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Pick any year..............

qualitygal — Wed, 22 Nov 2017 18:43:03 GMT

Rather than the year you were born, pick a year you liked and name the #1 Record, #1 Movie, #1 _____________________(whatever). ie: hemlines, or ??? or how about a headline from that year. Just for fun.

I think I'll go back and pick a good year. Just to see how different or even the same things changed or remained the same.

1963: song was Blue Velvet, Bobby Vinton

The trend was the mini skirt

headline: about President Kennedy being shot

Re: Pick any year..............

Desertdi — Wed, 22 Nov 2017 18:01:30 GMT

You gotta be kidding..........I can't remember what I ate yesterday.........(!!)

Re: Pick any year..............

qualitygal — Wed, 22 Nov 2017 18:02:47 GMT

@Desertdi, it's something we can lookup and share.

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Desertdi — Wed, 22 Nov 2017 18:04:16 GMT

@qualitygal wrote:
@Desertdi, it's something we can lookup and share.

@qualitygal OOPS............I didn't think of that

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Ruby Laine — Wed, 22 Nov 2017 18:17:42 GMT

1970.

#1 song was Bridge over Troubled Water, other top hits were from The Beatles, Neil Diamond, Sly and the Family Stone, Guess Who, etc.

#1 movie. There were a few top money makers: MASH, Love Story, They Shoot Horses, Don’t They?

Hemlines were very short. And that’s how I wore them!

Headlines: Apollo 13, The Beatles split up, the US invaded Cambodia.

The average age cost of a house was $23,000, and the average income was $9,400.

My first year of college, at a private liberal arts in the Midwest, was $4,000.

I can’t wait to read more answers. Great idea, @qualitygal.

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QVCkitty1 — Wed, 22 Nov 2017 18:27:41 GMT

1987. My family was well and all together, and my team the New York Giants won their 1st super bowl. I was over the moon. Whitney Houston and Micheal Jackson had popular albums and Prozac was introduced in the US. And JMO fashions were ugly .

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Laura14 — Wed, 22 Nov 2017 19:28:09 GMT

1984

I believe Prince was the first artist to have the number one movie, soundtrack, and song all in the same week for Purple Rain. It changed my life.

My sisters and I also saw Ghostbusters along with everyone else about 5 times in the movie theater because in those days you'd never see it again until years later when it finally hit tv.

I won't talk about how bright we were all dressed or how high our hair was but I think there is a reason 80s fashion has still not made a real comeback.

Re: Pick any year..............

luvmybeetle — Wed, 22 Nov 2017 19:29:29 GMT

@qualitygal wrote:
Rather than the year you were born, pick a year you liked and name the #1 Record, #1 Movie, #1 _____________________(whatever). ie: hemlines, or ??? or how about a headline from that year. Just for fun.

I think I'll go back and pick a good year. Just to see how different or even the same things changed or remained the same.

1963: song was Blue Velvet, Bobby Vinton
The trend was the mini skirt
headline: about President Kennedy being shot

Mini skirts were not popular in 1963. I know because that's the year I graduated from high school. We wore strait skirts and sweater sets, short puffy hair. Mini skirts were popular in 1971. I wore those then. I am not trying to be rude but I was there.

Re: Pick any year..............

qualitygal — Wed, 22 Nov 2017 19:40:00 GMT

@luvmybeetle, I was there too, but that's what came up on what I was checking on for that year. I'd believe you, I can't begin to remember. LOL Just went back and got to see some of the fashion of that time. You're right, the pictures I saw, were knee length and just under. Thanks.

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brewhaha — Wed, 22 Nov 2017 20:32:06 GMT

10,000 BC (give or take ))

Movie: Gone With The Sin

Fashion: Loin cloths & fig leaves

Headline: Garden Of Eden residents boycotting apples

Re: Pick any year..............

chrystaltree — Wed, 22 Nov 2017 21:36:03 GMT

Omg !! You gotta be kidding...lol I love Google too but that's just too much work....lol

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Desertdi — Wed, 22 Nov 2017 22:04:18 GMT

@brewhaha wrote:
10,000 BC (give or take ))

Movie: Gone With The Sin
Fashion: Loin cloths & fig leaves
Headline: Garden Of Eden residents boycotting apples

@brewhaha I feel that old today...........

Re: Pick any year..............

libbyannE — Thu, 23 Nov 2017 01:50:10 GMT

Why?

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Lapdog — Thu, 23 Nov 2017 02:22:34 GMT

1954

First organ transplant

Elvis started his career

First Swanson TV dinner

President - Dwight D. Eisenhower

Boeing 707 made her maiden flight

"White Christmas" was popular

Lots of FUN!

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just bee — Fri, 24 Nov 2017 17:04:57 GMT

1972

Film: The Godfather

Top Singles:

1 "The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face" -- Roberta Flack

2 "Alone Again (Naturally)" -- Gilbert O'Sullivan

3 "American Pie" -- Don McLean

4 "Without You" -- Harry Nilsson

5 "The Candy Man" -- Sammy Davis Jr.

Average cost of new house: $27,550.00

Average income per year: $11,800.00

Average monthly rent: $165.00

Ford Pinto: $2,078

Cost of a gallon of gas: 55 cents

The Dow Jones closes above 1000 for the first time in history (Year End Close: 1020)

Munich Olympics: Mark Spitz wins 7 gold medals; 11 Israel athletes murdered by terrorists

President Nixon visits China

Five White House operatives are arrested for burglarizing the offices of the Democratic National Committee

Digital watches are introduced

First scientific hand-held calculator (HP-35) introduced (price $395)

Atari kicks off the first generation of video games with the release of PONG

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missy1 — Fri, 24 Nov 2017 16:29:18 GMT

1955

Love the cars (especially), decor and fashion.

I love the 80's music.

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racada — Sat, 25 Nov 2017 16:22:02 GMT

1978....

Louise Brown became the world's first human born from by IVF

The first online forum goes online - the CBBS - goes online in Chicago. One user at a time can post a message. 😊

The Vatican has three popes: Pope Paul VI dies at age of 80, Pope John Paul I becomes Pope from August 26th and dies just 33 days later on September 28. Cardinal Karol Wojtyla then became Pope John Paul I shortly after.

Argentina won the 1978 World Cup in Argentina

Sweden became the first nation to ban aerosol sprays that are thought to damage earth's protective ozone layer

Sony built its first prototype Walkman

Grease became the biggest grossing film and 'You're the One that I Want' was number one for nine weeks

The Garfield cartoon strip was published for the first time

The Bee Gees and disco reigned in the music industry 😊

Re: Pick any year..............

just bee — Sat, 25 Nov 2017 16:55:06 GMT

@racada

I still have my Walkman -- and it works!

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just bee — Sat, 25 Nov 2017 17:14:00 GMT

@luvmybeetle wrote:
@qualitygal wrote:
Rather than the year you were born, pick a year you liked and name the #1 Record, #1 Movie, #1 _____________________(whatever). ie: hemlines, or ??? or how about a headline from that year. Just for fun.

I think I'll go back and pick a good year. Just to see how different or even the same things changed or remained the same.

1963: song was Blue Velvet, Bobby Vinton
The trend was the mini skirt
headline: about President Kennedy being shot

Mini skirts were not popular in 1963. I know because that's the year I graduated from high school. We wore strait skirts and sweater sets, short puffy hair. Mini skirts were popular in 1971. I wore those then. I am not trying to be rude but I was there.

@luvmybeetle

@qualitygal

I was there, too, and the miniskirt was a huge part of the '60s. It might not have been THE trend in '63, but by '64 it was on its way. Think Mary Quant, Twiggy and the British Invasion. Then, of course, there was the micro mini. They officially celebrated the mini's 50th anniversary in 2014.

By the end of the decade the midi was getting more popular and in '71 I owned my first maxi. In the '70s you could wear a mini, a midi, a maxi -- and even gauchos. All alternatives to the ever-popular jumpsuit.