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Four years of our lives were spent traipsing the hallways of BBCHS, sometimes oblivious to the world around us. We had little time for politics or news of the world, (unless it was invloved in homework) now that the toil of the years have taken their toll on our minds, most of us do good to remember who was president during those times. So for a nice little refresher here's some tidbits from our 4 year stint @ BBCHS. Freshman
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The U.S. celebrates it's bicentennial, marking the 200th anniversary of it's independence. |
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NASA's Viking II sets down on Mars' Utopia Pains. (20 years later were STILL looking for aliens) |
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Jimmy Carter -a peanut farmer from Georgia is elected president, promising "I will never lie to you". |
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Israeli commandos rescue hostages from Entebbe, Uganda. |
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The Concorde, a supersonic jet, begins flights from New York to Europe. |
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Best Picture: "Rocky" |
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Best Actress: Faye Dunaway -"Network" |
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Best Actor: Peter Finch -"Network" |
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Best Selling Fiction: Trinity, Leon Uris |
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Best Selling Non-Fiction: The Final Days, Bob Woodward & Carl Bernstein |
| MLB World Series Champions: Cincinnati Reds |
| NFL SuperBowl Champions: Pittsburgh Steelers |
| NBA Champions: Boston Celtics |
| NCAA Basketball Champions: Indiana |
| The majority of 10,000 Vietnam War draft evaders are pardoned by President Carter. (including a future U.S. President?) |
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Singer Anita Bryant begins her "Save Our Children" crusade against gay rights in Florida & throughout the country. (eat an orange for oppression?) |
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Elvis Presley dies in the bathroom of his Graceland home. |
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Department of Energy is created by Congress. |
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Anwar Sadat travels to Jerusalem in a dramtic gesture of peace. |
| Best Picture: Annie Hall |
| Best Actress: Dianne Keaton, Annie Hall |
| Best Actor: Richard Dreyfuss, Annie Hall |
| Best Selling Fiction: The Silmarillion, J.R.R. Tolkien |
| Best Selling Non-Fiction: Roots, Alex Haley |
| MLB World Series Champions: New York Yankees |
| NFL SuperBowl Champions: Oakland raiders |
| NBA Champions: Portland Trail Blazers |
| NCAA Basketball: Marquette |
| U.S. Senate votes to turn over the Panama Canal to Panama on 31 December 1999. |
| Israel & Egypt reach a peace settlement at the Camp David Accords |
| U.S. and mainland China announce restorations of full diplomatic relations. |
| Followers of cult leader Jim Jones' People's Temple commit mass suicide in Guyana. |
| Pope John Paul II becomes the first non-Italian pope in centuries. |
| Best Picture: The Deer Hunter |
| Best Actress: Jane Fonda, Coming Home |
| Best Actor: John Voight, Coming Home |
| Best Selling Fiction: Chesapeake, James A. Michener |
| Best Selling Non-Fiction: If Life is a Bowl of Cherries-What Am I Doing in the Pits?, Erma Bombeck |
| MLB World Series Champions: New York Yankees |
| NFL SuperBowl Champions: Dallas Cowboys |
| NBA Champions: Washington Bullets |
| NCAA Basketball Champions: Kentucky |
| A major accident occurs at a nuclear reactor on Three Mile Island near Middletown, PA. |
| American Airlines DC-10 loses an engine and crashes seconds after takeoff, killing 275 people. |
| Hurricane "David" kills over 1,200 people in the U.S. and the Dominican Republic. |
| Some 90 people, including 63 Americans, are taken hostage at the American Embassy in Tehran, Iran. |
| The Soviet Union invades Afghanistan. |
| President Carter announces punitive measures and embargos against the USSR in retaliation for the Soviet's invasion of Afghanistan. |
| Mount St. Helens in Washington state erupts in a violent balst estimated to be 500 times as powerful as the Hiroshima atomic bombing. |
| Hurricane "Allen" takes 28 U.S. lives & over 200 in the Carribean. |
| Ronald Reagan is elected 40th U.S. President in a sweeping vistory. |
| U.S. Representative Michael O. Myers is expelled from the House for his role in the Abscam scandal. |
| Best Picture: Kramer vs. Kramer/Ordinary People |
| Best Actress: Sally Field, Norma Rae/Sissy Spacek, Coal Miner's Daughter |
| Best Actor: Dustin Hoffman, Kramer vs. Kramer/Robert DeNiro, Raging Bull |
| Best Selling Fiction: The Matarese Circle, Robert Ludlum/The Covenant, James A. Michener |
| Best Selling Non-Fiction: Aunt Erma's Cope Book, Erma Bombeck/Crisis Investing |
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MLB World Series Champions: Pittsburgh Pirates/Philadelphia Phillies |
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NFL SuperBowl Champions: Pittsburgh Steelers/Pittsburgh Steelers |
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NBA Champions: Seattle SuperSonics/Los Angeles Lakers |
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NCAA Basketball Champions: Michigan State/Lousville |
Source: Media Graphics' On the Day You Were Born
