What was happening in the news when you graduated highschool?
What was happening in the news when you graduated highschool?
Micheal Jackson died the day I graduated
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The Columbine shooting
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yeah same. we dodged so much bullshit kids have to deal with now.
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yeah same. we dodged so much bullshit kids have to deal with now.
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It's crazy how predictive this 1990 B-Movie was about our graduating class: https://youtu.be/3w-ph46XYWQ
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B seems generous
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Nothing particularly interesting. Mostly war stuff around the world, in the middle east, in Africa.
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Thanks that really narrows it down
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Dang! Me too! We must have graduated the same year!
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I also like looking at old music charts from various points in time. https://musicchartsarchive.com/singles-chart/1987-06-06
Billboards website used to have that info, but the page seems broken now.
Found it Click the calendar on the right hand side above the charts
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Ooh fun!
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Neat site!
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OJ trial. Every single day.
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Unabomber was arrested, Michael Jordan was the MVP, a town near me was wiped out by a tornado
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I just put a random day, cause idk which day was my graduation day in June.
This is what onthisday.com gave me:
"Support from Manchester United player Marcus Rashford and others forces UK Government to make U-turn on summer school meal vouchers"
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Creation of the first web page
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The Herald of Free Enterprise capsized and 193 people died.
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Zeebrugge? They left the doors open. Then there was Ferry Aid...
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Bush V Gore
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Ah, the republicans stealing their first election.
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Norway Terror Attack on the summer camp
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Harambe.
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R Kelly was arrested. And the worldcom scam.
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The Rwandan Genocide.
Good times... /s
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Looks like Spirit (the Mars rover) was launched a couple days after I graduated.
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Stephen Colbert was talking about George Brush and Al Gore. He was still at the daily show part time and John Stewart was leading.
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The second war in Iraq
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School shooting in Winconsin
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Euromaiden
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Buck Bundy (The family dog on Married with Children) died at the age of 17, Bill Clinton was getting convicted in the Whitewater scandal, and Tha Crossroads by Bone Thugs N Harmony topped the US charts.
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The Anaheim Ducks won the Stanley Cup
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