder than I thought it'd be. Hensley, our Album of the Year was different; apparently I used the 1982 Grammys.
Posted by georgia_bride09[/QUOTE]

Ehh oh well. I don't even know who the fuuck Christopher Cross is. LOL!

GreenPepperBurger

At the risk of being labeled a "beebee," here are my answers:

BY: 1990
Best Picture: "Dances with Wolves"
Top pop song the week of birth: "Vogue" by Madonna
Album of the year: "Nick of Time" by Bonnie Raitt
Biggest news event: Dissolution of the USSR
Three famous people who share my birthday: David Boreanez, Janet Jackson, Tori Spelling
Interesting fact: Both Jim Henson and Sammy Davis Jr. died on my actual date of birth
Event I wished I'd witness: The launch of the Hubble space telescope
Invention: Microsoft Windows 3.0

Trifury2007

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[QUOTE]Trifury, your answers are all there.
Posted by georgia_bride09[/QUOTE]

Thanks Georgia.  It was my first response to Mathilda that ended up in the thread below.  Oh well.  The Knot is wonky a lot lately for me.<img src="http://cdn.cl9.vanillaforums.com/downloaded/ver1.0/content/scripts/tinymce/plugins/emotions/images/smiley-embarassed.gif" border="0" alt="Embarassed" title="Embarassed" />

Greenpepperberg: I could be your mom.  Ugh!

kikibaby

Birth Year (BY):  1979
Best Picture in your BY (per the Oscars):  Kramer vs. Kramer
Top pop song the week of your birth:  "Too Much Heaven"- Bee Gees
Album of the Year in your BY (per the Grammy's): Saturday Night Fever, Bee Gees
Biggest news story in your BY:  Ayatollah Khomeini fleeing into Teheran; Three Mile Island
Three famous people who share your birthday:  Muhammed Ali, AA Milne, Cary Grant
Something interesting/ fun fact about your BY:  Umm... people liked the Bee Gees?
An event in your BY that you wish you'd witnessed firsthand:  Not sure
An invention from your BY: Rubik's Cube! 

georgia_bride09

Hensley, I know NSYNC covered his song "Sailing" sometime in the late 90's/ early 00's, and it was just as bad then.

akhensley81

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[QUOTE]Hensley, I know <strong>NSYNC</strong> covered his song "Sailing" sometime in the late 90's/ early 00's, and it was just as bad then.
Posted by georgia_bride09[/QUOTE]

Oh lord. I just got a chill down my spine. *shudders*

missy68

Trifury, I'm here with you...

Birth Year (BY): 1968
Best Picture in your BY (per the Oscars): Oliver (Trifury, yours would be Midnight Cowboy)

Top pop song the week of your birth: "Love is Blue" by Paul Mauriat. 

Album of the Year in your BY (per the Grammy's):  Beatles for By Sgt Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band

Biggest news story in your BY:Tet offensive launched, My Lai massacre, MLK jr killed, RFK killed, median househousehold income was $7743, cost of a stamp went from 5 cents to 6 cents.

Three famous people who share your birthday: Ric Flair, Jim Backus (the $$$ from Gilligan's Island), Auguste Renoir (so does Carrot Top, but I don't want to claim him)
Something interesting/ fun fact about your BY: An event in your BY that you wish you'd witnessed firsthand:Summer and Winter Olympics. I remember the 1972 Olympics and the hostages/killings.

An invention from your BY: Invention of amniocentesis, successful flight of Apollo 8, prototype of the world's first supersonic airliner.

mica178

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[QUOTE]You will probably have to use google for some of these: Birth Year (BY): Best Picture in your BY (per the Oscars): Top pop song the week of your birth: Album of the Year in your BY (per the Grammy's): Biggest news story in your BY: Three famous people who share your birthday: Something interesting/ fun fact about your BY: An event in your BY that you wish you'd witnessed firsthand: An invention from your BY:
Posted by georgia_bride09[/QUOTE]

1978 (yes, I'm old)
The Deer Hunter
How Deep Is Your Love -- BeeGees
Rumours -- Fleetwood Mac
First test tube baby
Mary J Blige, Naomi Judd, Amanda Peet
The one-child policy was implemented in China that year
I'd like to be there when the Great Temple of Tenochtitlan was discovered in Mexico City
Does the first test tube baby birth count as an invention?  If not, the Susan B Anthony coin came out in 1978

saschaduran

Birth Year (BY):  1972

Best Picture in your BY (per the Oscars):  The Godfather

Top pop song the week of your birth:  I'll Take You There-Staple Singers

Album of the Year in your BY (per the Grammy's):  Tapestry-Carole King

Biggest news story in your BY:  Vietnam War, Start of Watergate

Three famous people who share your birthday:  Frank Llyod Wright, Nick Rhodes of Duran Duran, Kanye West  (diff years)

Something interesting/ fun fact about your BY:  Nixon made unprecedented trip to China and was given 2 pandas as a gift.  Ling Ling and Hsing Hsing, which I spent many many hours watching as a kid with my panda obsessed mother.

An even that you wished you witnessed first hand:  My birth

An invention from your BY:   Prozac

georgia_bride09

Oh, yeah. Sasha, we have the same birthday!! I was looking at your celebs and got all confused for a minute.

Moneypenny424

Birth Year (BY): 1979
Best Picture in your BY (per the Oscars): Kramer v. Kramer
Top pop song the week of your birth: Knock on Wood
Album of the Year in your BY (per the Grammy's):  see Kiki
Biggest news story in your BY:  see Kiki
Three famous people who share your birthday:  Barbra Streisand, Shirley MacLaine, Jean-Paul Gaultier, Cedric the Entertainer
Something interesting/ fun fact about your BY:  Margaret Thatcher became UK's first female PM!
An event in your BY that you wish you'd witnessed firsthand:  Um, not Three Mile Island.
An invention from your BY:  Walkman!

saschaduran

No way Georgia!  We are the bestest:)

fpaemp2011

Birth Year (BY): 1987
Best Picture in your BY (per the Oscars): The Last Emperor
Top pop song the week of your birth:  "I Knew You Were Waiting (For Me)," Aretha Franklin & George Michael
Album of the Year in your BY (per the Grammy's): U2- The Joshua Tree
Biggest news story in your BY: October 19, 1987- Stock market dropped 22% (Black Monday)
Three famous people who share your birthday: America Ferrera, Melissa Joan Hart, Conan O’Brien
Something interesting/ fun fact about your BY: Jan 3- Aretha Franklin first woman to be inducted int the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame, June 12- Pres. Regan challenged Gorbachev to tear down the Berlin Wall. Dec 10- A squirrel closed down the New York Stock Exchange when it burrowed through a telephone line.
An event in your BY that you wish you'd witnessed firsthand: “Baby Jessica” rescued after 3 days in a well.
An invention from your BY: I couldn’t find any original inventions, but the FDA approved the first AIDS treatment drug, the first criminal was convicted using DNA evidence in England, and disposable contact lenses were made available for commercial distribution.

kd.joseph

Birth Year (BY):1966, yes I realize I'm the oldest one here.
Best Picture in your BY (per the Oscars):A Man for All Seasons
Top pop song the week of your birth: Paperback Writer the Beatles
Album of the Year in your BY (per the Grammy's): A Man and his Music,Frank Sinatra
Biggest news story in your BY:Ground breaking at the World Trade Center takes place.
Three famous people who share your birthday:John Cusak,Gilda Radner,and John Elway
Something interesting/ fun fact about your BY:The 'hippie' drug LSD is made illegal in California
An event in your BY that you wish you'd witnessed firsthand:The Metropolitan Opera house opens in New York City.

An invention from your BY: Pampers create the first disposable Diaper

I Want Cake

Birth Year (BY):  1975
Best Picture in your BY (per the Oscars):  One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
Top pop song the week of your birth:  Let's Do It Again
Album of the Year in your BY (per the Grammy's):  Still Crazy After All These Years by Paul Simon 
Biggest news story in your BY:  Watergate convictions, Vietnam War ends
Three famous people who share your birthday:  Greg Bruis, Rami Alanko, Toni Kuivasto (beats the crap out of me who these people are.  Apparently nobody interesting was born on 12/31/75 except me)
Something interesting/ fun fact about your BY:  "Wish You Were Here" by Pink Floyd was released, the greatest band/album/song of all time
An event in your BY that you wish you'd witnessed firsthand:  SNL's first show
An invention from your BY:   VCR (anyone else remember those?)

Damn, I'm old and nothing good happened during the year I was born.