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[sparksol]

In 1976 (the year you were born)

Gerald Ford is president of the US The US celebrates its bicentennial, marking the 200th anniversary of its independence The Viking II sets down on Mars' Utopia Plains Promising, "I will never lie to you," Jimmy Carter is elected president of the United States Israeli commandos rescue hostages from Entebbe, Uganda The Concorde begins flights from New York to Europe George W. Bush is arrested and fined for driving under the influence of alcohol Cray-1, the first commercially developed supercomputer, is invented by Seymour Cray Freddie Prinze Jr., Reese Witherspoon, Colin Farrell, 50 Cent, Fred Savage, and Shannon Elizabeth are born Cincinnati Reds win the World Series Pittsburgh Steelers win Superbowl X Montreal Canadiens win the Stanley Cup Rocky is the top grossing film Filming begins on George Lucas' Star Wars The Selfish Gene by Richard Dawkins is published The Eagles Their Greatest Hits compilation becomes the first album in history to be certified platinum "Tonight's The Night" by Rod Stewart spends the most time at the top of the US chart Charlie's Angels and The Muppet Show premiere

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Contrast! Goody-goody.

[masstreble.livejournal.com]

Promising, "I will never lie to you," Jimmy Carter is elected president of the United States.

George W. Bush is arrested and fined for driving under the influence of alcohol.

*SIGH.*

As far as memes go, this is actually a rather interesting one.

Re: Contrast! Goody-goody.

[sparksol.livejournal.com]

Yeah, those were two of the top three I noticed. The other main one was the premiere of The Muppet Show. =)

The Muppet Show.

[masstreble.livejournal.com]

I don't remember too much about that show, except the re-runs were entertaining. I was born in 1985, you see. I missed it. :/

I still see commercials for the entire series on DVD, though. Obviously a cult hit, eh?