Year of the Rat 70's style

[jack_babalon]

1972- As the "Boomers" go through the transistions between "Love" generation to "Me" generation. "Punk Rock" is still a glimmer in the eyes of the MC5 and Lou Reed. M.A.S.H. Premieres, so does "Sanford & SON" (This is it Louise! The big one!). "Watership down" comes out ("Where will you run prince of a 1000 enemies")as well "Jonathan Livingston Seagull"(You know mystic sea birds and parables and shit). Besides the "Godfather"- "Deliverance" came out("Squeel boy! Squeel!") The first "Cafe" in Amsterdam is opened as well. This was a weird year since my folks were ready to move to the U.K. because of the war. The old man had a low draft number I'm told but he burnt his card anyway. Since he was born and raised in Birmingham,England, he had a good chance of pulling it off too. So there's probably a "Britpop" version of me a few parallel universes down the street. Strewth.
Anyhoo let's have a looksie...

In 1972 (the year you were born)

Richard Nixon is president of the US President Nixon approves NASA's space shuttle, a reusable spacecraft, at a cost of $5.5 billion Nixon arrives in China for an 8 day visit, which he calls a "journey for peace" While campaigning for the presidency Alabama Governor George C. Wallace is shot and seriously wounded Five men are arrested in the Watergate office complex in DC for breaking into the offices of the Democratic National Committee Hurricane Agnes strikes the East Coast causing 117 deaths First scientific hand-held calculator (HP-35) os introduced for $395 Shaquille O'Neal, Jennifer Garner, The Rock, The Notorious B.I.G., Cameron Diaz, Eminem, and Alyssa Milano are born Oakland Athletics win the World Series Dallas Cowboys win Superbowl VI Boston Bruins win the Stanley Cup The Godfather is the top grossing film Pink Floyd debuts "The Dark Side of the Moon" during a performance at London's Rainbow Theater "You've Got a Friend"by Carole King wins a Grammy for song of the year The Price is Right premieres on CBS

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Comments

[000100010001.livejournal.com]

dont be knocking watership down, I have the novel and the movie. Its great to watch while alterd...

the feild hazel, its coverd in blood.

I got mad love for the bunny flick!

[jackbabalon23.livejournal.com]

Wouldn't dream of it. My Dad took me to the movie when I was a kid- I loved that flick. "The prince of a 1000 enemies" line is one of my favorites. I still get chills when I remember it.