Timeline for the class of 1973

  (to help keep things in perspective).

 

1865--  end of the American Civil War  90 years until class of 73 born           Abraham Lincoln assassinated by John Wilkes Booth
1876--  Alexander Graham Bell patents the telephone
1879--  Thomas Edison invents incandescent  light bulb
1885--  Several successful internal combustion cars built
1888--  First Kodak camera
1889--  First US AC power line
1890s-  Bicycling becomes popular
1892--  Basketball invented
1903--  1st airplane flown by Orville and Wilbur Wright
1913--  Henry Ford invents assembly line production, greatly lowering the price of his cars
1914--  World War I begins
1918--  End of World War I
1926--  Television being developed, Goddard's first liquid fueled rocket launched
1929-1941 The Great Depression
1939--  Germany invades Poland which begins World War II
1941--  Japan bombs Pearl Harbor which forces the U.S. to enter WW II
1945--  Atomic bombs used on Japan.  End of World War II.                              F.D.R. dies.   Harry S. Truman becomes President
        --  It's a Wonderful Life.
        --  Transistor invented.
        --  Velcro invented. LP records invented. Babe Ruth dies.
        --  NATO created
1950--  Korean War begins. World population at 2.3 billion.
        --  color TV developed
        --  telephone area codes.                                                                                     Dwight D. Eisenhower elected President
        --  End of Korean War.
        --  Class of 1973 born. Transistor radios. Roger Bannister breaks 4 minute mile.
1955--  Class of 1973 born. McDonalds first opens. Elvis has five #1 hits. Albert Einstein dies. Disneyland opens.
        --  Transatlantic cable. The Ten Commandments
        --  Sputnik launched. Hula Hoop invented.
        --  Van Allen radiation belt discovered around Earth.
        --  photocopiers. First Americans ("advisors") die in Viet Nam.  Hawaii becomes 50^th state.  Ben-Hur.
1960--  Kindergarten.LASERs invented.   Psycho                                                   John F. Kennedy elected President.
        --  Alan Shepard 1st American in space. Roger Maris hits 61 home runs. Beach Boys group formed.
        --  1st mini-computer. John Glenn orbits Earth. Cuban missile crises.  Marilyn Monroe dies.
        --  3^rdgrade. Zip Codes developed.                                                                     Kennedy assassinated. Lyndon B. Johnson sworn in.
        --  Pam Baker and Randy Zell come from one-room schoolhouse to Wacousta Elementary (4th grade). Beatles come to U.S.
1965--  1st American troops sent to Viet Nam. Gemini space program. 8-track tapes become popular.  Super ball invented.
        --  6th grade. Lava lamps. Star Trek series.
        --  Junior High. Dolby Noise Reduction. Cordless phones. Mini-skirts. First heart transplant.
        --  Apollo space program. Bell-bottom pants. Tigers win World Series.     Richard M. Nixon elected President
        --  High School. Man walks on the moon July 20. Internet invented.  Woodstock. Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid.
1970--  sophomores. The Beatles split up. Jimmy Hendrix dies. M*A*S*H*
        --  juniors. Driver's license!! Hotpants. Disney World opens in Florida. Led Zepplin's "Stairway to Heaven"
        --  seniors. Last Apollo mission/last men on the moon. Pioneer 10 flies by Jupiter. The Godfather
        --  Graduation. Cease-fire in Viet Nam War. Calculators just becoming available. American Graffiti. Pink Floyd's "Money"
        --  Streaking on campus. Hank Aaron breaks Babe Ruth's home run record.   Nixon resigns, Gerald R. Ford sworn in as President
1975--  South Viet Nam surrenders.  Microsoft formed.  Pet rocks. Mood rings. Jaws.
        --  Apple Computer formed. Disco. Rocky.                                                      Jimmy Carter elected President.
        --  Apple II, TRS 80 computers.  Some of us graduate from college. Elvis dies. Close Encounters of the Third Kind. Star Wars.
        --  5 year class reunion. First signs of AIDS in U.S. Pope John Paul II becomes pope.  1^st test tube baby born.
        --  Voyager 2 spacecraft reaches Jupiter, discovers rings. Walkman. Three Mile Island. Alien.
1980-- Sony Walkman. Rubik's Cube. John Lennon assassinated.                      Ronald Regan elected President
        --  IBM PC. 1st Space Shuttle flight. Voyager 2 reaches Saturn.  Regan shot by John Hinkley
        --  USA Today started. Intel 286 CPU chip. Cell phones. Post-it notes invented. John Belushi dies. Michael Jackson's "Thriller". E.T
        --  Apple IIe, IBM XT ($5,000) computers. AT&T breakup. Compact disc introduced. 1,500 die of AIDS in U.S.
        --  IBM AT ($4,000) computer. Windows 1.0 software. Cabbage Patch dolls.
1985-- Intel 386 CPU chip. Stereo television. Pete Rose breaks Ty Cobb's all time hit record.
        --  Space Shuttle Challenger explodes during launch. Voyager 2 reaches Uranus. Platoon. 12,000 die of AIDS.
        --  Windows 2.0 software.  Fatal Attraction
        --  15 year class reunion. Cell phone technology standardized.                   George Bush elected President
        --  Intel 486 CPU chip. Voyager 2 reaches Neptune. Berlin Wall comes down.  World Wide Web developed at CERN
1990--  Gulf War. Hubble Space Telescope launched. Internet use explodes.
        --  Ricky Henderson sets new career stolen base record.  Silence of the Lambs. 36,000 die of AIDS.
        --  End of Cold War                                                                                              Bill Clinton elected President
        --  20 year class reunion. Intel Pentium chip   WWW made available to public.
        --  O.J.Simpson arrested. Netscape browser released. Comet Shoemaker Levy crashes into Jupiter.  Forest Gump.
1995-- Windows 95 software. DVDs developed. Braveheart
        --  Galileo spacecraft orbits Jupiter. 1^st extra-solar planet discovered.  Independence Day
        --  Princess Diana is killed. Cassini spacecraft launched to Saturn.  Titanic
        --  25 year class reunion. Saving Private Ryan                                           Clinton impeached
        --  Columbine high school massacre. World population at 6 billion.   The Matrix 
2000--  Y2K  Al Gore wins popular vote, loses electoral vote to Bush.    Castaway   George W. Bush elected President
        --  World Trade Center terrorist attack on Sept.11-3,000 killed. Windows XP. 1st iPod.  Lord of the Rings   Harry Potter                              
        --  explosive use of PDAs. Preparation for war with Iraq. KMart goes bankrupt.
        --  30 year class reunion.  Explosive use of wireless networking/internet.  War in Iraq.  Shuttle Columbia breaks up on re-entry
        --  218,000 die in tsunami in Asia.  LCD displays. Digital TV broadcasts.  Camera phones.  Google.  Last Oldsmobile.  Mars rovers
2005--  50 years old.  Hurricane Kitrina devastates New Orleans.  Use of ipods explodes.  Gas exceeds $3.00/gal. You-Tube. Space probe lands on Titan.
        --  New Horizons launched to Pluto.  Global warming hype.  US population 300 million.  Bird flu.
        --  Cassini spacecraft orbits Saturn.  Housing market crashes, starts Great Recession.  iPhone.   Windows Vista
        --  35 year class reunion. Gas prices soar to over $4/gal. Facebook and Twitter  Barack Obama elected President
        --  Huge govt bailouts, "stimulus".  GM bankrupt. Michael Jackson dies.  Tiger Woods falls from grace.   Avitar
2010--  Obamacare forced on Americans.  Rise of Tea Party.   iPad.  Instagram.  Major earthquake in Haiti killing 200,000.
        --  Osama Bin Ladin killed by US.  End of Space Shuttle Program.  World population 7 billion.  Obama provides arms to Mexican cartels
        --  Perfect Storm Sandy devastates NY & NJ.  Windows 8.  The Hunger Games
        --  40 year class reunion.  Many Obama-administration scandals. Media bias.  Boston Marathon bombing. Gravity
        --   Ebola epidemic.  Rise of ISIS.  Robin Williams commits suicide.  Spacecraft lands on a comet.  Relations with Cuba.  Race wars. Interstellar
2015--   Same-sex marriage legalized nationwide,  LGBT rights.  Civilian space agencies gaining experience. New Horizons spacecraft reaches Pluto.  The Martian
        --   Black Lives Matter.  Cops being assassinated.  Hillary Clinton wins Democrat  nomination.   Donald Trump elected President
        --   Racism hype by Left.  "Fake news" coined by Trump.  Me Too movement.  Wonder Woman
        --   Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh charged falsely of sex scandal.  Sears bankrupt.  Joker
        --   "Trump Wall" on Mexican border.  Mueller witch hunt on Trump Russia collusion finds no guilt.  Trump impeached by Democrat controlled House.
2020--   Coronavirus COVID-19 pandemic shuts down entire world.                       Joe Biden elected President due largely to voting irregularities. 
        --   Donald Trump impeached after Biden takes office for no legitimate reason.  COVID vaccines and mandates.  Trans-genders.  Mars helicopter Ingenuity
        --   Illegal crossing S. border out of control.  $5.15+/gal of gas.  Recession.  Inflation skyrockets.  Biden showing dementia.  Wokeness.  Top Gun-Maverick
        --   50 year reunion! Transgender affirming care to children without parent consent.  Biden's condition worsens.  Wokeness by Bud Light crashes their stock. Trump indicted.


Jim Shirey  21timeline.doc