Memorable Things The Year You Were Born

[Caribeing]

What memorable things occurred the year you were born who are what do you share your birth year with etc,
I have books published, The Iceman Cometh by Eugene O'Neill. The Hollow by Agatha Christie, Hiroshima by John Hersey. Biggest Hit Songs, Perry Como, Prisoner Of Love, Frank Sinatra Five Minutes More, Nat King Cole, I love You, Share birth year with Freddie Mercury, Bill Clinton, Dolly Parton. Movies, The Big Sleep, Notorious, My Darling Clementine, (1946)

[joggerjayne]

England won the World Cup (football)

[Caribeing]

Great year to be born joggerjayne hope you are remembered as often as they are!!

[Captain2]

Some Brit or other climbed a 'big hill' for the first time but it got overshadowed by the birth of... oh never mind let him have his fame

[maggiebee]

UNICEF (the United Nations Children's Emergency Fund) was founded.

[Mamyalynne]

United States President Harry S. Truman announces the United States has developed a hydrogen bomb, The Crucible, a drama by Arthur Miller, opens on Broadway,James Watson and Francis Crick of the University of Cambridge announce their discovery of the structure of the DNA molecule, Jonas Salk announces his polio vaccine, Sir Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay become the first men to reach the summit of Mount Everest, Coronation of Queen Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom at Westminster Abbey.


Amongst other things.

[-Talbot-]

assassination attempt on Pope John Paul II

[EDDIE51]

I was born in 1951
http://www.information-britain.co.uk/famousdates.php?year=1951&search=1

[Postdog]

ITV Started in 1955.....funnily enough exactly today I think. I know they started a week before I was born.

[Everhelpful]

Born in 1940,too young to remember anything.!!

[marval]

I am the same as Eddie

[jno]

Hannibal invades Italy

[shoota]

The year I was born is distinguished by also being the year that the first Birds Eye fish fingers went on sale.



Crumbs.

[237SJ]

Not a lot happened by all accounts but the people that wrote the Wiki entry seem to be obsessed with the Beatles and the Rolling Stones for some reason.

[EDDIE51]

^^ just 15 months away from my state pension marvel, great year 1951!

[DTCwordfan]

New Zealand cricket team was dismissed for 26 runs at Eden Park by England.

Ark Royal launched

Churchill resigned

Last Cornish pumping station @ South Crofty closed down

Parkinson's law formulated

1st Berni Inn opens, Bristol

One of the finest vintages for port and Bordeaux wines.

DTC born and was the world ready?

[ummmm]

http://www.information-britain.co.uk/famousdates.php?name=Name...&year=1973&search=Search

[maggiebee]

Everhelpful - 1940 Hitler orders invasion of Britain (Operation Sealion)

[paddywak]

Mines & railways nationalised, NHS founded,Gandhi assassinated just few things that come to mind

[stuey]

The first "Gold Record" was produced.

[marval]

Yes Eddie, I always say 1951 was a good year.