1964

1975
  • Band is from Hawthorne, CA
  • One of the world's best-selling bands
  • Based on a story from Salt Lake City
1964
  • President Lyndon B. Johnson
  • Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. received the Nobel Peace Prize
  • The Ford Mustang was introduced
  • Real name is Reginald Dwight
  • Rock & Roll Hall of Fame, Songwriters Hall of Fame, British Academy of Songwriters and Knighted by the Queen.
  • Song is actually about tennis star Billie Jean King
1975
  • Vietnam War ends
  • One of the first blockbuster movies, Jaws, was released
  • Two all beef patties, special sauce, lettuce, cheese, pickles, onions on a sesame seed bun"

1992

  • From Santiago, Chile
  • The song means "double opposite"
  • First band played on MTV Latina
1992
  • Bill Clinton became the 42nd President of the US
  • Riots in the streets of LA after acquittal of four police in Rodney King case
  • A shipping container filled with 28,000 rubber duckies was lost at sea. To this day, they're still being found around the world.

2008

  • From Oakland, CA
  • Played basketball in high school and college
  • Started writing poetry, bought a bass guitar and became a musician
2008
  • Fidel Castro stepped down as president of Cuba after 50 years
  • The New Giants beat the Patriots, making it so that the '72 Dolphins are still the only undefeated team in NFL history
  • The Dark Knight was the biggest movie of the year

1977

  • From Chicago, IL
  • Origins from 12-year-olds Chuck and Panozzo and 14-year-old Dennis DeYoung (The Tradewinds)
  • These three wanted to become teachers
1977
  • Elvis Presley died
  • Star Wars premiered on 32 screens
  • First documented high five by Dusty Baker and Glenn Burke of the LA Dodgers

1948

  • Connie Curtis Crayton
  • Blue Hall of Fame
  • Song is mostly improvised 
1948
  • Indian leader and pacifist Mahatma Gandhi was assassinated
  • Harry Truman - who became President when FDR died - defeated NY Governor Thomas Dewey (LINK)
  • Almost all chicken eaten today comes from the 1948 'Chicken of Tomorrow' contest

1979

  • #25 on the charts
  • Nominated for an Oscar for Best Song
  • Jim Henson
1979
  • 63 Americans are taken hostage in Iran
  • The first snowboard was invented
  • Elvita Adams jumped from the 86th floor of the Empire State Building in an attempted suicide, only to be blown back onto the 85th floor by a gust of wind. Her only injury was a broken hip.

1990

  • Will Smith was The Fresh Prince
  • TV show started in 1990, but song not released for 2 years
  • Start of Will Smith's acting career
1990
  • Earthquake in Iran kills 50,000 people
  • The most complete skeleton of a T-Rex was found in South Dakota
  • Jim Henson & Stevie Ray Vaughn died

1982

  • Born in England, but raised in Australia
  • This was her 39th hit, including the #1 song of the 1980s
  • Grease, Xanadu, Two of a Kind
1982
  • EPCOT Center opened
  • First artificial heart (Jarvik-7) put into Dr. Barney Clark.  He lived for 112 days
  • Space Invaders arcade game had grossed $2 billion (8 billion quarters)

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